Hempstead rethinking campaign signs laws
BY EDEN LAIKIN eden.laikin@newsday.com
December 30, 2007
Dozens of campaign signs put up throughout Hempstead Town (Long Island, New York) in the weeks before the November election were hung without the permits required by town law and did not adhere to time limits.
But the law the signs violated may be unconstitutional because it regulates signs based on content, legal experts say, with certain rules for political signs and other rules for other types of business signs. As a result, Hempstead Town officials are considering changing the law.
No representatives from either political party applied for permits for any of the campaign signs posted in Hempstead this season, in violation of a little-known Hempstead Town building and zoning code, records show.
Republican Town Supervisor Kate Murray spent more than $33,000 on campaign signs since August. Her Democratic opponent, Kevin Gorman, spent $4,500. More...
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