Sunday, November 11, 2012
OK, so you had a busy week. We understand. Let us catch you up on all the highlights!
1. Election Day 2012 is in the books, and Clearwater Patch has comprehensive coverage of all the action at the polls, including two referendums approved by Clearwater voters and a breakdown of the Florida amendments that passed and failed, and what they mean. 2. Now that the election's over, Clearwater Code Enforcement officers are out in force removing campaign signs from medians and other rights of way. A city ordinance says residents must have signs removed by Tuesday, Nov. 13. 3. An "armed and dangerous" suspect wanted in a shooting and robbery has been taken into custody without incident, Clearwater Police said Tuesday afternoon. 4. In this week's red light camera violator video, an SUV barely misses another vehicle at Belcher Road …
Friday, November 9, 2012
City code enforcement officers will be removing signs from medians and will cite residents if signs are not removed within seven days after the election.
The election is over, now it is time for the campaign signs to go. Clearwater Code Enforcement officers are out in force removing campaign signs from medians and other rights of way Thursday. "We are going out in teams this morning to remove political signs and others from the (right of ways)," Terry Tuenis, code compliance manager, said in an email. Other right of way signs will be removed daily. Other political signs will get a Notice of Violation after seven calendar days if the property owner is non-responsive to removing it. They are to be removed by Tuesday, Nov. 13. To let code enforcement officers know about sign violations, call (727) 562-4720, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, or send a Citizen Request online regarding the …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
A disagreement over campaign signs caused a back-and-forth exchange between a campaign volunteer and Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos, who served as a poll worker Tuesday at a Dunedin church.
Two campaign signs. Two swaths of grass. Two reactions. A First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin maintenance official removed a "Bob Hackworth for Mayor" yard sign planted on a vacant swath of prime campaign real estate. A sign for incumbant Dave Eggers rested against a tree nearby. The swath of grass belongs to the church and borders its parking lot, where voters parked to cast their vote at precinct 537 on Tuesday. Another grass patch, which runs a stretch of Highland Avenue and is divided by a public sidewalk, is considered public right of way. Campaign signs are allowed there. It was cluttered with a rainbow of signs, with no visual breathing room. Campaigner Bill McElligott, who'd been standing on the corner much of the day, returned …
Jared Leone
11:05 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Today is the day to take those campaign signs down in Clearwater! more ›