mrmanagerMusk failed to get the necessary permits to change Twitter’s building signage to X, and the police shut it down just in time for “er” to remain.
nortorcNot that it isn’t fun to laugh at what a boondoggle Twitter X is, but why do you need a permit to change a sign on a building?
Guessing less about the sign itself and more about the heavy equipment/traffic obstruction involved in getting it down.
Also possibly becathe doesn’t own the building and needs approval of the owner.
Owners don’t issue permits, the government does.
Agreed. But the owner of the building would presumably be able to control modifications of his own building.
LaFinlandiaNormal procedure to make sure it’s within legal standards.
On public roads and sidewalks, you need permits and to have submitted a plan showing how much of the footpath/road will be blocked and for how long. You need to show where your bollards and rope or whatnot will be and any necessary signage (like 'pedesdrians keep left’s) that sort of thing.
Once you get the approval, you can jam up the area with a cherry picker/crane until you’re finished and everything is packed away.
So anyway, what I’m getting at, is this is the signage company not getting the permits - which they would have charged Twitter/X for and not an Elon oversight - UNLESS Elon decided to park that crane out there himself and to get whoever to pull down the signage.