My community's anti-beautification project

My community is erecting a 9-foot statue of Ronald Reagan and may name a stretch of road "Ronald Reagan Highway." The project is being funded by a very rich oilman in a nearby big city. This is making me sick. We wrote a letter to the editor of the city newspaper saying we thought the idea was un-American, but it wasn't published (this probably has nothing to do with politics--it is a liberal newspaper--just the luck of the draw).

On the other hand, why shouldn't this group of brainwashed, Limbaugh-injected idiots erect a statue of Reagan? I suppose I should be glad it isn't a 20-foot one.

I metaphorically spit at this statue, even before it's built.