Road Side Memorials Redux

Bob Schuster of the Republic blogged about the Rex Griswold road side memorial vs. Campaign Sign issue having the same observations as some of my readers. One of the commenters, called "insunnymesa" has written in to defend Griswold saying that this whole roadside memorial issues is the mayor's doing. Or as the commenter likes to say, the "major." The commenter misses the mark, however, since here is Griswold's direct quote:

"I think two weeks is a reasonable time" for memorials, Griswold said. "We allow them the two weeks to grieve and then they should come down."

That is the line that people like Schuster and some of my readers are having a problem with. Griswold apparently thinks that its okay to have a memorial up for ONLY two weeks, but campaign signs can be up for five months. Whether or not the law allows for it, the lack of sensitivity combined with the eagerness to self promote is troubling.

That doesn't even account to the fact that there is another election between now and the Mayor's race. Boy, some people are going to be bummed when they show up at the polls to vote on the Mayors race to find only Waveyard on the ballot.