To learn about the story of our protest watch this compelling video featured on KCET's SoCal Connected:
To see the slogans and signs paraded around at the protest click here.
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The spineless Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s appearance on this KCET video was pathetic and clearly shows how disinterested he is in helping the signage problems in Los Angeles. Do you believe there might be a conflict of interest weighing in on his decisions?
We have a message for the mayor and the city council -- Overblown, monstrous, Supergraphic signs blight the city and are not designed to cover up buildings. Also, the digital billboards is another disgrace that can be included here.
Here’s a checklist for Mayor Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles City Council as you prepare to enact the new sign ordinance:
- Supergraphics’ are a blight to the entire community at large
- They disgrace and deface building designs
- They are disruptive, obnoxious intrusions to all affected individuals that have to see these 24/7
- Some of them can even pose serious fire and safety risks (as seen on this video). Our building was deemed unsafe by the fire department… and what was done to protect the tenants and all the occupants? NOTHING.
- Supergraphics’ send the wrong message to anyone visiting Los Angeles
- Supergraphics' don’t necessarily stimulate the economy; only a few folks benefit from this channel of advertising at a severe cost to our city.
- We need to revert back to traditional forms of advertising and also consider new, creative ways to pitch products without so much disruption and upset to our city
- Supergraphics' are meant to distract, and drivers already have more than enough distractions to deal with. Can't we surmise that additional distractions pose added dangers to drivers on our thoroughfares? The massive 10801 supergraphics' was positioned right up against the freeway. Now how safe can that be?
- Are your intentions to support the citizens of Los Angeles, or the donors that fill your campaign coffers?
- In summary: Advertising dollars that pad your election campaigns and in-your-face -- all-over-the-place advertising that force feed product pitches down the throats of the citizens you represent should not dictate a design for Los Angeles or for that matter, any city.
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And emails are coming in. Feel free to chime in and give us your best shot!
Hi David, I watched it on the internet. You were great!!! I so agree with you, and I support your standing up for the injustice bestowed upon you and others. Keep me posted! This guy seems like one greedy bas*****, and I loved that you went to his house to protest. The signs are obnoxious and putting them over windows is outrageous. I'll see you soon! From an anonymous patient.
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Mayor V got caught with his pants down (and it's not the first time--when is his ex-wife going to come out with her book?) How could he not know about all the volunteers who have canvassed the city to alert building and safety about illegal and dangerous signs? Why doesn't he get some volunteers to hand him his Listermints? RECALL MAYOR V
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Howdy,
I agree with your cause of the blight and ruination of the surrondings by huge graphics on buildings in L.A. and TO many signs
Here's another one - We all love kids, do we not ? To ANY liberals who may happen to read my post here : DO NOT take my following point out of context and distort it. The following is based on SAFETY ON THE FREEWAYS and being a native Californian, born here in So.Cal. I am age 51 and have been driving here for a LONG time on our freeways.I am a Christian and I believe we must do all we caan to protect children - BUT .....
Around the late 1990's, the CA State legislature
created teh AMBER ALERT sastem, which includes a NEW feature which I KNOW actuall endangers the lives of the average motorist on the freeways in California, espescially in congested Southern California with the Highway patrol saying on a news broadcast that motorist are engaging in a flow of traffic that is TOO fast ( you know- in the CA driver's handbook it states that one is to go with the flow of the speed of traffic on the freeway - wellthe highway patrol says it's TOO FAST .)
Getting back to my main point. The AMBER ALERT SYSTEM created a feature on California freeways that actually contradicts another driver handbook rules and instruction - The rule : Keep your eyes on the road !
What is that feature that contradicts the safetey rule and instruction ' Keep your eyes on the road '? Can you guess ? You got it - AMBER ALERT electronic signs on the side of the freeways and on overhead signs drivers drive under.WHENEVER there is a child abduction anywhere in California- recentl;y a hispanic man took a child in Northern California and the license plate number and color of the truch were displayed electronically on AMBER ALERT signs here in Southern California ( I live in Orange County and saw it ).
These signs tell the a abducter's vehicle license plate number and color of the vehicle. The sign will say ' Child Abducted '.
Ok fine , if you don't mind that these signs slow down your travel on congested freeways - you can have it BUT ....
NOW EXCUSE ME ! One is supposed to keep one's eye on the road ( freeway ) so you don't rear end another person and watch for those who may cut in front of you, but how can one do that when the Majority Democrat liberal California legislature wants you to look up or at the side of the freeway at an AMBER ALERT sign to take down the license plate number of an AMBER ALERT abduction ?
Many of these 'so called' abductions are simply men or women taking their own child from their spouse in custody disputes. For the most part, they have been mostly hispanics involved in taking a child. SEE FOR YOURSELF, OBSERVE IT, IT IS TRUE.
The only people who would rave against the TRUTH I am briinging to light are histerical truth - a - phobs.
To liberal over- the -tops : KEEP THE AMBER ALERT FOR RADIO AND TV , but stop endangering the lives of motorists on the freeway. - PUG
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