The View From Here
People, politics and the lay of the land in Issaquah
Dirt and ditches
September 25th, 2009 at Fri, 25th, 2009 at 2:46 pm by Jake LynchGot a hot tip from one Sammamish resident last week who found a pile of candidate campaign signs dumped in a ditch.
This was no random act of vandalism, either. Apparently all the signs belonged to the one candidate, leading this resident to question whether or not there was some political sabotage going on.
Seems to me that those signs are more trouble than they are worth, and counter to everything the city is doing to combat visual pollution. I can completely understand why the city declined to allow electronic reader boards at local schools – once you open that kettle of fish then the skylines will never be the same, and you need to draw the line somewhere.
But I reckon it is hard to justify that restriction, in the name of aesthetics, while also allowing hundreds of those little signs all over the joint.
With any luck the people of Issaquah and Sammamish will do their best to read both the local papers, listen to what the candidates have to say, and make their decisions based on information rather than mindless advertising.
Jake Lynch Editor of the Issaquah and Sammamish Reporter.
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