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Campaign Signs
Annie is correct there is no "legal" deadline for yard signs. And there
cannot be a deadline (or in this case birthline) as long as a person is
putting a sign which they personally own upon their own property. One is
allowed to decorate their own yard in a manner that is of their own
choosing, regardless of that pack at the Supreme Court who has decided
that it can make new laws about property rights.
As for people hating you for the yard sign, someone needs to get a life.
Though I hate pink flamingoes, I do not advocate a law against them.
Though I detest some of the elaborate Christmas decorations that cause
light pollution to surrounding neighborhoods I do NOT hate the people who
do them. I detest some architecture, those abominations posing as art
institutions spring to mind, but I do not "Hate" the University, the
Walker, the Institute, or even who ever created that eyesore off the new
library (though it may come close). So perhaps hate is a little strong
for us to care about.
I probably do feel some mild irritation at those who kept their Kerry and
Bush signs up after the election, or those who used to keep their
Wellstone and Reagan signs up as a badge of political orthodoxy long after
either could run for office. But hey, that was how those people wanted to
decorate their houses and yards, and apparently those signs indicated a
central part of their own identities and who they felt themselves to
really be. While both were an eye sore to me, I like people feeling good
about themselves so if it puts a smile on their face I love them.
For my own part I will display the sign of my choice, on my property,
regardless of what some politician thinks, (even the candidate whose sign
it is for). And I am willing to go to court about it. And if I am
harassed by public servant toddies then I guess I am willing to plead for
relief from a court of law and ask for punitive damages because of
political harassment. So perhaps I will have a huge sign painted at my own
expense and placed in my yard. Then wait to be harassed so I can take it
to court. If the University can get away with that eye sore of giant
wadded up tinfoil without political harassment, then it would certainly be
discrimination for the City to bother me about an 4X8 foot piece of yard
art that I think is beautiful.
Jim Graham,
Having fun with seditious thoughts from the porch steps in Ventura Village
"Why is it the Mongols of this world always tell us they're defending us
against the Mongols?"
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