In February, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Alphonso Jackson decided to honor himself with giant photo exhibitions in two of the lobbies at HUD’s headquarters. Many of the large images featured Jackson with President Bush. The Washington Post’s Al Kamen reports today that one of the displays has been removed “to make way for some filming of ‘State of Play,’ a movie starring Russell Crowe.” The other one will likely be taken down shortly:
As for the even larger photographic homage to Jackson at the south entrance — the one used by visitors — we’re hearing those prints will be removed when he goes. (Look for special autographed copies on eBay any day now. That should help defray lawyers’ fees.)
Then there’s Jackson’s painted portrait, the one he commissioned simultaneously with those of four predecessors — Jack Kemp, Henry Cisneros, Andrew Cuomo and Mel Martinez– for $100,000. They are all being stored in the basement, our colleague Mary Ann Akers reports, waiting for the right moment for hanging in the snazzy HUD auditorium to be completed in May.
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