Alphonso Jackson photo homage replaced with pictures of ‘housing’ and ‘homeowners.’
By on Apr 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Alphonso Jackson photo homage replaced with pictures of ‘housing’ and ‘homeowners.’
Alphonso Jackson was barely out the door on Friday when Housing and Urban Development (HUD) staffers “began planning to take down that spectacular photo homage to him in the HUD lobby.” By Monday, the 21 large photos of Jackson had been replaced, “under orders of acting Secretary Roy Bernardi, with an equal number of photos of homeowners, cityscapes and housing”:
The Washington Post’s Al Kamen reports that there will also soon be shots of “employees who receive awards for service.”
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HUB is going to be putting up pictures of homeowners and housing. They need to make sure none of them have a foreclosure sign on the front lawn. Could be a little embarrassing.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 amWhat did they do with the old pictures?
I need something to line my cat’s litter box.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 amsho nuff
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 amWow — HUD showcasing housing and homeowners in their lobby? What a concept! Alphonso Jackson might even still be there if he had understood that his job had more to do with housing than self-importance.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:27 amOne of those removed pictures should be put in the picture dictionary next to the word “pompous”.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 amMaybe they can get up some photos of the tent cities popping up all over the US.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:35 amWhat did they do w/ the portrait Alphonso commissioned?
Did they crate it up and stash it in that gigantic warehouse that was in the first Indiana Jones flick, where they hid the Ark of the Covenant away?
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 amThe Alphonso Jackson photo display was ridiculous, but projects like that and this housing display help keep a couple of government archivists employed.
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 amIt is nice to see that some of the idiocy imposed by Alphonso Jackson will not last too long. The speed of this change is a good indicator of how hated his appointment and tenure was.
It is scary to think of the damage that has occurred in this administration by the appointment of top officials whose strategic goal has been to destroy their departments. It is frustrating that the ‘drown it in the bathtub’ crowd will not be expelled for another 9 months at best. That’s still plenty of time to cause a lot of damage. We must continue to highlight the damage to the nation which has resulted and will continue to result when people who hate government are put in charge of governing.
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm