Democrat signs raise questions
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
KATHRYN THIER
kthier@charlotteobserver.com
MOORESVILLE - By his own admission, Michael Gangi isn’t a passionate Democrat.
But he is passionate about his right to post a series of signs in his yard plugging the Western North Carolina Democrats.
The town of Mooresville has cited him for violating its sign ordinance, and he’s not happy about it.
"I don’t think a permit is necessary," Gangi said. "We have the right to freedom of speech during an election."
But the signs aren’t politics as usual.
Unlike the "Smith for Congress"-style signs that sprout in neighborhood yards each election season, the message of Gangi’s signs is more subtle.
They form a poem spread over six signs several feet apart. It takes driving by the entire set to pick up the point.
One example: The high price of gas/ greatly impacts us/ while Big Oil politicos/ still avoid taxes/ WNC Democrats/ Emphasize energy independence.
The first series went up July 21. The topics are expected to change every two weeks until Election Day in November.
The effort is modeled on the iconic Burma-Shave ads that dotted America’s highways from 1925 to 1963. The campaign catapulted a small Midwestern brushless shaving cream company into national prominence, according to The Eisner American Museum of Advertising & Design Web site. (more…)
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