For Marbella, the thrill wasn't there!

What made bigger news was a slaughter house was closing, laying off 55 workers.

US News agencies have to have their own folks over there to record the events


Marbella’s Obama Billboard Disappears Overnight
Posted on Maria Sullivan on August 3, 2010
For Marbella, the thrill wasn't there!


Obama Billboard Marbella


August 3rd 2010 - Obama Billboard Disappeared



The huge billboard that gave a welcome to the Obama family was removed Monday evening. The billboard which was installed by two companies was removed at the request of the Marbella town hall.

The huge billboard which read “Welcome Obama Family” and in smaller text “Thanks for choosing Marbella” was contracted by the publicity agencies Imagen Consulting and Compremosa Sur. According to the two companies, the billboard was removed at the request of the town hall. A company spokespersons told ABC that they were “obliged” to remove the billboard.
Marbella Welcomes Obama Family

July 29th 2010 - Obama Billboard

The visit of Michelle Obama and her youngest daughter Sasha, has been subjected to a huge media frenzy, with the the Daily Mail publishing an article entitled: “First Lady descends on former gangster’s paradise” and local politicians taking the opportunities to criticize and get criticized.

If that wasn’t enough, the Obama visit has also led to a variety of clashes amongst the locals, some who like to focus on the “Marbella” aspect of the Obama visit, while others desperately try to point out how the luxury Hotel Villa Padierna is actually part of Estepona or Benahavis.

Various commentaries in the local press have compared the visit of Michelle Obama as an opportunity for local politicians to “fatten” their CVs more than with a “phD in sociology from Harvard”

Michelle Obama and her daughter will allegedly spend a private, mother-daughter trip with longtime family friends at the Hotel Villa Padierna, a five-star luxury resort ranked among the top 30 best hotels in the world by Expedia.
http://www.spanishnews.es/20100803-marbellas-obama-billboard-disappears-overnight/id=3131/

they got paid... what do they care now? lol

Wish I could get a close-up to see who paid for the sign.

The City didn't roll out the red carpet. Looks like it was as lonely an affair as when Vietnam soldiers came back from war. Ego deflation can really suck, don'tcha know!

Or, Marbella might have been asked if they could bill DC instead of being paid in cash.

We're operating in the red. Why would any country take her word for the check bein' in the mail?

Let's see, Hussein spent a vacation in the Gangster Capital of the US and Michelle spent vacation in the gangster capital of the world.

Gotta' wonder if that trip wasn't really to get tips on how to heavy-hand the opposition?

perhaps my reading comprehension skills are off, but seems like an issue between AREAS not an issue about Michele OBama,,, fighting over which town should get 'credit' for the visit,,,,


interesting to note how universal pesky debates are,,,

sounds like to me they were fighting over the money... they didn't seem very happy she stayed in another town...

Okay - I'm takin' bets and puttin' out a 'Morning Line' at 5-to-3 ... Who wants to put up some cash money to bet that y' NEVER hear a word of ANY of this on CNN, MSLSD, MSPMC, NPR, PBS, ABC, NBC, UBS, or any of the other suck-up 'newz' outlets ... ?

Line forms to the left ... just usin' that as a 'figure of speech', y' know ...