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San Francisco pranksters rename Bush Street

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-21 11:12

SAN FRANCISCO – Pranksters in San Francisco on Tuesday celebrated Barack Obama's inauguration by temporarily re-naming the city's Bush Street in honor of the new president, officials said.

Former US President George W. Bush hugs US President Barack Obama after he was sworn in as the 44th US president at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Pranksters in San Francisco on Tuesday celebrated Barack Obama's inauguration by temporarily re-naming the city's Bush Street in honor of the new president, officials said. [Agencies]

"Bush" signs were covered with similar-looking "Obama" stickers early Tuesday. Within a few hours, city workers were removing the unofficial logos -- which had the same color, font and print as the real signs.

"Our crews are still working on removing the stickers," said Judson True, a spokesman for the Municipal Transportation Agency. "I have asked for an estimate of how many there were, but I don't have one yet."

Photos posted on www.laughingsquid.com showed a couple altering the signs, as well as someone apparently creating the OBAMA stickers. Photos of the changed signs were posted on Flickr by several passersby.

The sign cover-up was the latest slap in San Francisco at former president George W. Bush. Last November, voters rejected a city measure that would have renamed a wastewater treatment plant as the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

Supporters said the tongue-in-cheek proposal was intended to commemorate what they claimed was the mess Bush left behind.