Local Public Works Official Cheers Vandalism

Somebody in Baltimore isn't a fan of Rush Limbaugh.
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"It looks like they took globs of paint and threw it on his face. It looks great. It did my heart good."

Those were the words of Robert Murrow, a spokesman for the Baltimore's Department of Public Works, admittedly not a Limbaugh fan, after he saw vandalism as he drove to work this morning on I-83 near the Guilford Avenue exit. He called The Baltimore Sun, saying that someone had poured paint over the image of Limbaugh's face on a large billboard advertising local air times for the conservative radio talk-show host.

The Baltimore Sun reports Kurt L. Kocher, chief spokesman for the city's Department of Public Works and Murrow's supervisor, took issue with Murrow's statement.

"As much as you don't like Rush Limbaugh, you don't endorse vandalism, period," Kocher said. "It's an outrageous comment, and he shouldn't have said it. It is not our policy. I think he got overenthusiastic about his feelings for Mr. Limbaugh. I am very upset about that comment, and I've let him know I'm very upset about that comment. It's his personal comment and it's wrong."

The billboard is privately owned; Murrow said the city is not responsible for cleaning it.

On his radio program today, Limbaugh, who is nationally syndicated on Baltimore's WCBM 680 AM, laughed at the vandalism and said the staion should leave the sign alone. "Listen to hear what the left doesn't want you to know." should be added as the radio program's slogan on the damaged sign, he remarked.

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