I think it’s one of those “only in California” stories… there’s a big honkin’ butt ugly transmission line proposed out west, the “Powerlink.”  And it’s in the news today with this suggestion from someone who thinks it’s the most awful proposal for a part of the world that he likes:

With a little effort, someone could fashion a fiberglass exterior and paint them to look like one of those huge Paul Bunyan statues that once were popular outside brake shops and small-town diners.

We could put the ax-wielding Paul on one side of the highway, and Babe the blue ox on the other.

The whole column is here:

Power line a revolting idea for some in E. County