Common sense dictates that signs should stay up while the issue is relevant which in some cases has nothing to do with an election cycle.
-Christopher Eliot > There are a lot of signs popping up all over town?.sales, school open houses, > painters, roofers, etc, etc. > > Years ago, we Selects worked hard to come up with a protocol for signage that > was appearing everywhere. > > Poor Tim Higgins was assigned the onerous task of being sign tzar?and he had > to send poor DPW folks out to bring order to the chaos. > > So, here is what we came up with. > Perhaps it has changed, but if not?please make life easy for Tim, et al. > It was and still is fun to read what is going on, what family has an L/S or > Brooks grad. and what evens are happening around town. > That said, it is not bad to also be aware of some of the ancient ?road rules." > > 1) All signs should have clear contact info for the event, company, or > political candidate/position being promoted ?anonymous was not good. > 2) The town has a number of town-owned locations for signage-5 corners, > Morningside Park, entrance to schools, Peace Park/Lincoln Rd., the > intersection of Lincoln and 117, the intersection of Codman Rd. and 126. > 3) Signs should not be up more than 2 weeks, and come down within a week > after an event (this frees up space of other events) > 4) Contractors and service workers signs should only be near driveways while > work is ongoing. > 5) Political and other signs, on private property, should be near a clearly > identifiable address/driveway. This was to prevent the ?Burma Shave? > effect., and to make the person/household that put up the sign clearly > identifiable. (No random placements along Lincoln or Weston Rd.-famous spots > for things to appear) > 6) When putting signs up at the ever-popular 5 corner, place the signs behind > the in laid granite stones, away from the intersection. This was because > signs were blocking drivers view as they approached from Sandy Pond Rd. > > When you think about it, these were all common sense, but common sense does > not always prevail. > > Perhaps, if there have been changes, the modern day Sign Tsar can weigh in. > > And, unless there has been revisions of these efforts, let?s practice > reserve. It will be good to practice before the 2024 election kick into > high gear and we can expect multiples in multiple places. > > > > > > > > > > > ------ > Sara Mattes > > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
