People are brutal sometimes

Bob Schuster poses an interesting question to the blogosphere about Compromise needed on roadside memorials. Looking at the comments so far, most of the people are pretty much against them. However, some of the comments seem a tad brutal.

People are complaining about the distractions... well, I have been driving in other cities and sometimes the statues in the middle of the streets can be distracting, but you don't hear people calling for them to be taken down. So are campaign signs and advertisements for that matter, should we take them down as well?

Just as with those other roadside distractions a compromise should be found on this issue, especially in Mesa. I think the city has enough to do that a code complaince officer shouldn't be out ticketing roadside memorials that aren't causing anyone danger.

If the city really wants to do something, perhaps a 6 month limitation should be placed. Then perhaps some sort of memorial can be erected somewhere and people could donate money to have the memory live on in some sort of distracting way. And the money from the memorial could go to fix the potholes in the streets.

Now THERE is an idea!