You were lucky - yesterdays NY times reported an editor, in a similar altercation, got knocked down and his camera trashed.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/illegal-signs-and-a-reporters-b roken-camera/index.html?hp Bravo! I take these down when I can manage it, both in terms of time and physical dexterity--but I've yet to catch anyone putting them up. (and I mean signs on poles, not on trees.) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Clarke Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:16 PM To: UCneighbors; University City List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ucneighbors] Nailing Advertisements to Trees I caught a small work crew preparing to attach a sign to a sycamore on Baltimore Av opposite the Coöp. They had a step ladder, a white pick-up truck and a bag of blue & white signs for one of those "We buy Houses" enterprises. I went over and stopped them and almost had an altercation as they were about to drive the first nail. I told them that this was illegal and that they weren't to continue. The one fellow got in my face a bit, with a "Who are you!!". I told them it was clearly illegal and that they weren't even allowed to put them on poles, let alone nail them to trees. The crew chief told me that they had the OK from the city to do this. I told him that even if he did get an OK from the city, it was still illegal. We weren't fighting with each other at this point and that was good. I did get the number from the sign which was a 917-806-4442. I walked over to Jim Roebuck's office and let the young woman know what was going on. The crew chief dropped Jim and Jannie's name as if he knew them (and by association) knew what he was doing. The secretary at Jim's office said that she would call to report this to UCD. Hope everyone keeps their eye out for this. I haven't seen any more of these signs along Baltimore. Joe (Ent) Clarke _______________________________________________ ucneighbors mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
