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Politics: City about to lower the boom on campaign sign scofflaws

(Press release)

Date: October 6, 2008
Released by: Alma Brown, Communications Manager, 494-8554
Subject: SIGNS IN RIGHT-OF-WAY

All private signs in the public right of way are prohibited. Political candidates will have until Thursday, October 9, 2008, to remove their signs from the public right of way. If they are not removed, City of Peoria Public Works crews will start removing the signs on October 10, 2008. Signs can be retrieved from the our Public Works Facility on Dries Lane, 3505 N. Dries Lane. After ten days, the signs will be discarded.

5 Responses to “Politics: City about to lower the boom on campaign sign scofflaws”

  1.   diane vespa Says:

    I just called Alma Brown for clarification on this. She said it will apply to ALL signs. Festival, special event, real estate, political, business promo’s, single sites…. everything!

    This will be interesting to see go down.

  2.   gfalkes Says:

    you should have a pool on which campaign will be the biggest offender

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  4.   SD Says:

    There is no excuse for not getting permission to put signs on private property. I have done it many times for events I have sponsored. There is no excuse for putting signs on public property. Also, a lot of these signs block traffic vision and the posters have no respect for where they put these signs. And the biggest aggravation of all is that if you put up a yard sale or garage sale sign, half of them don’t get taken down after the sale. They stay up for months until the weather destroys them.

  5.   Diane Vespa Says:

    “They stay up for months until the weather destroys them.”

    … and I go crazy looking for the rummage sale! Lol!