INDOT not looking good

The Indiana Department of Transportation ought to be ashamed of itself.
After roughly a year without a “Welcome to Indiana” sign on Ind. 26 at the Indiana-Ohio border, the state still hasn’t gotten around to fixing the darned thing.
Instead, it’s busy bothering folks who put up a welcome sign of their own.
The family of Jerry and Ilene Schwieterman surprised Dad and Mom by having a professional looking sign of their own produced by Display Craft in Portland.
Is it an official sign?
Nope, because it includes across the top a personal, religious statement from the Schwietermans: “Jesus is Our Lord, America.”
Other than that, it looks like a sign you might encounter at any state border crossing around the country.
You’d think that INDOT, having been delinquent about fixing the official welcome sign and having been shamed by private citizens, would have finally gotten around to fixing the old sign.
You might think that, but you’d be wrong.
Instead, INDOT dispatched a functionary to the Schwietermans to inform them that the sign encroached on the state’s right-of-way.
The Schwietermans, who respond to things a lot faster than the state of Indiana, promptly moved the sign so that it’s 100 percent on their own private property.
That’s where it stands today, welcoming travelers and sharing a First Amendment-protected expression of religious belief.
Meanwhile, back toward the state line, INDOT’s sign simply says, “Lincoln’s Boyhood Home,” without a welcome and without anything identifying Indiana.
And that’s embarrassing. — J.R.[[In-content Ad]]