Above is pictures of  candidates signs that are out of compliance because they are sitting on city owned property.
If there is one area of the political sign season I will try to defend candidates on is the confusing and complicated political sign rules. Almost every election cycle someone if not all candidates are out of compliance. Four years ago Huether had signs in the boulevard. A no-no. For awhile this year, Entenman had signs in the boulevard (and apparently still does). And in the last school board election, Mickelson was even posting signs in the Tea School District. Not sure if that is against any ordinances, but kind of just funny.
A few weeks ago candidate Brekke had some issues with compliance on her yard signs and was told to bring them into compliance by City Clerk Tom Greco. While time consuming, Brekke spent a bundle of time last week bringing her signs into compliance. I can’t imagine what kind of task that was.
Like I said, it plagues all of the candidates equally. A lot of times it has nothing to do with the candidate, but the mistake of an advisor or a printer (yes, us printers are not perfect).
While some of these non-compliance issues can be against city ordinance, are they really worth all the hoopla at the end of the day? I know I’m guilty in the past of making a big deal out of it, but after seeing so many violations this past election cycle I’m more concerned about what a candidate STANDS for and not whether they know how to STAND up a sign in someone’s yard.
Nothing to see here. Move along. VOTE TUESDAY! For a person, not a sign.