[Summit] Fwd: Re: Posting Signs.

[pjaceto at cox.net]

  I'd be in favor of bulliten boards. 
I make the robbery vs sign comparison as form of argument. I don't consider them equal but where do you draw the line and still obey the law? The only way is to read the law as written.

Paul

> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:44:49 -0500
> From: <libertyliterary at cox.net>
> To: Bresler E <breslerfamily at gmail.com>, 
	Neighborhood Association <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Posting Signs.
> 
> I really like Elianna's idea of creating bulletin boards
> for community notices.  Perhaps SNA could also
> encourage more retailers to provide these as a
> community service.  
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Liberty G
> 
> ---- Bresler E <breslerfamily at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> =============
> I guess I am also middle of the road, since I don't want a "messy
> neighborhood either, but I am also biased, because I am someone who has
> needed to post signs. That is a problem for some of us.
> And I also didn't know it wasn't allowed!
> I am glad it was just zealous guardians of our neighborhood, not mean
> spirited people tearing them down.
> 
> Yard Sales- eh! You can't count on them with or without posters, so I didn't
> really care. Although the poster size ones were a lot of work to make, for
> only 20 minutes exposure.
> 
> But getting the word out about my husband's music is harder. Those posters
> disappearing- I was pretty unhappy about it.  The color posters announcing
> my husband's klezmer concerts cost $.49 to $1.49 each depending on the size.
> So at that price I do NOT plaster them all over the place, so when the few I
> put up, got ripped right down I was frustrated.
> People who hear they missed an event, complain it wasn't publicized enough.
> We barely make enough to do the concert and some flyers.  We cannot afford
> advertisements in the newspaper, and the free calendar listings are often
> swamped and may edit us out.  The libraries do not allow posting of things
> that are not non-profit.  It is a constant problem.
> 
> We are developing an e-mailing list, but that is also a fair amount of work,
> doesn't reach new people and email addresses change. And a lot of our
> audience does not and will never have email.
> 
> I also do not want to see endless paper on our poles. I have lived in
> neighborhoods where you couldn't see the pole from ground to 6ft. And the
> other extreme is-  I  know that on Beacon Hill in Boston the owner of the
> event listed on the poster is fined $100 per poster. There is no debate
> about whether they sanctioned it's posting.  A friend of mine produced a
> concert in the Hynes auditorium, and she knew the rule, and never knew who
> put the posters up.  She still had to pay $600. Ouch!
> 
> Maybe we could set up a couple of bulletin boards at two busy bus stops?
> Like near the library and either CVS or the Miriam Hospital stop? So folks
> can stop and check out what's happening in one place?  Does that get points
> on a foot-traffic-friendly neighborhood measurement scale?
> 
> Elianna
> 
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