Oh Lordy, Greg just outed me:
"Linden Hills Boulevard has usually wide boulevards. It is not
uncommon for political lawn signs to be placed on the boulevard for
this reason -- otherwise they'd be 20+ feet off of the street.
In fact, IIRC, list member Lynnell Mickelson, who lives on
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Subject: Re: [Mpls] Lawn signs - can of worms?
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:35:18 -0500
Unfortunately - our Supt. would probably demand such a thing rather than
maybe giving everyone a few days to remove them and get them back up on the
lawns - where they belong or some other kind of compromise
According to a park board employee I spoke with (who
shall remain nameless) they have been instructed by
Park Board management that if they see a sign on
boulevards or other places that are clearly the
purview of the park board to maintain they can just
yank the sign out and take it. Is that tr
Unfortunately - our Supt. would probably demand such a thing rather than
maybe giving everyone a few days to remove them and get them back up on the
lawns - where they belong or some other kind of compromise.
Therefore, since I know there are lots of candidates, campaign workers and
interested
According to a park board employee I spoke with (who
shall remain nameless) they have been instructed by
Park Board management that if they see a sign on
boulevards or other places that are clearly the
purview of the park board to maintain they can just
yank the sign out and take it. Is that true?
I certainly didn't mean to open a can of worms regarding the
property boundaries of boulevards and parkways - but alas - it has been done.
Along with Carol Becker's astute work to get the city ordinances.the Park
Board staff clarified with me this morning that the Park Board ordinance
that re
Sidewalks and boulevards are public property and as such the government
controls what is done there. For most folks, this is everything from the
inside of the sidewalk to the curb and gutter. This is why, for example, the
City compels everyone to have a sidewalk and compels them to maintain it
Ordinances pretty much last forever until someone comes along and changes them.
The ordinance I have here in my trusty "paw" (an old version of the book
which has been updated so I may not have the right page #).
Some people would claim political signs are littering the boulevards...
But the
On Tue, August 30, 2005 8:06 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Excuse me, Dan. the City owns those boulevards with easements to the
> Park Board who maintains all the trees in the Boulevards.
How do we learn who is right? And in either case, what are the terms of
the easements?
> There are both cit
rd, and sidewalk are easements across private property.
>
> Dan McGrath
> Communications, Dave Shegstad for City Council
> http://www.shegstad.us
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
A reminder!
Has anyone, besides me, noticed the proliferation of lawn signs on the
boulevards? That space between the sidewalk and the street that belongs to
the Minneapolis Park Board. As I recall it is illegal to put those signs
up on the boulevards but I am not anywhere close to my Policy
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Subject: [Mpls] Lawn Signs
So if you need to provide additional shade for your hostas or need to make
two holes to aerate your lawn or if you need a shade for your ap
I have decided to add to the visual clutter of our fair city and plant a
bunch of lawn signs in Park District # 3. It's kind of a tradition like things
on a stick at the state fair. And for all those folks who live on corners and
have to shovel all that extra snow, now they have great leverag
On Fri, August 19, 2005 5:40 pm, James Bush said:
> I take umberage with Jason Stone's inference that the voters in the
> Minneapolis Park and Recreation 5th District lack the ability to
> distinguish between DFL and DFL-Endorsed.
[...]
I think you may want to doublecheck your position an attorney
I take umberage with Jason Stone's inference that the voters in the Minneapolis
Park and Recreation 5th District lack the ability to distinguish between DFL
and DFL-Endorsed.
Carol has been a life-long DFL-er and is proud of, and subscribes to the values
of the DFL Party and what it means to th
Not that I wish to belabor this thread, but it appears
that the McLaughlin signs on my block have been
replaced with alternative signs that use the "DFL'er"
(a very small er) tag in place of the previous "DFL."
aaron klemz
cooper
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Aaron Klemz, Minneapolis, Minn
Actually, there is an Minneapolis ordinance on the
topic of political signs:
Chapter 109, Signs and Billboards
109.60. Political campaign signs. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Code to the contrary, no
license or permit shall be required for the placing of
temporary political campaign
On Nov 19, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Dean Carlson wrote:
The recent SW Journal had an article stating that we have to remove our
political lawn signs by November 12. (Sorry no link, David?)
