Chattanooga has a 59 page sign ordinance, something else to keep lawyers in business. Somewhere in there it gives a length you may have temporary signs displayed, seems like someone told me it is 90 days. I hate elections because our beautiful city gets littered with thousands of signs for people running for office. But really...signs for a November election in May?
Where are the sign police who were after Koch's Bakery? Why aren't they at the headquarters of Congressman Fleischmann demanding he remove his signs and fining him for all the ones that are at entrances and exits to freeways, along the river and dozens of other places specifically disallowed by ordinance.
Why are Marty Haynes' and Tom Greenholtz's signs all along the public right-of-way where they are prohibited? Why aren't they and Mark Siedlecki being forced to remove their signs from the view of the Veterans Bridge and Cummings Highway, both areas specifically forbidden by ordinance?
Don't vote for anyone who has a sign up before August and maybe they will learn. The reason they do it is because they can, they are our lawmakers and they can ignore laws if they wish. Please don't litter our beautiful streets with signs. If people want them in their yards, great but keep them off the roads and public properties, please.
Max Pettit