Cal Trans lets just about anybody adopt a freeway; wear silly vests

From the LA times:

Caltrans has granted an Adopt-A-Highway stretch of Interstate 5 to the ardent foes of illegal immigration -- and not just any stretch. The two miles of freeway the Minutemen will be charged with beautifying include the U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint near San Clemente.

Caltrans spokesman Edward Cartagena said the Minutemen got the stretch of I-5 purely by chance. The group submitted its application in November, he added, and it was reviewed and found to comply with the rule. According to the agency's website, it bars "entities that advocate violence, violation of the law, or discrimination based upon race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry" and other factors.

"The Department will not discriminate against groups that otherwise meet the program criteria based on the fact that some members of the public might disagree with the particular group's agenda or reputation," Caltrans said in a prepared statement.


And there you go immigrants, Caltrans has spoken and allowed the Minutemen to stand on the side of the road in orange vests and pick up trash. Somebody protest (stand on the road and yell and scream about how they are taking perfectly good work from perfectly good community service sentenced drunk drivers, start a group, call it the Hourmen, adopt your own highway...).