Sign of the times: mammoth Altadena election sign needs a home

Won't you give this sign a home?

by Timothy Rutt

The upcoming Altadena Town Council elections have a home in cyberspace: they have a website, they’re on Facebook and they have a Twitter account (@AltadenaElect) .  It’s just hard finding room in the real world.

The election committee is looking for a home for its 45 ft. banner.

As it says on their Facebook page, the usual draping over Lake Avenue isn’t happening this year: “For a variety of reasons, the county will no longer waive fees, deposits, liability insurance, etc. and a bonded installer with equipment will need to put it up and take it down.”

 

Election sign at Allen Avenue south of Washington Boulevard. Photo: Hugo Arteaga.

For an election that is being done on the cheap -- as it is every year, because it really has no budget -- this is not possible.

 

What other options are there? “Our hope was to find a location on private property, but that has proven to be harder than we had imagined.”

If you can help out, contact chair@AltadenaElection.org

Meanwhile, the 24x24 Hugo Arteaga-designed signs are doing well -- in fact, three of them have been stolen.