lots of questions

Upon further information being received from the property owners, there is considerable room for doubt regarding the possible improper placement of those signs. Only one sign has been confirmed to be improperly positioned, and that was one sign of Dotson's, which was only 14 feet from the street. Instead of a courtesy call to the property owner or the candidate the sign was removed. Its not clear if the sign was returned to Mr Dotson or not. It should have been. More information regarding the signs will be forthcoming tomorrow. Could it be that, after the sign fiasco with Garcia, Gym now uses Cardini to pick up opponents signs instead, in broad daylight? Even signs that are properly placed? Why arent the candidates or the property owners notified? Private property on private homeowner land is confiscated by zoning and disappears without a trace? How many signs has Cardini picked up in total? How many were Bain, Best, Lob, Stiff. or Espino signs? If Cardini is picking up properly placed signs at the request of the City Manager, should they BOTH be arrested or just one? Is it true the Asst City Manager is out campaigning for Bain and his buddies? Lots of questions. Stay tuned. Dr. Mel P. Johnson

signs held for ransom?

Rest easy, Springs residents, Code Enforcement officer Cardini is on the job and ever vigilant. Apparently today he rescued residents from some political yard signs that may (or may have not) have been a few feet closer to the road than the required 16 feet! In a stroke of bad luck, all the confiscated signs appear to be challengers signs. Miraculously, NONE of the incumbents signs were found to be improperly placed. What a coincidence! While you might think a warning or courtesy call would be in order to those candidates with the possible offending signs so they could reply to this possible infraction, it was deemed TOO SERIOUS for such a simple, direct, and straightforward solution! Perhaps the City is holding the signs for ransom. I expect to be notified about my signs soon. At least THOSE signs wont disappear tonight! Whew! What a relief! Since I pay $4.50 a sign for each, I refuse to pay a ransom over a dollar each! When was the last time challengers rampaging yard signs were confiscated by Cardini? If this is going to be the official policy I can assure residents I will do my part to make sure NO SIGNS are less than 16 feet from the street or improperly placed and Mr. Cardini WILL be called each and every time one is found! I bought a new tape measure for the occasion. I of course will expect a timely removal and confiscation of any such signs, WITHOUT any courtesy call to the owners, like today. Sure, we may have dozens of moldy and mildewed roofs in the City, but these pesky political yard signs are A TOP PRIORITY to our zoning department! You say you think its petty political BS? I cant argue with you. Dr. Mel P. Johnson