Signgate

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Likening it to a "panzer division," columnist Jack Lauterback comes down hard on the Fan District Association in this week's edition of Richmond's Style Weekly magazine.

Lauterback takes on Charlie Diradour -- whom he calls a "Fan District bigwig, Democratic politico and crusader for all that is right" -- on two fronts: for leading the charge against a Robinson Street restaurant and for his "busybody crusading" against the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' original proposal for a sign on the Boulevard.

I have written about the sign in this space on two occasions (three, if you count this occasion), my main point being that having a world-class museum at your doorstep and then making out-of-town visitors hunt for it is just so very Richmond.

Lauterback's take on what he calls Signgate is penetrating, if a bit irreverent. You can read what he had to say by clicking here. You won't be disappointed, and you'll probably be as amused as I was.