Comments on: Update: Pepper Pike restriction of one political yard sign per election

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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:11:09 +0000

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By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:08:54 +0000

Thank you for reading and for the comment! I’ve corrected the error in Allan’s name – which I have correct in my e-mail, sorry about that! I have three other “Allen”s in my email and they are all with an “e.”

I agree with you and the way you state it. Thank you, as always.

By: Suzanne Blum

Suzanne Blum — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:05:43 +0000

I think that the Beachwood regulation is the best interpretation of a “reasonable” restriction. That regulation allows only one sign per candidate or issue. While it is highly unlikely that someone is going to fill their yard with a sign for every candidate that they support, they should have the right to do so. They should not have to chose. On the other hand, it is reasonable that the city can limit the signs on one per candidate so that someone can’t have 5 signs in their yard for the same candidate. And, by the way, it is Allan Krulak, with an “a”.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:16:59 +0000

I have no idea, but let me tell you – last year, when I was helping re-draft a constitution for my synagogue? Well, there was only one vote per family in the constitution. And for years I guess this drove some members crazy. Because it meant that when they voted on things at the annual meeting, the husband and wife only had one vote to cast.

Even though I was just the messenger, what I thought was dumbest about this was that no one was voting ANYWAY – and now people were saying that they wanted MORE voted per member family.

On the other hand, if you are just doubling what everyone is already doing, then the result is unlikely to be that different.

HOWEVER, on the other hand, many of the issues in the Conservative Judaism movement revolve around gender and clergy etc. just as in other religions. So, in that regard, I can understand that wives in particular really wanted their own vote.

It was passed.

And, again, the right to free speech isn’t about use. It’s about the fact that the right exists and we are to protect that right – even if it’s not used to its fullest extent.

But you know all that.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:04:11 +0000

I wonder how much that happens – two members of a household supporting competing candidates in a race?

Reminds me of a car I saw a couple of years ago on I-77 that had a Dennis! and Bush/Cheney 2004 sticker on it. Maybe the weirdest combination I have ever seen.