‘WELCOME TO OBAMAVILLE’ SIGN MARKS COLORADO HOMELESS TENT CITY

Source: http://www.breitbart.tv/welcome-to-obamaville-sign-marks-co-homeless-tent-city/

Date: Dec 10,2009
Source: http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11660020

By Political Reporter Marshall Zelinger
m.zelinger@krdo.com
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COLORADO SPRINGS – We now know the reasons behind the "Welcome to Obamaville" sign near a homeless tent city at I-25 and Cimarron.

"You mention his name, you get some attention, I think that was the whole idea behind it," said Spencer Swann of Colorado Canyon Signs. "I didn't dream it up, but I thought it was a good idea. I thought that it would help some of these guys down here."




Swann designed the "Welcome to Obamaville: Colorado's Fastest Growing Community" sign on behalf of someone else, whose identity he wouldn't reveal. Swann also designed a new sign Thursday that replaced "Obamaville". The new sign reads: "Please help, we need firewood, propane and canned food."

"I thought it was just something to draw attention and help those folks," said Swann.

On krdo.com, Mary wrote, "The person that had the sign made could have donated to the homeless shelter instead."

Harley agreed, writing, "…you should have taken this money for the sign and given it to them."

Swann says the "Obamaville" sign cost around $150. He didn't charge the unknown creator for either sign. Swann also tells NEWSCHANNEL 13, the person who put up the sign makes donations of his own to the homeless.

"He gives them money, he gives them food, he gives them support," said Swann.

A NEWSCHANNEL 13 viewer forwarded us an e-mail he received from a friend, which included a picture of the "Welcome to Obamaville" sign. The viewer wrote us, "I am disgusted by the sign."

"I've had 100 calls today and not a single one of them was negative," said Swann.