Towering high up in the sky, emblazoned with gigantic red block letters is a brand new sign greeting visitors and residents as they approach the intersection of Tamiami and John Ringling Boulevard. It reads: "Defeat Obama in 2012."
Installed on private property at 50 N. Tamiami Trail new building owner Michael Fox of Fox 41 LLC has clearly expressed his right to free speech in one of the most visible areas in Sarasota .
The building is marked with an Ian Black Realty sale/lease sign and Black was unavailable for comment but his agent, Scott Horn, said that Ian Black Realty, “has nothing to do with the sign."
A representative for Fox 41 LLC, Bob Willis, called and said that the sign was installed by Fox LLC and seven news organizations, including the Wall Street Journal, had contacted him today. Fox is out of the country and not available for comment. However, Fox gave Willis permission to speak on his behalf, according to Willis.
He said Fox had the sign hung because "he believes that President Barack Obama and the current administration is subverting the Constitution."
A local investor and clothing store owner, Fox purchased the property at 50 N. Tamiami Trail, formerly known as the “concession building”, earlier this year.
Willis stressed several times that the sign is intended to be an anti-Obama statement and not an endorsement of any person running for office or any political party.
Willis said that this is the first of 10,000 signs Fox hopes will be erected throughout the country before Independence Day, in people’s front yards and businesses, on their private property.
He said Fox believes it is important for people to exercise their right to free speech and has established a fund to offset costs.
Sarasota Democratic Party Chairwoman Rita Ferrandino issued a statement via e-mail saying: "Wealthy Sarasota investor Michael Fox spent a $1 million in January for a downtown property and then hangs Defeat Obama sign. No wonder why the 99% are so upset and support Obama."
As I told someone at my business,"I don't knowingly do business with a democrat." A few have walked,and that was good. None of my minority friends are democrats. But then I avoid worthless people.
The media loves him,teleprompter and all. Many Americans no longer believe what the government says, and they know better than to believe in aol/Ho Post,ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN,Time,Newsweek. Many are not aware that movie makers are given grants,subsidies,and tax incentives by our government. So when someone posts "government" statistics ,we can't believe them. Young people believe anything. READ Wikipedia and learn what FICA is, the "payroll tax" that Obama is not charging you. What a gift to you. READ....FICA is the total funding of Social Security and Medicare. YOUR money pays your retirement fund. YOURS... And his next trick will be to fund it some other way,so instead of YOUR retirement YOU are funding with YOUR payroll taxes. THEN Social Security will be a welfare check. cool,huh ? Why are interest rates so low ? To keep the interest payments on the trillion$$ in debt low. If interest goes up the country goes under. If you are retired,living on your savings , the interest on $1 Million is not enough to live on. After a life of doing without to save for retirement, to save a $1Million and not have enough to pay your medical bills AND eat...even when your house is paid for and you can't pay your real estate taxes without eating your principal ??? How could anybody vote for him ? ABO 2012
What planet have you been living on ? The democrats made a chant of "kill Bush",there has been nothing too degrading to say about any Conservative woman ,her children or family. The liberal comedians laugh and say things about Conservative women that would make a Marine blush. Does that please you ? Are you proud to hear your idols talk like that about women ? "kill Bush" is OK ? not offensive ?
Every democrat agreed that there were weapons of mass destruction,he had been using them,gassing the Kurds (Christians/.non Muslims),bombing them. Congress voted- Powell came under fire for his role in building the case for the UN for the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. In a press statement on February 24, 2001 he had said that sanctions against Iraq had prevented the development of any WMD by Saddam Hussein. ..Powell was placed at the forefront of this diplomatic campaign. Bush fired him for misleading US. So he campaigned for obama. Computer-generated image of an alleged mobile production facility for biological weapons, presented by Powell at the UN Security Council. On May 27, 2003, US and UK experts examined the trailers and declared they had nothing to do with biological weapons.[39] Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving a presentation to the United Nations Security CouncilPowell's chief role was to garner international support for a multi-national coalition to mount the invasion. To this end, Powell addressed a plenary session of the United Nations Security Council on February 5, 2003 to argue in favor of military action. Citing numerous anonymous Iraqi defectors, Powell asserted that "there can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more."[40] Powell also stated that there was "no doubt in my mind" that Saddam was working to obtain key components to produce nuclear weapons
BTW, I'm white.
Several posts state they don't want to pay for someone else's health care but they are too stupid to know they are paying for that person's care everytime an uninsured person goes to the ER.
How many sons does Romney have? How many have served this country in the military? BIG FAT ZERO. That's one of the problems with Republicans. They love to go to war but their children never serve.
Yeah, & the impeachment was led by none other than Newt Gingrich. AND it cost taxpayers 50 mill. That's the GOP for you." You might want to go back and check your history...it was the liberal U.S. Senate and the U.S. Supreme Court that failed to follow through with the Clinton conviction.
You can root for the black man on Saturday's and Sunday's huh!! Go away REDNECKS!
Tell me one thing bush or his old man did right? Just one thing! Where was all this hate and tea party movement when bush gave the banks money, when he gave the airlines tons of money, when he went to the wrong country for 911? Educate yourself! Shame on you REDNECKS! You are killing the country. As if republicans care about you. They want you to stay poor jag-off.Educate yourself and don't listen to those liars like limbaugh, o'relly, coulter, beck, etc.,etc. Why would anybody lsiten to a guy who's been married four times, a guy who's a sexual predator, a broad that needs a good spanking, a real racist, just to name a few? Can't you think on your own?
1:17 am on Saturday, March 10, 2012 Lets see....just what has the president done Saved the US Auto Industry (and thousands of jobs) Regained some of our respect in the World Community (That Bush destroyed) Initiated dialogue with leaders Bush and Cheney alienated Actually USED the intel available to him, and not ony found Bin Laden, but eliminated him ________________ Obama never got Bin Laden...I say prove it! There is no evidence and what would have been evidence Obama destroyed...including the remainder of Seal Team 6. Benazir Bhutto identified Osama bin Laden's murderer before she was assassinated...and you can prove that!