Rules Meant to be Broken
As I sat minding my own business at lunch today savoring my Panang Curry Chicken at Thai Pan Alley, I watched as a gentleman sauntered to the center of the county-owned lot between 23rd and 24th Avenues and firmly implanted a “Phil Hanna for City Commissioner” sign in the middle of it.
I thought you couldn’t put signs on public lands? Hmmm. And yet another of Hanna’s signs was removed from a vacant lot where it was also placed without the owner’s permission. Hmmm. And what about the one at Ocean’s Glen, the development at 7th Avenue and Gulf Blvd. that has stopped construction? Hmmm. Any bets whether permission was given for that sign?
According to a Pinellas County code enforcer, the county’s policy is that political signs are not permitted on properties they own. Code enforcement for such an issue, however, falls under the jurisdiction of the City of IRB.
Are Hanna’s campaign signs being placed in unauthorized locations out of ignorance or is it because there aren’t enough “true” Hanna fans willing to publicly support him? With only one week left until Election Day you can expect the IRB political scene to heat up like the pavers on my back deck in August!
Nancy Obarski
Beach Trail/IRB
As I sat minding my own business at lunch today savoring my Panang Curry Chicken at Thai Pan Alley, I watched as a gentleman sauntered to the center of the county-owned lot between 23rd and 24th Avenues and firmly implanted a “Phil Hanna for City Commissioner” sign in the middle of it.
I thought you couldn’t put signs on public lands? Hmmm. And yet another of Hanna’s signs was removed from a vacant lot where it was also placed without the owner’s permission. Hmmm. And what about the one at Ocean’s Glen, the development at 7th Avenue and Gulf Blvd. that has stopped construction? Hmmm. Any bets whether permission was given for that sign?
According to a Pinellas County code enforcer, the county’s policy is that political signs are not permitted on properties they own. Code enforcement for such an issue, however, falls under the jurisdiction of the City of IRB.
Are Hanna’s campaign signs being placed in unauthorized locations out of ignorance or is it because there aren’t enough “true” Hanna fans willing to publicly support him? With only one week left until Election Day you can expect the IRB political scene to heat up like the pavers on my back deck in August!
Nancy Obarski
Beach Trail/IRB
5 comments:
So did Armstrong/Publix give Wollin permission for her signs?
They asked her to put one there.
So she represents big box developers that were already defeated a few years ago by the voters. How can this be seen as "For the People."
We now have a developer's darling for a CM.
Coward was forced out of TI when they put the clamps on development height and density there. Then he went to work for a developer.
Just like the USF consultant this guy was probably hand picked by IRB development interests.
None of the 5 commissioners we now have and two of the three candidates running are for the people.
Well let's hope COWARD is properly Vetted! Unlike the last two clowns
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