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Posted by CN Staff on May 10, 2002 at 08:03:21 PT By Billy Townsend, The Ledger Source: The Ledger 
It wasn't quite Peter Tosh wailing "Legalize it," but someone Thursday morning decided to protest America's ban on marijuana by placing a neatly crafted sign on the lawn of Lakeland's City Hall."Marijuana is medicinal," read one side of the sign, which stood several feet tall and was made of poster board and a solid wooden frame. "Remember prohibition? It still doesn't work," read the other. A hand-drawn marijuana leaf adorned both sides. Assistant City Manager Tony Delgado, who eventually removed the sign, said the author must have deployed the sign sometime after 8 a.m. because no one arriving for work saw it. It wasn't until later in the morning that it was spotted and removed. Delgado said the sign wasn't removed for its content, but for general violation of Lakeland's sign ordinance, which bars signs on public property. "Regardless of what the sign said, we were going to remove it," he said. Delgado said he suspects the sign was meant to protest the discovery and seizure of several marijuana plants found last week growing on city property in North Lakeland. But, he added, "No one has called to claim responsibility." And the sign itself offered no hint of its author's identity. It's not a crime to advocate the legalization of marijuana, and Delgado said the city would take no action against the sign's author, even if it knew who it was. "No one would get in trouble," he said. "We'd normally just remove the sign." Note: Official removes it from City Hall lawn, citing and ordinance, not content. Source: Ledger, The (FL) CannabisNews - Cannabis Archives Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #7 posted by el_toonces on May 11, 2002 at 07:16:55 PT:
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| Perhaps they should paint a pot leaf on the town water tower and blame FOX for it, claiming "evil" influences from the 70s show? [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by FoM on May 10, 2002 at 16:02:19 PT |
| Or the url's to web sites because most people have a computer or if they don't they know someone who does. That's a good idea. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by i420 on May 10, 2002 at 15:53:16 PT |
| I know of a billboard for rent for $400 / month or outright buy it for $7,000. i think you could put up some type of sign for the cause but you would want to be careful. I have thought some banners from websites like this one or stopthedrugwar.org or norml.org . changetheclimate.org have done some. stopthedrugwar.org has a sign over a highway in Texas or so I have heard.
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| Comment #4 posted by dddd on May 10, 2002 at 11:57:37 PT |
| ..I am quite certain that billboard space can be bought ,,and is availiable in the same way an infomercial or TV ad could be bought,,and I'm sure there are people out there who could afford to fund such things...but I'm afraid the content is federally regulated....Colin Powells son is the head of the FCC..money cant buy an anti-drug war tv spot....Same with billboards...there are laws that restrict certain things on billboards,,and if there's not a law ,,they will come up with one. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by MassCrusader on May 10, 2002 at 11:08:25 PT |
| Talk to Ad-busters, I am guessing their website is Adbusters.com or something. They don't actually "buy" the billboards though. But if we everything legitmately, we would only drink and smoke butts. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on May 10, 2002 at 10:22:34 PT |
| Why not have a billboard with a similar message? How much can those things cost, anyway? [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by qqqq on May 10, 2002 at 09:59:57 PT |
| ..Colorado?...Michigan?.... "Delgado said the sign wasn't removed for its content, but for general violation of Lakeland's sign ordinance, which bars signs on public property." < ...so,,,in other words,,if a Marijuana advocate could afford to rent a billboard,,on land that was not "public",,that would be fine..?.... I wonder if political campaign signs are removed from "public" land?,,,I'll betchya that 'Assistant City Manager Delgado would not hesitate to put up a "Delgado for City Manager" sign in the same spot. [ Post Comment ] |
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