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Before Labor Day, a Sign of the Times

Jim Schutze | September 3, 2010 | 4:28pm
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A fellow citizen sent me this picture today after visiting the city of Dallas Department of Building Inspection at 320 East Jefferson Avenue in Oak Cliff. She reported that the sign had exactly the opposite of the intended effect on her.

 
Jim Schutze has been the city columnist for the Dallas Observer since 1998. He has been a recipient of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ national award for best commentary and Lincoln University’s national Unity Award for writing on civil rights and racial issues. In 2011 he was admitted to the Texas Institute of Letters.

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