Not much. At least the litter doesn’t ask for your vote.
When I was driving through Northern Virginia a couple of months ago, I was astounded by the proliferation of electioneering placards along heavily traveled roads. Wooden sign posts and paper posters had transformed median strips and intersections into veritable chapparals of signage, stretching as far as the eye could see. If Virginia had Santa Ana winds, one stray spark would have burned the entire region down.
Here in sedate, old Richmond, people might post a sign or two in their front yard, but we don’t assult one another with political signs in the same way. It would be considered… gauche… tacky. I know we move a lot slower than our brethren in NoVa, but I appreciate living in a region where people still show an element of courtesy to one another.
Now, it seems, even Northern Virginians are running short of patience for this assault on their senses, according to the Fairfax Times. Fairfax County officials have received so many complaints about the signs that Supervisor Michael Frey, R-Sully, has introduced a motion to reduce the number of days the signs can be displayed and to increase the fines for violations. Board Chairman Gerry Connolly says he might even support an amendment restricting signs to private property.
Go for it. You won’t regret it.
