By ELLEN TUMPOSKY and KEVIN DOLAK
abcNEWS/Money
Aug. 10, 2011
A Midwestern mother and investment banker who was livid with Washington lawmakers paid for the banner that soared above Wall Street on Tuesday reading "Thanks for the Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired."
Lucy Nobbe, a single mother of two from Kirkwood, Mo., decided to have her rage flown in the face of Wall St. workers themselves when she hired a plane to tow the banner over downtown Manhattan, according to local station KSDK. She originally intended for the banner to soar over Washington, D.C., but discovered that there's a no-fly zone over the capital.
"I chose Wall Street instead, but didn't specifically intend it to fly over S&P. I'm just a mother from St. Louis who feels the only reason we got downgraded was people in politics," she told Fortune.
Full story here
abcNEWS/Money
Aug. 10, 2011
A Midwestern mother and investment banker who was livid with Washington lawmakers paid for the banner that soared above Wall Street on Tuesday reading "Thanks for the Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired."
Lucy Nobbe, a single mother of two from Kirkwood, Mo., decided to have her rage flown in the face of Wall St. workers themselves when she hired a plane to tow the banner over downtown Manhattan, according to local station KSDK. She originally intended for the banner to soar over Washington, D.C., but discovered that there's a no-fly zone over the capital.
"I chose Wall Street instead, but didn't specifically intend it to fly over S&P. I'm just a mother from St. Louis who feels the only reason we got downgraded was people in politics," she told Fortune.
Full story here