Chesapeake 'Impeach Bush Cheney' sign may be illegal

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Tis a travesty. :D

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9537

Chesapeake 'Impeach Bush Cheney' sign may be illegal

By Janette Rodrigues / Virginian-Pilot

CHESAPEAKE — Note to the political pundit or prankster who put “Impeach Bush Cheney” signs in trees around Chesapeake: Political speech is protected, but not in print on a road right of way.

Under state law, it’s illegal to place signs in the area between the road and the property line or in the medians.

The city sent out an inspector today to see if the eye-catching, cloth sign off Interstate 64, just east of the High Rise Bridge, is on state, municipal or private land. If it’s not on private property, it’s coming down.

A similar sign off U.S. 58 is on private land, said Harry Kenyon, a Virginia Department of Transportation spokesman. So it’s safe as long as the person who placed it has the property owner’s permission.

Considering that Chesapeake usually votes Republican, some may wonder why the presidential critic or critics chose to hang signs in the city. Who ever did it was determined that the signs stay up there because they aren’t easy to reach.

“Someone had to really want to put it there,” Kenyon said.