Posted on 02/18/2014 1:37:22 PM PST by cotton1706
group supporting McConnell’s primary challenger faces backlash after blanketing the state.
A group supporting Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) primary challenger is facing backlash from Kentuckians for blanketing parts of the state in anti-McConnell signage.
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FreedomWorks, which has endorsed businessman Matt Bevin in the primary race, has been asked by local government officials in Louisville to take down what one official says are “hundreds” of “Retire Mitch” signs posted all over Jefferson County.
But a FreedomWorks representative said the group has no plans to take down the signs there or anywhere else in the state, 10,000 of which have already been distributed to local activists across Kentucky.
Louisville Metro Government Code Enforcement Officer Chris Monahan said he called Jeff Scully, the group’s outreach manager, to let him know the signs violate local ordinances.
Scully said he did receive a call “about 10 or 12 signs,” and the group sent an intern to remove them. But Monahan said there were “hundreds” across the county, and he hadn’t noticed that any were gone.
According to Monahan, political groups are only allowed to post such signs two weeks prior to Election Day and must remove them within two weeks following. The fine for such a violation is $100 per sign.
Louisville regulations on signage declare that signs are also in violation of local codes if they’re erected without prior approval from the local government.
Monahan said he had received calls from the Louisville Police Department, as well as city council aides and local residents, complaining about the signs “polluting” the county’s roadways. “We oppose just driving down the road and placing dozens of signs along state driveways that aren’t permissible right of ways for these signs,” he said. “They pollute our neighborhoods and our county.”
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McConnell is definitely not on our side.
Ditch Mitch.
How about “Dump Obama’s Bitches”
This might appeal to the younger or MTV crowd.
Hey, it is called a campaign. Freedom Works intends to win.....GOOD.
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