Why is Tom Monaghan's Ave Maria new town in the news now?

[Stinky The Clown]

This isn't news. We've known about this venture in stupidity for a long time. At least here on DU we have. So why is ol' TommyDomino on all the morning news yakkers talking about his 'vision'.

It could be that the model homes are finally ready for the suckers to go visit.

It could be that he's looking for publicity in anticipation of the model homes being ready for the suckers.

Looking for big money backers to build the (NoCondomsforYou) shopping mall?

Recruiting students to his Ave Maria University?

You know, of course that (converted) Catholic Jebbie was at the groundbreaking a few months back.

So what's up with the publicity blitz?

I can't figure it out, but I smell nefariousness in the air ......

[Teaser]

1. I'm going to go there and leave condoms and porn

everywhere I can.

[sharp_stick]

3. No porn?

A bunch of uptight right wing assholes with no porn. I smell a business opportunity, I think I'll open up a Penthouse boutique just outside the town limits. You know the pricks would just be dying to pick up a bit of smut before pretending to be all pious. It may also cut down the amount of beating their wives and kids have to endure.

[CTyankee]

5. OK, and I'll open a women's health clinic offering

the latest in contraception, full medical information about sexuality, abortion care including RU486, reduced rates for teens. Hope they won't come after us with pitchforks!

[sharp_stick]

6. We could share office space

Except my customers, being "good" christian men should probably be kept as far away from the young women needing your services as possible. I'll open up on the South side and you can have the North or vice-versa.

[Inland]

2. No blonde women gone missing this week. nt

[valerief]

4. The week's not over

[formercia]

7. HIV awareness billboards leading into town

with captions like: Are you going home to your wife after not using a condom?

I worked with one of those holier-than-thou guys at the CIA. He came home from Singapore and gave his pious Catholic wife a bad case of the clap.

[jean]

8. They're herding the sheep, making it easier to tell them how to vote

[Mend]

9. there is a major housing sale slump in this area and he has

a lot of competition with new developments going up all the time. I think it is about money.