In honor of Ken Lewis being dumped by Bank of America shareholders today, I bring you the giant anti-Ken Lewis sign in Beatty, Nevada. I don't know that there's a connection between Ken Lewis and Lewis Street. Beatty was an interesting, isolated town a few miles east of Death Valley. More pictures to come someday but first we need to hop eastward to visit Steubenville City of Murals.
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29 April 2009
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I like it! Is the protest due to foreclosures on BofA loans?
Jeff
Posted by: jeff | 30 April 2009 at 09:51 AM
That would be my guess. I didn't see much new residential housing in Beatty. There did seem to be a site where a casino was planned but not built so maybe that was it.
Posted by: Joe | 30 April 2009 at 09:00 PM
OK, I just saw this today and I want to know what the story is. Anyone?
Posted by: Jason | 28 May 2009 at 08:22 PM
Once again Google is our friend! I did a bit of searching on Google News and found this item from 2005. A California businessman, who owns many businesses in Beatty, put up the billboard in 2004 to protest BoA's plan to close the local branch.
Posted by: Joe | 28 May 2009 at 09:08 PM
...And the branch is still open. Interesting that you can see the sign from the bank!
Posted by: Mark Holloway | 09 December 2009 at 07:33 AM