They sprout from the ground during every election, turning grass plots lining the city's sidewalks, roads and right-of-ways into a landscape of political pulpits. ...more

February 25, 2009

Mark Caskie has a word of warning for candidates who disregard the county's ordinance on campaign sign placement. ...more

July 11, 2008

FINES RANGE FROM $100 TO $5,000 ...more

July 10, 2008

They're the roadside equivalent of junk mail - tiny signs that advertise everything imaginable: cheap houses, health insurance, eligible singles, telemarketing jobs and even salvation. ...more

October 31, 2007

BRANDON - They're the roadside equivalent of junk mail – tiny signs that advertise everything imaginable: cheap houses, health insurance, eligible singles, telemarketing jobs and even salvation. The illegal signs annoy residents, mangle lawnmowers and stymie county workers who pulled them out of the ground by the tens of thousands last year. ...more

October 30, 2007

AVON PARK — All this week, April Hartseil has been driving up and down Highlands County's roads in a white, six-year-old, county-owned Ford Ranger, stopping to pick up signs. Four code enforcement officers are joining her and the rest of the state in a statewide cleanup, Hartseil said. On Wednesday, she patrolled Nine Mile Grade and County Road 621, between U.S. 98 and S.R. 70. "I must have pulled up 60 signs," Hartseil said. Which meant Wednesday was not an eight-hour day. ...more

September 28, 2007