A sign here, a sign there... after Vaughan municipal election

YorkRegion.com
Nov. 20, 2014
By Adam Martin-Robbins

Few things set people’s blood to boiling like election signs do.

That is, in part, why there are bylaws dictating where they can be placed and for how long.

Local bylaws require candidates to pull down their signs within 72 hours after the election. For last month’s municipal election, the deadline was midnight on Oct. 30.

Election signs still standing after that time can be confiscated by the city.

But, nearly three weeks later, there are a dozen brightly coloured signs belonging to re-elected Regional Councillor Gino Rosati cluttering up the intersection of Huntington Road and New Huntington Road.

It’s understandable that when candidates are cleaning up after an election they might miss a sign here or there, but not a dozen in one location.

The fact the city hasn’t confiscated these signs yet is also a bit puzzling.

After all, they’re in plain view, in a major industrial area, on a fairly well-travelled road.

And it was just a few months ago that the city, at council’s behest, launched a campaign reminding residents to take their junk mail home and recycle it rather than tossing it at the foot of their local super mailbox - or face a stiff fine.

Perhaps Mr. Rosati needs a similar reminder.

Consider it done.

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