PLEASE STOP THE SUPERSIZE SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS! We’re beginning to feel like the disturbed news anchor Howard Beale (played by the late Peter Finch in the 1976 classic movie Network), who ran to the open window and screamed, “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!,” https://youtube/watch?v=QMBZDwf9dok about candidates for public office super-sizing their ILLEGAL political signs in Tulsa’s residential neighborhoods. For more than a decade we have been trying to politely educate candidates and the public about Tulsa’s city ordinance size restrictions that provide, “the display surface area of each political campaign sign located in R or O Zoning Districts shall not exceed 16 square feet in surface area.” Title 42 TRO, Section 1201(C). Nevertheless, candidates routinely violate this restriction. This includes candidates for Governor, Congress, Mayor, City Councilor and even Judges. It gets particularly bad three or four weeks out from an election, which makes enforcement through the city complaint procedure almost impossible. For us it is a neighborhood and quality of life issue. In our opinion, the standard medium-sized sign (about 2’ by 4’ or 3’ x 5’) is more than adequate to get the message out in a residential area, even one along a major street. But the new trend is what we call the “Boss Hogg” sign, about 4’ by 8.’ Candidates—PLEASE RESPECT TULSA’S BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS AND DON’T PUT UP YOUR “BOSS HOGG” SIGNS AND ALSO PLEASE RESPECT THE LAW! Greg Bledsoe , Tulsa, OK 918-519-9983 Herb Beattie, Tulsa, OK 918-706-0949
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:54:41 +0000