Thread: This Sign Should Not Be Vandalized

This Sign Should Not Be Vandalized
By Greg L | 5 April 2008 | Manassas City | 69 Comments



PWC Conservative is reporting that there are rumblings from residents about personally taking action against the outrageous sign that has been erected in Manassas City. While I understand and share the frustration that residents feel, any person damaging this sign would do Manassas City a great disservice. Vandalism is wrong, whatever the reason that may motivate it.

I would encourage citizens to keep an eye on this sign and take whatever actions they can to prevent anyone from damaging it. If in your travels you can alter your route to swing by this sign to keep an eye on it, I would personally appreciate it. Should you observe anyone attempting to damage this sign, please contact the police immediately.

The proper venue for your frustrations are your elected officials, and I am sure they would welcome hearing from you on this subject. The Manassas City Government will eventually resolve this situation, provided residents make their feelings clear on this, and while that process may take longer than many of us would hope, the legal process here is just as important as efforts to support the rule of law in Prince William County. We cannot embrace efforts to encourage lawful behavior in one jurisdiction while ignoring the rule of law in another.
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Mexicans Without Borders: This Sign Isn’t Big Enough
By Greg L | 3 April 2008 | Manassas City | 52 Comments



The saga of this community defacement on Prince William Street has taken a severely surreal turn. The MJM is reporting that after being denied a commercial rezoning, and then being cited for improperly altering a structure subject to a demolition order without a building permit, Gaudencio Fernandez has applied for a special use permit in order to construct a replacement for this forty-foot long monstrosity that would make it two hundred twenty feet long and sixteen feet high. I can just imagine what a public hearing for that would be like. Manassas City residents are already spectacularly unimpressed with Mr. Fernandez’ efforts to transform the city’s historic district into a demonstration for radical, racist and deliberately offensive screeds based on the philosophy of the Mexica Movement, making the chances a request like this would ever be approved infinitely close to zero.

So is there any indication that Mr. Fernandez has come to the realization that getting approvals from the Architectural Review Board, the Planning Commission and the City Council might be helped had he not gone out of his way to be as offensive as possible? Apparently not:

[quote]Fernandez said as long as the city and county back the newly instituted Immigration and Customs Enforcement 287(g) program, he will not take the current sign down.

“As we long as we have not seen any changes, we will not remove our message,â€

Maybe we should send it this to the ceo's of the main stream media and DEMAND that they stop giving air time to these hate groups.