Billboard asks if Bush is missed

WYOMING, Minn., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A billboard along an interstate highway in rural Minnesota has a simple message -- a picture of former President George W. Bush and the question "Miss me yet?"

The sign has been up for about a month but only recently began attracting national attention. Speculation also began about who was paying for it.

A spokeswoman for Schubert and Hoey Outdoor Advertising in Minneapolis told Minnesota Public Radio there's a simple answer: "A group of small business owners who feel like Washington is against them."

Reaction to the billboard has been mixed in Wyoming, a small town about 30 miles north of Minneapolis, observers say.

"We've heard from quite a few customers about it," Sara Chouinard, an employee of the Nesting Grounds coffee house, told KSTP-TV. "Some people think it's pretty amusing. And other people find it insulting."

Mayor Sheldon Anderson said he has been approached by people offering to make donations for the billboard, but he has been unable to help them since he was not involved.