I think this law is blatently unconstitutional. I as U.S. Citizen
have the
right to free speech, meaning I can p
snip
And blatantly unenforced.
Bill Dooley
Kenny
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The recent SW Journal had an article stating that we have to remove our
political lawn signs by November 12. (Sorry no link, David?)
I think this law is blatently unconstitutional. I as U.S. Citizen have the
right to free speech, meaning I can put a sign in my yard stating what I
believe (as lo
Dorian Eder wrote:
As for the effectiveness of lawnsigns, I believe they are more
psychological warfare than anything else.
Well placed lawnsigns can give the impression of huge popular support.
They can also make neighbors in places dominated by one political party
or the other more comfortable go
So I heard a pretty funny story while I was passing through Milwaukee a
week or so ago. A neighbor of the friend I was visiting had been
repeatedly having his John Kerry signs stolen. He was angry about this
and reported each theft to the police--who perhaps not so surprisingly
thought they h
As for the effectiveness of lawnsigns, I believe they are more
psychological warfare than anything else.
Well placed lawnsigns can give the impression of huge popular support.
They can also make neighbors in places dominated by one political party
or the other more comfortable going against
David said: "However â though I doubt anyone
would admit this â many voters "follow the leader" and are subtly
influenced by a profusion of them."
I wonder how potential voters react to a lack of presidential lawn signs. In
my area, the Kerry signs outnumber the Bush signs 2 to 1. However,
It's as regular as Minnesota mosquitoes — community newspaper editors
getting calls from both sides insisting that lawn signs are being
trashed.. by only one side.
I can tell you that short of personal injury being inflicted, there's
no story here. Honestly, ever year, the charges fly from all
I hope my earlier post (11/10) didn't offend
the volunteers who are still working very hard.
I only meant to pass on a little information, and
possibly needle the campaigns or campaign workers that were shirking their
responsibilities.It seems that in the days after the election, some
campa
Please remember that most campaigns are run by volunteers who
have regular jobs. I was still picking up signs on Saturday for Scott Dibble's
campaign. For the most part, the campaigns want their signs back--they are
expensive, and reusable. So please, have patience with us!
Kelly O'Brien
Ki
I happened to see some of the vandalized Wellstone signs near Kings Highway
that were mentioned in an earlier post. There was also a "No to war with
Iraq" sign with "Yes" spray painted on it. Looks like that's the mentality
we're going to be dealing with for awhile.
Linda Mann
Kingfield
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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:57
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Subject: [Mpls] Lawn signs
I respect the right of people to
support their candidate by placing a lawn sign on their property.
But it absolutely anno
Ya, and I want to know who stuffed the Charlie Weaver lawn sign in the evergreen right outside my house? What's with that? Jeez! I am beginning to get paranoid. First, my flag gets burned while it's on my house. Second, I have to wrestle some guy to keep my Paul Wellstone sign and now I find Charli
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Subject: [Mpls] Lawn signs
I respect the right of people to support their candidate by
placing a lawn sign on their property. But it absolutely annoys me when
people display disrespect by placing them on public property (ie street
corners, bridge fences, parkways, etc.). While I&#
First, it is not legal to post campaign lawn signs on public property. If I am correct, I believe the statutes that govern this say that anyone who sees a lawn sign on public property has the right to remove the sign and discard it. Not sure, but I think I remember that from the campaign last year
I respect the right of people to support their candidate by placing a lawn sign on their property.
But it absolutely annoys me when people display disrespect by placing them on public property (ie street corners, bridge fences, parkways, etc.). While I'm certain there is an ordinance against it, i
My lawn signs actually say
"Education is a Right"
MANN
for School Board
I also just printed a new half-sheet flyer and decluttered my home page a
bit.
-Doug Mann
Mann for School Board
http://educationright.tripod.com
In a message dated 10/1/2002 6:24:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL
Doug Mann now has lawn signs for his school board race and he's not afraid to
use them. An eye-catching fire engine red with large white letters (Doug Mann
for School Board Education is a Right), they make an attractive addition to
any lawn either standing alone or complementing the signs of ot
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