Illegal street advertising stickers a sticky situation for citi...

Roll up to an intersection in many places and the street sign you see might not only tell you to stop, yield or turn in a certain direction: It might also advertise a taco joint, a surf shop, a miracle diet, a political candidate, or urge tourists to go home.

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I still don't see why the town can't fine the businesses involved. Defacing government property has nothing to do with the first amendment. Would they get away with plastering a huge billboard across the front door of city hall? What's the difference.