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Friday, May 10, 2013
Sign of the times: mammoth Altadena election sign needs a home
by Timothy Rutt
The upcoming Altadena Town Council elections have a home in cyberspace: they have a website, they’re on Facebook and they have a Twitter account (@AltadenaElect) . It’s just hard finding room in the real world.
The election committee is looking for a home for its 45 ft. banner.
As it says on their Facebook page, the usual draping over Lake Avenue isn’t happening this year: “For a variety of reasons, the county will no longer waive fees, deposits, liability insurance, etc. and a bonded installer with equipment will need to put it up and take it down.”
Election sign at Allen Avenue south of Washington Boulevard. Photo: Hugo Arteaga.
For an election that is being done on the cheap — as it is every year, because it really has no budget — this is not possible.
What other options are there? “Our hope was to find a location on private property, but that has proven to be harder than we had imagined.”
If you can help out, contact chair@AltadenaElection.org
Meanwhile, the 24×24 Hugo Arteaga-designed signs are doing well — in fact, three of them have been stolen.
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by Timothy Rutt
The upcoming Altadena Town Council elections have a home in cyberspace: they have a website, they’re on Facebook and they have a Twitter account (@AltadenaElect) . It’s just hard finding room in the real world.
The election committee is looking for a home for its 45 ft. banner.
As it says on their Facebook page, the usual draping over Lake Avenue isn’t happening this year: “For a variety of reasons, the county will no longer waive fees, deposits, liability insurance, etc. and a bonded installer with equipment will need to put it up and take it down.”
Election sign at Allen Avenue south of Washington Boulevard. Photo: Hugo Arteaga.
For an election that is being done on the cheap — as it is every year, because it really has no budget — this is not possible.
What other options are there? “Our hope was to find a location on private property, but that has proven to be harder than we had imagined.”
If you can help out, contact chair@AltadenaElection.org
Meanwhile, the 24×24 Hugo Arteaga-designed signs are doing well — in fact, three of them have been stolen.