New home builders refer to them as bandit signs; those signs
that pop up every weekend in the right of ways promoting new housing
developments. By local sign code they are allowed to remain up over the weekend
but must be taken down by Monday or the county will take matters into their own hands.
In election season they are simply illegal signs yet
seemingly every candidate, is guilty of this transgression. It’s okay to place
signs on private property, with the property owners permission, but not in the
public right of way. Enforcement is lax however, which only further serves to encourage the practice.
Today I spotted a certain school board candidate who is
really thumbing her nose at the regulations. Passing by Oakland Mills
High School
While I think this says a good deal about the behavior of the candidate, I
also think the school system should be ashamed for tolerating it.
