campaign sign removal

[beach_umbrella]

What's this I hear about the Seabreeze community over by Camp Creek Lake? Supposedly the homeowners Board directors have been running around the neighborhood pulling candidate signs out of the ground and removing them. Don't they realize these campaign signs are TEMPORARY signs? Doesn't this kind of action violate the "American Way" which has been in place since the American Revolution created our freedom?
Shame on you ignorant Board people in Seabreeze!:nono1::nono1:

 

[ShallowsNole]

I'm not an expert and I did not sleep at Holiday Inn Express last night, but...unless they are pulling them up out of private citizen's yards, I'm pretty sure a subdivision's homeowners association has the right to pull up anything they don't want in their subdivision. Especially if they maintain their own streets.

 

[ckhagen]

Many HOAs also bar political signs from private yards...

 

[Smiling JOe]

What's this I hear about the Seabreeze community over by Camp Creek Lake? Supposedly the homeowners Board directors have been running around the neighborhood pulling candidate signs out of the ground and removing them. Don't they realize these campaign signs are TEMPORARY signs? Doesn't this kind of action violate the "American Way" which has been in place since the American Revolution created our freedom?
Shame on you ignorant Board people in Seabreeze!:nono1::nono1:

That is some of the best news I've seen lately. I've been wanting to run over all of the damn signs, illegally place along our roadways and in our State Parks. The signs are trash!

 

[BeachSiO2]

In my community/subdivision in SC, no signs of any kind are allowed in the yards. We even had to remove one that we had placed saying that we support a new charter school. I REALLY like the non-cluttered areas.

 

[Jdarg]

Campaign signs are a campaign season necessity. If one candidate puts out signs, then all candidates have to to make sure their name stays on peoples minds and tongues too.

Since the signs are considered so awful, how do y'all think candidates should advertise and get their name out? I will be needing to find good places to place Obama signs soon, so give me some alternative ideas for sign placement! I am looking for constructive, useful ideas here BTW.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

I personally, really take note of those placed in private yards. It makes me think about the candidate because someone else felt strong enough to make a statement on their private property.

 

[Hop]

Campaign signs are a campaign season necessity. If one candidate puts out signs, then all candidates have to to make sure their name stays on peoples minds and tongues too.

Since the signs are considered so awful, how do y'all think candidates should advertise and get their name out? I will be needing to find good places to place Obama signs soon, so give me some alternative ideas for sign placement! I am looking for constructive, useful ideas here BTW.

jd...you think we need obama signs..for him to "stay in our minds"? I'm with SJ...i feel bombarded and visually violated at every corner.

 

[Smiling JOe]

If the Sheriff and Code Enforcement removed all illegally placed signs in a timely manner, candidates wouldn't feel the need to keep up with their competition's signs. I have no problem with people campaigning by placing signs in their yards, but this thought that it is election season, and they always do it (place the signs illegally), bothers the hell out of me. There is enough free internet promotion that there is no need for all of this extra clutter. Let the newspapers cover the candidates' stories, bios, and issue positions. Let candidates buy ads in the newspapers, on the TV and on the radio. If you are going to make a freaking rule about the placement of signs, then enforce the rule. It isn't so darn difficult.

I even noticed that one particular candidate's signs were either picked up, mowed around, and replaced, or either, freshly installed immediately after the grass was mowed on 283.

I feel the same way about the few businesses who pop up their illegally placed signs, trying to get customers into their store. Do some research before taking on the lease. There is a reason why people pay premiums for great store locations. If you need illegally placed signs to draw in customers, there is a good chance that you chose the wrong location to lease for that particular business.

 

[beach_umbrella]

I'm told that Walton County owns the streets in Seabreeze and that the Owners Association Board members are pulling up the signs from private property. My understanding is that only two homeowners have stood their ground and intend to maintain those temporary campaign signs until after the final election day of August 26th.
Whatever happened to America first, and Grandma's apple pie? Too many misguided busybodies roaming the neighborhoods I think, and they are definitely a threat to the 'American way'.