City’s Ugly Sign Again for Sale on EBay
Downtown’s “Welcome to River Street” sign is back on EBay.
The sign was erected as part of a beautification project designed to draw attention to River Street, along with a widened road, and yellow street lights to match the sign. But the council got hundreds of e-mails, phone messages and letters ridiculing the sign.
The giant blue and yellow sign, erected and built by the city for $83,000, was on EBay before, but by the time the auction closed it had a top bid of $6,669.
The minimum bid was set at $5,000 with bidding set in $100 increments.
Councilman Ed Porter said he expected much more, so the sign reappeared Friday on EBay.
The starting bid is now $7,000 with bidding set to end Monday.
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