A monumental mistake?

A monumental mistake?  Kathleen Parker, writing at the Washington Post, thinks that Obama did something really dumb by asking the Park Service to close the WWII monument...

I read last night that the Park Service police, under orders from Washington, set out traffic cones to prevent tourists from pulling into a roadside parking area to view Mt. Rushmore.  That saves money somehow?

My main reaction to this is to be insulted.  The government thinks I'm so stupid that I'd believe actions like this were motivated by the need to save money???