Archive for July 4, 2008
Do This, Don’t Do That, Can’t You Read The Signs?
by John Weckerle
Well, possibly not, if you’re trying to read them in Edgewood. In what appeared to be a heavy-handed, divisive, and adversarial display of authority, the Town of Edgewood confiscated a substantial number of signs and chose to display them outside the Community Center as an apparent prelude to the Town staff’s presentation on signs at the July 2, 2008 Town Council meeting.
One resident, who indicated that one of the signs confiscated was a sign posted by his church for vacation Bible study, stated that he approached Town official Karen Mahalick and told her that this action was divisive and unproductive. According to that individual, Ms. Mahalick conceded that “this should have been handled differently” – but we question just how these signs could have come to be displayed thus without the involvement of Ms. Mahalick and Mayor Bob Stearley. According to the same individual, local resident Janelle Turner raised her fist and proclaimed “Ignorance of the law is no excuse!” In this case, however, it turns out that ignorance of the law may be the only option. »» Do This, Don’t Do That, Can’t You Read The Signs?