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Bill McCrory: bill@opencda.com
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March 30, 2008
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I didn’t get a chance to sign in on the 15th although I was there. Please keep my name for any future protests as well as helping to organize.
Comment by phorest — April 20, 2009 @ 8:39 pm
Dan, Mary and/or Bill, I was wondering if you could shed light on this issue in the CdA press. This seems to be a very good question that I feel needs to be answered.
I did not copy. I just put the title of the letter followed by a question from a reader.
Thanks.
The letter is SIGNS: Help your favorite candidates
by Jim Hollingsworth
Jim,
You wrote
“In Idaho signs may only be placed on private property, off the right of way (behind the sidewalk) and then only with the permission of the homeowner.”
The key word I am looking at here is “homeowner”.
Does that mean the renter of a house in Idaho cannot “LEGALLY” show their political preference and the owner of the rented property has a right to take down a sign on said rented property if they, the owner, disagrees with the renters choice?
Does it have to be specificly written in the rental agreement that no political signs be place on rented property by renter unless they have the same political views?
I believe this to be a valid question since recently, printed in the press, a letter to the editor, “CAMPAIGN: No room for slander”, the writer admits to the removal of a sign from HER property.
In another letter to the editor, “SPENCER: Criticism unfair, needs response” it is clear that permission was granted by the “RENTER” of the property for the political sign which opposes the views of the landlord.
I have heard of this practice in KC. Do the renters have no voting rights? Do the landlords have the right to intimidate renters into who they can or cannot vote for and display their choice as proud Americans?
Comment by concerned citizen — April 25, 2010 @ 3:09 pm
concerned citizen,
I don’t know the answer to the question. The renter would need to read the rental contract carefully to see what is allowed and what is prohibited. If it is not expressly prohibited, I as a renter would not assume it was implicitly allowed. The renter should always check with the landlord before making any “additions” or changes to a rental property. During my years as a renter I would never have put up any kind of signage without the landlord’s expressed permission.
Bill
Comment by Bill — April 25, 2010 @ 4:07 pm