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Friday, September 24, 2004
Indiana Law - Another political sign story
Yesterday it was Noblesville (scroll down two entries), today it is Lake County. This story today in the Gary Post Tribune reports:
Although there is an ordinance in Lake County controlling the use of election signs, County Attorney John Dull said he's not going to enforce it because its unconstitutional.The question came up when Crown Point GOP Chairman John Moos questioned Thursday the election signs placed along Main Street in Crown Point in a small unincorporated area promoting the re-election of Lake County Commissioner Gerry Scheub, D-Schererville, and state Rep. Bob Kuzman, D-Crown Point.
Dull said he made the decision not to enforce the law when Joe Hero, a Republican candidate for 3rd District commissioner, challenged the constitutionality of the law at a commissioners' meeting earlier this year. Dull said he agreed with him and told him to go ahead and put his signs up earlier than mandated in the ordinance. * * *
Not only the county but also cities and towns have their own yard sign ordinances. "They're going to have to deal with it," Dull said.
Scheub said his signs are in an unincorporated area and therefore come under the county ordinance Dull is not going to enforce.
"The law is tough to enforce," Dull said. "I don't think the citizens of Lake County want to pay me to go through and challenge that and run it up to the Supreme Court and down."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 24, 2004 08:58 AM
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