January 25, 2010 09:52 PM UTC

Clean Up That Road, Nazis!

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• by: Colorado Pols

From Fox 31 News:

It’s a small sign igniting a big debate. An official state of Colorado Adopt-a-Highway placard announcing that a one-mile long stretch of US Highway 85 is sponsored not by the Boy Scouts or the Lions Club, but by the Nazi Party of Colorado.

Members call themselves the National Socialist Movement. They are inspired by teachings of Hitler, believe interracial relationships and homosexuality should be crimes, and they want to start a separate all-white country.

The Adopt-a-Highway program, they say, is a good PR move for them and a recruiting tool.

“We want to let them know that we’re here and we do good things,” Unit leader Dean Lane told FOX 31 News. “We’re upstanding citizens, try to be good people, and try to portray ourselves that way.”…

…CDOT says the Nazi’s have yet to actually pick up any trash on the road. [Pols emphasis] And officials will be watching to make sure the group fulfills its obligation. CDOT will also pull the group’s sponsorship if it creates a distraction or hazard on the road.