These just annoy the crap out of me...

They piss me off.

Originally Posted by derek

They piss me off.

Me too, & I'm one of the unfortunate a-holes that occasionally works on these highway projects. They've been in the works for years...the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" is just another .gov rip-off....it has not created any new construction work yet.

Originally Posted by K-DUB

it has not created any new construction work yet.

but what about the jobs these projects save?! since the new buzzword is "created or saved".

just another reminder of how they are spending away our and our childrens' futures. hell, i'm not even anywhere near the age when i'd want kids and i know their futures have already been sold.

Originally Posted by matt

I drive by several of these signs every day on the way to work, and they annoy me.

It's NOT paid for by the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act." The act simply allocates YOUR MONEY to pay for it. So... if we must put up signs (at a cost of ~$2000 each so that you'll feel better about confiscatory taxes) I propose some truth in advertising:

The signs piss me off too, but the first thing I thought when I read your post was "I doubt they cost $2,000 each, that seems a little off base."

Then I remembered this was a govt project and now I think you may have low balled your estimate!!!!

if it makes you feel any better, one of my neighbors had an accident that involved mowing one of these signs down

Originally Posted by Jedhed

The signs piss me off too, but the first thing I thought when I read your post was "I doubt they cost $2,000 each, that seems a little off base."

Then I remembered this was a govt project and now I think you may have low balled your estimate!!!!

Actually, I've found numbers from $1500-$2000. But if they were $1, that'd be $1 too much.