Your right about the fines not standing. Ladue Missouri was the test a few years ago with yard signs during a political campaign. Court ruled in favor free speech and private property rights in overturning the ordinance.
Do I detect some nepotism on the city council with a husband and wife named Snyder?
They weren't married when they were elected, but they married after taking office. Her term is up 2007, his in 2008. There's so much more to the story as it unfolds in our little town. The snyders held an election to remove the third council member from being president and elected Mrs. Snyder to president. The Howard Johnson wanted to repair their sign that was damaged more than a year ago in a storm, but the Snyders won't issue the permit. A lady bought a hair salon, but the Snyders won't issue her a permit to paint over the existing sign with the new business name. It goes on and on... Last night, Mrs. Snyder took it upon herself to remove a "support Our Troops" sign from the Veterans Park because it shouldn't have been there. The police found it in her trunk. The Snyders continue to throw people out of the public meetings. The next elections cannot come soon enough. If you go to www.wndu.com and put in the name ROSELAND in the search field, it will pull up several years worth of articles pertaining to the now infamous SNYDERVILLE.