Last year, Mayor Steve Lonegan, of Bogota, New Jersey, gained notoriety by demanding the removal of a Spanish-language McDonald’s billboard created by d expósito & Partners. He then tried to make English the official language of the tiny New Jersey town that bears the same name of Colombia’s capital. In a matter of hours, Lonegan was all over the news.
Well, the curious mayor is back in the news and- irony of ironies! – this time he is mentioned for the presumed discovery of two illegal immigrants working on repairs at a second home Lonegan owns in Bogota.