Lincolnite

I have nothing against them, but 6 in a row like your sample above is a little much for my liking.

You’ll see in 27 days that the Lincoln Track Club uses these to denote miles during the marathon, too.

I have more thoughts. I read the whole article, and all I can say is that I am glad things are going so well for the City of Lincoln - no budget issues, no road problems, no sales tax collection issues, etc. - that we can now get to the important business at hand, such as what to do with the feather signs.

This is the same city council that hasn’t been able - for MONTHS - to come up with any ideas or solutions about what to do about food trucks.

I had to run errands today. I found one place that had 3 such flags, and another with 5. Neither bothered me at all. One was a church. Down the same road, there is some new construction happening, and there are signs in the ground hyping who the bank is that provided the funding, who the contractor is, what’s coming soon, etc. These are much more of an eyesore that the feather signs.

And just so I can fully grasp this - it’s not my imagination, we are in a budget shortfall, aren’t we? So the city could use some tax dollars, couldn’t it?

Therefore… let’s tell the sign companies that pay taxes here that they cannot sell these signs. Then people buy them anyway, on the internet. We have more signs, and less revenue.

Now we are going to spend tax dollars to enforce a silly ordinance. Why would a business use these signs? To generate more business, i.e. more revenue - and produce more sales tax. So by making a stink about this, in 2 minutes, I’ve easily pointed out 3 ways we are bringing in less revenue and increasing our expenses for a problem that I don’t think really exists.

I have never, ever heard anyone, or overheard anyone, complaining about these signs. I can’t recall seeing one placed in a way that blocked my view of traffic and made driving a hazard.

I simply don’t get it.