A mobile message board sign saying “Do not slow for protesters” posted this weekend on a rural road in unincorporated Brentwood is causing a stir on social media.
The construction sign, which turned heads on Marsh Creek Road about three miles east of Vaso Road near Lydia Lane, also made disparaging words about liberals and proclaimed “Trump 2020.”
The sign has since been disabled, according to a Contra Costa County Public Works spokesman, but another one was seen near a trail entrance at Round Valley Regional Preserve. That one proclaimed “No liberals in park” and “Trump 2020.”
Chris Lau, assistant county public works director, on Monday wrote in an email that the county had received a number of complaints about the signage and “it has been returned to working order.”
“It appears someone from the public had assessed the sign and changed the programming of the message,” Lau wrote.
Recie Munson, who posted a video on social media of the sign, urged others to call for an investigation and “have the employee terminated.”
“This is unacceptable,” she wrote. “Can you believe this happened in “Liberal California? I can, California racism is sooooo covert!”
County officials have not responded to additional questions on the matter.
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