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By Jeff, on August 17th, 2010%
Tonight, the Lee County Planning Commission will meet at 6pm at the T Page Tharpe Building – in the Opal Cannon Auditorium where the Board of Commissioners meets, I think.
From what I have been told, the only thing on the Agenda (which is not online at this time) is the “final draft” of the new proposed Lee County Sign Ordinance, which you can see for yourself in .docx form here based on a scan from a printed copy I was given.
One issue is that retailers are not allowed to cover more than 25% of their windows – which means some pretty drastic changes for convenience stores and other businesses. The Institute for Justice has already tackled a similar ban in Dallas, TX.
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By Jeff, on July 13th, 2010%
By Tom, on June 24th, 2010%
Lee County Code enforcement has finally stepped up to the plate and has begin removing/relocating signs out of the right-of-way. I wish Dougherty County would do the same, but since I’m not a citizen, I’ll be happy I got Lee County to comply with their own ordinance.
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Tim Nelson, SWGAPolitics.com contributor and Lee County agitator extraordinaire, found a bunch of campaign signs on a right of way in Lee County, in violation of the County sign ordinance. If they’re going to insist on having a sign ordinance, they should at least enforce it, right?
Tim, being the dutiful County resident, promptly sent an email to Code Enforcement letting them know about the violation. Their response? Continue reading [UPDATED] Sign ordinance in Lee County only applies to certain parties?
By Tom, on July 29th, 2009%
The sign ordinance task force is hoping for public comment to help shape a sign ordinance that will create a “best of both worlds” scenario, one where businesses can compete freely but we still have the beautiful city that’s the hope of all who support the sign ordinance. The first meeting, which will be on August 6, is open to the public and the City is saying that they want public comment.
Of course, if they really wanted the public there, perhaps they shouldn’t be holding the damn meeting at 3:00 on a workday. Continue reading Task force off to an awesome start…and they haven’t even met yet
By Tom, on July 28th, 2009%
For weeks, Albany errupted with howls of protest. The sign ordinance hit businesses as varied as Harvest Moon and Pier One. They argued that the sign ordinance was killing their business, and they were right. Code Enforcement was lining up for the kill, or so it seemed, and now the Albany economy was going to take the hit. Continue reading Funny how the public critics aren’t on the task force
By Tom, on July 12th, 2009%
For years I had heard that you just can’t fight City Hall. In a lot of ways, it’s absolutely true. City Hall has a pile of resources at their disposal that you and I just don’t have. They have their own, full-time attorney and the means to hire outside council as well. The elected officials in any municipality have a disgusting tendency to ignore the voters and do what they want anyways. Fighting City Hall is like herding cats…or managing Libertarians.
But that’s changing. Continue reading Who says you can’t fight City Hall?
By Tom, on July 8th, 2009%
Commissioner Bob Langstaff has a presence out there on the internet, for those who didn’t know, and he shares some inside info regarding two of the hottest topics on SWGA Politics lately, namely the sign ordinance and Don Buie. Continue reading Some Inside Dirt
By Tom, on July 8th, 2009%
A multi-ethnic crowd of somewhere around 200 Dougherty County residents gathered together for the open meeting of the Dougherty County Taxpayers Association to discuss issues that were on their mind, and there were plenty of them. Continue reading Taxpayers of Dougherty County get together
By Tom, on July 7th, 2009%
The Albany City Commission has, in the last hour or so, voted unanimously to give the sign ordinance another look. This time, in addition to code enforcement, business owners and members of the general public are to be part of the task force to help build a sign ordinance that hopefully makes a little sense.
Unfortunately, commissioners rejected the idea of a moratorium during this time period, despite the support from a large segment of the community.
Let’s make sure to give our commissioners plenty of input on this so they don’t make the same mistake again!
The Albany Herald story is here. I’ll keep you updated as more becomes available. [Updates Below]
By Tom, on July 3rd, 2009%
In this era of the housing crisis and stock market crash, that many claim to have been brought on from a lack of regulation, it’s easy to get caught up in the idea of government stepping in and protecting us from ourselves. And, with the “health care crisis” that the President keeps talking about, there’s plenty of talk now about the government saving us from evil employers as well. A couple of days ago, news broke that Wal-mart was siding with the progressive think tank, Center for American Progress in calling for an employer mandate to provide health insurance.
Why? Because they can afford it, but a lot of their competitors (the small, locally owned businesses in particular) can’t. They’re hardly the first corporation to do this either. Continue reading Why I Hate Regulations
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