Archive for November 23, 2008
Signs Of The Times?
By Bob Steiner
The town of Edgewood, like all towns, has a lot of signs. There are traffic signs mandated by state and federal authorities which provide essential information to those traveling through our fair valley. Information signs alert us to the location of historical sites and other points of interest to visitors (please note here, for future reference, “visitors” - can also be defined as “tourists, who spend money!”). Large and small retailers have signs. Realtors have signs. There are even signs identifying various streets and roads in the town though, please don’t expect to find any on the South side of State Road #333, just West of the town’s administrative offices. Although the most recent election  is over and the votes have been tabulated, there still seems to be an abundance of the “stick in the ground” political cardboard signs around. There are even a few of these  “adorning” some of the more prominent barbed wire fences hereabout.  What seems pariticularly hard to understand is that some merchants have had to resort to “stick” cardboard signs to identify their locations. While milk carton signs announcing week end garage sales are posted,  they, at least, do seem to be removed in a timely manner. »» Signs Of The Times?