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Gail Feddish states in a letter to the editor of the News & Record that Illegally posted signs should be taken down.
http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/
Ms. Feddish is not the first to complain about these signs. Ernie Schiller complained in a letter to the editor last week. There have been other letters and blog comments for several years, including one in July, 2005 from D. M. Mitchell.
How many letters, phone calls and complaints will it take to bring these sign posters to justice? They are violating the laws of NC, of Greensboro, and the laws of good taste.
They are littering and should be stopped. Just taking down the signs is not enough. Also people (including political candidates) who put non-removable sticky signs on stop signs and other public property should be stopped.
Ms. Feddish says "So, neighbors and neighborhoods, take charge."
This is not as easy as it seems. Many of these signs are too high to remove without a boost. And many are posted too close to moving traffic to be removed safely by citizens.
See previous posts here:
http://greensboropeerpressure.blogspot.com/2005/07/ugly-illegal-signs.html
And here:
http://greensboropeerpressure.blogspot.com/2005/07/illegally-posted-signs.html
Good Leader Should Just Say NO!
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In a Counterpoint Piece in Jan 6, 2007 News & Record Greensboro City Council member Tom Phillips wrote "Sometimes leadership requires saying 'no'."
I agree with that statement. I also think that Mr. Phillips should have added that our elected officials should just say NO to corporate welfare and greedy real estate developers who masquerade behind the term "economic development."
See N&R @ http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/
In a Counterpoint Piece in Jan 6, 2007 News & Record Greensboro City Council member Tom Phillips wrote "Sometimes leadership requires saying 'no'."
I agree with that statement. I also think that Mr. Phillips should have added that our elected officials should just say NO to corporate welfare and greedy real estate developers who masquerade behind the term "economic development."
See N&R @ http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/
Web Page Woes
I have been neglecting the Davis Design web page as well as my blog lately. When I started this conversation on the internet I promised to try to update and post on the blog at least once a week. To anyone who cares, I'm sorry I haven't been very attentive lately.
I really enjoyed Converge South. I talked to lots of people there, as well as listening to the presenters. I was especially interested in ways to get a blog or web page noticed. I try to maintain a simple web page for Davis Design Art Supplies. I know that there are lots of art supply stores on the internet. We get some hits and a few sales; but I am looking for ways to get the sight noticed without spending a whole lot more than we will make. So far, not much luck.
When I look at other similar pages I find that our prices on most items are competitive, but we are way down the list if I call up specific items. Most of our sales come from referrals from manufacturers' sites. I don't think that making a "cuter" site will help. Ours is very basic. I am trying to make some improvement on it and add more products. We have a huge supply of art materials in the store; but most are not listed on the site. Some of the products are pictured and others are not. I just added some really good prices for Graham Oil Paints. Maybe that will help when referrals come from the manufacturer; but, when we are so far down the list, it probably won't help on simple look ups. Oh, well. life is hard for small business.
Gotta go now and finish the list. I'd hate for someone to go to the site and think that we only had a few colors.
I'll get back to regular blogging soon. I have a hard time keeping my thoughts about local government to myself. See ya on the radio or at the blog.
I really enjoyed Converge South. I talked to lots of people there, as well as listening to the presenters. I was especially interested in ways to get a blog or web page noticed. I try to maintain a simple web page for Davis Design Art Supplies. I know that there are lots of art supply stores on the internet. We get some hits and a few sales; but I am looking for ways to get the sight noticed without spending a whole lot more than we will make. So far, not much luck.
When I look at other similar pages I find that our prices on most items are competitive, but we are way down the list if I call up specific items. Most of our sales come from referrals from manufacturers' sites. I don't think that making a "cuter" site will help. Ours is very basic. I am trying to make some improvement on it and add more products. We have a huge supply of art materials in the store; but most are not listed on the site. Some of the products are pictured and others are not. I just added some really good prices for Graham Oil Paints. Maybe that will help when referrals come from the manufacturer; but, when we are so far down the list, it probably won't help on simple look ups. Oh, well. life is hard for small business.
Gotta go now and finish the list. I'd hate for someone to go to the site and think that we only had a few colors.
I'll get back to regular blogging soon. I have a hard time keeping my thoughts about local government to myself. See ya on the radio or at the blog.
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