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Yard signs grow huge in Fourth Middlesex race

by: pablo

Thu Nov 01, 2007 at 10:42:13 AM EDT


(The encyclopedic knowledge of the BMG hive is on display to fine effect in the comments. - promoted by Bob)

In Arlington, where yard signs are frowned-upon by locals, a steroid-enhanced sign has appeared in a residential neighborhood.  A Charley Murphy sign, large enough to obscure this modest cape, appeared on a Summer Street lawn this week.
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the flag in the sign (5.33 / 3)
has 9.5 stars.

is that b/c there are 9.5 states blue enough for arlington?  :)

Perhaps (6.00 / 1)
Can you name the states?

 Only the cod is sacred.
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the .5 state (5.00 / 1)
would be WA, where the current governor Christine Gregoir (D) beat her repub opponent by 133 votes.

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I was thinking Pennsylvania (0.00 / 0)
Which has been described as Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and a whole lot of Alabama in between.

 Only the cod is sacred.
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My guess is Canada (6.00 / 1)
They're basically American by now (except Quebec), except with better manners and a stronger currency.

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why? (0.00 / 0)
Why must I pass through increasingly strict border controls to go to Ontario, but Texans can come north and tell us how to run things?

 Only the cod is sacred.
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the latest in privacy blinds? (6.00 / 2)
and after the election, the cardboard can be refashioned into a compost bin.

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Hie Thee To thy Clerk! (6.00 / 1)
Always worth checking out - USUALLY in political sign by-laws, the maximum size is stipulated.  We had a race a few years ago, bitter primary, and some people ASSUMED the signs were 'illegal' and oversized and demanded they be taken down.  But - they were within 1/8 inch of the max. in that town.  BUT - in neighboring town, they had a SMALLLER maximum, and the big signs DID have to be taken down.  So it's always worth checking - never assume your opponent did, even if they ARE gargantuan, 25 color artworks for which s/he will have to pay, and may not be able to post!

Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican
Sign size bylaws (0.00 / 0)
have been upheld by the SCOTUS to my knowledge. Time frames for installation have been deemed unconstitutional.  A fact many cities and towns are now coming to realize. Lowell for instance to my knowledge has removed time restrictions from their books.

That looks like the 4 x 8 footer from Simard Printing. 

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I thought that circular flag motif looked familiar (5.00 / 1)

too bad (5.50 / 2)
Murphy's designer didn't use it as elegantly as Eldridge's.

I've always like Jay Kaufman's signs.  They're green with naturalistic backgrounds, so they don't look like scald marks on people's lawns.

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The circle thing (6.00 / 1)
They all have a Barack Obama look to me.


 Only the cod is sacred.
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Is the circle the new (0.00 / 0)
Progressive symbol?
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Well, for Obama (5.00 / 1)
I think the "O" makes sense...
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Charley Murphy (0.00 / 0)
Trying to make Arlington look like Burlington.
Yipes! (6.00 / 1)
If that storm comes through Saturday and whistles down summer street, look out OZ!

Deborah Sirotkin Butler
AmberPaw dot @aol.com

"Failure to plan is planning to fail."
Proverb

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Eyesores a sign of disdain (0.00 / 0)
These signs are appearing throughout the district.  I just think they demonstrate a level of disdain for residential neighborhoods throughout the district.

 Only the cod is sacred.
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Bank of America? (0.00 / 0)
I think Barack Obama is being sponsored by Bank of America much like Stephen Colbert is being sponsored by Doritos.  I can think of no other explanation for that logo.

...also people don't vote because of lawn signs.

Can you imagine (6.00 / 1)
The check mark that voter's going to make on his/her ballot?  That's gonna be a HUGE check mark.

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Nothing says success (6.00 / 1)
like excess.  It's just plain too much.  For that matter, as someone pointed out upthread, it's a freakin' sail.  A little wind and that thing could cause a 5 car pileup.
Or damage the house (0.00 / 0)
A little wind and that thing could cause a 5 car pileup.

