Watch Those Right-of-Ways
Some signs of the fierce primary campaigning remain, but even signs for upcoming races are getting tossed if they're in the wrong place.
Our photographer rolled as a City of Austin code inspector pulled out two Rosemary Lehmberg signs from the ground on Friday. They were sitting in a right-of-way, and even though the DA runoff is still ahead for Travis County voters, the signs had to go. (Click the photo for the video.)
I asked him whether the fact the election was still coming up made a difference, but he said no.
"Technically, it's in the right-of-way," said inspector Terry Hurd.
Obviously these guys have more important things to do, so they aren't patrolling town for errant signs all the time. But if they see them, they will pick them up. So the City of Austin reminds you to know your right-of-ways. They typically start where private driveways end.
Unlike Houston, Austin looks pretty clean of signs around polling places now, with the exception of the Travis County Courthouse, where you can find the LJD sign shown above. But if you still want to show your support on your private property, that's totally cool, unless of course you live along a highway, in which case that sign needed to be down within 10 days of the election.
I think she means "rights of way."
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/services/right_of_way/campaign_signs.htm