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Mr. Corrente,

I respectfully (and perhaps vehemently) disagree with you. In the article the ACLU says that the ordinance is unconstitutional and I believe they provided Mr. Johnson with court opionons that state such. Furthermore, it is most certainly a free speech issue. The notion that the city or state can tell me when I can display a political lawn sign on my own private property is ludicrous. The city or state can ,and does, limit the size of the sign, how far away it can be from adjacent properties, how far from the road, that it can't obstruct traffic sight lines, and more, but it can not tell me when I can display it. If I want to keep my campaign sign on the front lawn of my personal property for six months after the election, the city or state should not be able to stop me from doing so. The sign mounted on the vehicle in front of your headquarters has been relatively stationary for quite a long time so to allow that, but not allow a simple lawn sign to be displayed on private property is just a distinction without a difference. You can not seriously support this ordinance. Lastly, your attempt to make this a party issue where Republicans are rying to "get away" with something is peculiar, since the vast majority of signs that were up "illegally' were for candidated from your party.