Church Precinct Becomes Battleground for Campaign Space
A Dave Eggers and Bob Hackworth campaign sign caused a back-and-forth exchange between a campaign volunteer and a poll worker outside First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin on Tuesday.
Two campaign signs. Two swaths of grass. Two reactions. A First Presbyterian Church of Dunedin maintenance official removed a "Bob Hackworth for Mayor" yard sign planted on a vacant swath of prime campaign real estate. A sign for incumbant Dave Eggers rested against a tree nearby. The swath of grass belongs to the church and borders its parking lot, where voters parked to cast their vote at precinct 537 on Tuesday. Another grass patch, which runs a stretch of Highland Avenue and is divided by a public sidewalk, is considered public right of way. Campaign signs are allowed there. It was cluttered with a rainbow of signs, with no visual breathing room. Campaigner Bill McElligott, who'd been standing on the corner much of the day, returned …
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Jason Bartolone
3:24 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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