Residents of Colorado Springs, Colo., have a mystery on their hands: who came up with the idea to erect a sign reading “Welcome to Obamaville” on the site of a homeless tent camp in the city?
The sign, which was visible from the Cimarron Street ramp to Interstate 25, clearly conveyed a political jab at rising unemployment under President Barack Obama, for it read in full, “Welcome to Obamaville – Colorado’s fastest growing community.”
The sign, which was visible from the Cimarron Street ramp to Interstate 25, clearly conveyed a political jab at rising unemployment under President Barack Obama, for it read in full, “Welcome to Obamaville – Colorado’s fastest growing community.”
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Update: fellowshipofminds
Hooverville was the popular name for shanty towns built by homeless people during the (first) Great Depression. They were named after the President of the United States at the time, Herbert Hoover, because he was blamed for letting America slide into depression. The term was coined by Charles Michelson, publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee.
Now, in another sign that we are in a second Great Depression, tent cities have returned.
Across America, there are Obamavilles in Seattle, Washington; Oregon (Dignity Village); Sacramento, California; San Diego, California; Reno, Nevada; Sierra Vista, Arizona; St. Petersburg, Florida; Huntsville, Alabama; Athens, Georgia; Nashville & Chattanooga, Tennessee; Columbus, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Providence, Rhode Island; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Lakewood, New Jersey.
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Hooverville was the popular name for shanty towns built by homeless people during the (first) Great Depression. They were named after the President of the United States at the time, Herbert Hoover, because he was blamed for letting America slide into depression. The term was coined by Charles Michelson, publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee.
Now, in another sign that we are in a second Great Depression, tent cities have returned.
Across America, there are Obamavilles in Seattle, Washington; Oregon (Dignity Village); Sacramento, California; San Diego, California; Reno, Nevada; Sierra Vista, Arizona; St. Petersburg, Florida; Huntsville, Alabama; Athens, Georgia; Nashville & Chattanooga, Tennessee; Columbus, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Providence, Rhode Island; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Lakewood, New Jersey.
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