Hurricane (or is it tropical storm?) Noel may be coming up the coast in the next few days.

To some extent, this "excess" reminds me of people who put up christmas decorations consisting of thousands of electric lights blazing all day and all night powered, of course, by nuclear power plants sited in their back yards.

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I Like It and Is BMG in the Intimidatio Business? (0.00 / 0)
It is right in Mazilli's back yard. That is the point of it. Make Marzillie people see it everyday and show some weakness on the home front.

BTW
This is America? Fee Speech and all that? The US Supreme Court has made it clear.

The homeowner has a right to put it there. It is their "modest cape". This is their America too.

Is BMG running an intimidation program here?

Ernie Boch, III is not related to Ernie Boch, Jr. however he does hope to be in his will.

Justice for Tookie

Not intimidation, EB3; more like 'What Not to Wear' (0.00 / 0)


Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican
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Ernie, was that "Fee speech" a Fruedian slip? (6.00 / 1)
After all, if there is "Free Speech" I am as free to criticize Charlie Murphy's taste in signs [as in a good kite to carry Dorothy to Oz in tomorrow's expected 50-80 mile an hour winds - maybe Charlie should have his folk take them down and put them back up] .... as Charlie is to pay for political campaign yard signs the size of mini-billboards in bright red and have them put up in a community which has historically NOT done yard signs.

To some it may look like Charlie Murphy making incursions into Marzilli territory - to others like me, it may look like Charlie is clueless about Arlington and its culture.

Deborah Sirotkin Butler
AmberPaw dot @aol.com

"Failure to plan is planning to fail."
Proverb

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Sure... (0.00 / 0)
Would you agree that posting a picture of the sign and identifying the street it is on could possibly have a chilling effect on the free speech of the home owner. Chaley Murphy did not put the sign there. Most likely he asked the homeowner. However, it is not uncommon for the homeowner to request the sign.
Perhaps the homeowner (an Arlingtoin resident BTW, who presumably knows about Arlington and its culture) dislikes Mazilli and has a hate on for Arlington's culture?)

Ask any local politician who has been around awhile and knows alot of people in his district/town/. He will tell you that on election day he stands at his neighborhood polling places and knows or recognizes less than 20% of the people walking in.

An election like this it is not about sucking up to the people who aren't with you. (Mazilli's Arlington base/culture) Rather showing himself as the electable alternative to Mazilli so the anti-Mazilli Arlington resident will come out to vote against him. But the other candidate has to have a real good shot of winning.

So, what I am saying Amber, is you have to take this right to enemy's base. I know it pisses off theneighbors, but it is good stragedy.
After he wins he can clean up mess. That is philosophy and don't take it personally.

Ernie Boch, III is not related to Ernie Boch, Jr. however he does hope to be in his will.

Justice for Tookie

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You can't be serious! (0.00 / 0)
Ernie wrote:
Would you agree that posting a picture of the sign and identifying the street it is on could possibly have a chilling effect on the free speech of the home owner.
A chilling effect?  The homeowner places a big red billboard on his lawn, and somehow a photo of this huge sign on a little website is chilling?  How do you chill chutzpah?

If the billboard is a first amendment right, neighbors saying they don't like it is also a first amendment right.  Voting against Murphy is also a first amendment right, a right that is provoked by the ugly sign.

 Only the cod is sacred.

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This is silly (6.00 / 1)
Would you agree that posting a picture of the sign and identifying the street it is on could possibly have a chilling effect on the free speech of the home owner.

Of course not.

And that's aside from the fact that the 1st amendment applies only to government, not to relatively obscure (sorry, propietors, but it's true) such as this one.

BTW, as far as I can tell, people are laughing at the size of the sign in relation to the house (which may be magnified considering the camera angle), not at what the sign is advertising.

[ Parent ]
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