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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Mayor Candidate May Want To Bone Up On Zoning Code

Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 12:00 AM

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  • Anyone care to place a bet on whether the sign stays or goes? I say it stays since it is for one of the "good ol' boys"

    -- Posted by howdydoody on Thu, Dec 17, 2009, at 9:31 AM
  • Don't forget about the yard sale signs, and the summer employment signs placed at intersections on right-of-way.

    -- Posted by Yankee Station on Thu, Dec 17, 2009, at 12:05 PM
  • Im still concerned about his arrogant statement made some weeks ago when he announced his intention of running for Mayor. Yes he is well known in Cape and perhaps popular among the Republican machine in Cape however, that does not mean he is right for the job! He does not have my vote by any means. I see his signs are all over Cape. Many of which are illegally placed!

    -- Posted by GREYWOLF on Thu, Dec 17, 2009, at 12:41 PM
  • Maybe Rediger should go the rout of the Pink Galleon and put a bus by the side of the road. Or better yet, drive the bus around and blast propoganda through loud-speakers and take road trips to kiss babies, even the ugly ones.

    Or to top it off, he could take John Madden's old bus and call it 'The Rediger Cruiser' and tell people things they already know.

    -- Posted by almighty on Thu, Dec 17, 2009, at 2:20 PM
  • GW - thought you would run for office. Love folks that throw stones that aren't willing to jump in themselves.

    -- Posted by insider63785 on Thu, Dec 17, 2009, at 10:05 PM
  • Yankeestation, I'm sure that 99% of all garage sale signs wind up being located in city right of way. It's virtually impossible not to. But it is basically a toothless ordinance. Is there even a fine for violating it? And do we really want our law enforcement officers fussing with something so trivial? I don't.

    I know I've put garage sale and election signs on my property in the city's right of way. The way I look at it is that I own the property, I maintain the property and I pay the taxes on the property so therefore I can do what I want with the property -- within reason, of course and I consider modest-sized garage sale and election signs with-in reason.

    The DIFFERENCE in this case is that this corner is NOT owned by an individual. According to the city, the city owns it. Perhaps, the owner of the rental house next to the lot feels like he owns that land. Obviously, his tenants have a driveway that crosses the property and he possibly even mows it. But it's not his. It's ours. It's like a tiny undeveloped park, and I don't like signs of any kind located in my parks.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Fri, Dec 18, 2009, at 8:58 AM
  • I wouldn't be surprised to see Larry Rice make a case for running for mayor so he has a better shot of trying to take over the federal building.

    We should do what New Yorkers did and write in Mr. Burns from the Simpsons.

    -- Posted by almighty on Fri, Dec 18, 2009, at 9:16 AM
  • longtime_cape_resident: And we all love people who want to stiffle others'opinions. Just because I am not in political office does not mean I should not have a voice in government, including the quality of the candidates. You may have heard of the concepts of liberty, freedom of speech, democracy, etc. Everyone should have a voice in government (and anything else they care to). I appreciate greywolf's enthusiasm, even though I often disagree with his position.

    -- Posted by ParkerDaws on Fri, Dec 18, 2009, at 9:28 AM
  • no intent to stifle - just that lots of posters seem to have a lot of great/different ideas but want someone else to do it - but aren't happy with the people in office. for a city of this size, its disappointing that only 3 people run for mayor.

    -- Posted by insider63785 on Fri, Dec 18, 2009, at 10:17 AM
  • I just passed by on William & did NOT see any signs. You must have called him or he saw your blog

    -- Posted by Texas Tornado on Fri, Dec 18, 2009, at 2:05 PM
  • longtime- practice what you preach, you run for office

    This isn't the first time you have posted that comment, and I am sure it won't be the last, because you can not get it through your thick skull that everyone has a right to an opinion. Not only do we have a right to our opinions, but there wouldn't be blogs at all without opinions. People who are elected to office are elected to office to represent us. Therfor we need to make our opinions known so they hear our voices and vote accordingly.

    I suppose you think you can be our mayor and not listen to our opinions.....hmmm, good luck with that.

    -- Posted by Skeptic1 on Sat, Dec 19, 2009, at 7:33 AM
  • Who else is running for mayor?

    -- Posted by crackpot on Sun, Dec 20, 2009, at 8:19 AM
  • There are three candidates - Mr. Rediger, Matt Hopkins and Walter White.

    TFR.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Sun, Dec 20, 2009, at 9:58 PM