posted by Mike Madison at 9:51 AM /
There is a garage sale happening RIGHT NOW -- Saturday morning, March 14 -- at my neighbor's house: 61 Woodhaven in Mt. Lebanon, just off of Washington Road, near Spalding Circle.
Please come and buy stuff!
And I'm sending some Negative Mojo to the mean-spirited Mt. Lebanon resident who called the Mt. Lebanon police this morning to complain about the "Garage Sale" sign that we put up in the traffic island at the intersection of Washington and Woodhaven. Technically, yes, the sign was on municipal property. But as the police officer said, apologetically, when he came by to ask us to take it down, the anti-sign ordinance doesn't get enforced unless someone calls the department to complain.
So, yes, there is someone driving around Mt. Lebanon this bright Saturday morning with nothing better to do than call the police and complain about "sign blight" and buyers-from-outside-Mt.-Lebanon damaging his or her precious high-property-value-municipality. As if there aren't garage sales galore happening in Lebo between now and the summer. As if your neighbors don't have every legitimate reason to advertise their sales to folks driving up and down Washington Road, whether or not they live in town.
Speaking only for myself, I *like* garage sale signs all around. It shows that the neighborhood isn't populated by people who aren't filled with self-importance. It shows that the neighborhood is filled with real people who want to sell their stuff.
To the complainers: Please, find something better and productive to do with your time.
To the vast majority of generous folks out there: Come by 61 Woodhaven this morning and say hello.
Please come and buy stuff!
And I'm sending some Negative Mojo to the mean-spirited Mt. Lebanon resident who called the Mt. Lebanon police this morning to complain about the "Garage Sale" sign that we put up in the traffic island at the intersection of Washington and Woodhaven. Technically, yes, the sign was on municipal property. But as the police officer said, apologetically, when he came by to ask us to take it down, the anti-sign ordinance doesn't get enforced unless someone calls the department to complain.
So, yes, there is someone driving around Mt. Lebanon this bright Saturday morning with nothing better to do than call the police and complain about "sign blight" and buyers-from-outside-Mt.-Lebanon damaging his or her precious high-property-value-municipality. As if there aren't garage sales galore happening in Lebo between now and the summer. As if your neighbors don't have every legitimate reason to advertise their sales to folks driving up and down Washington Road, whether or not they live in town.
Speaking only for myself, I *like* garage sale signs all around. It shows that the neighborhood isn't populated by people who aren't filled with self-importance. It shows that the neighborhood is filled with real people who want to sell their stuff.
To the complainers: Please, find something better and productive to do with your time.
To the vast majority of generous folks out there: Come by 61 Woodhaven this morning and say hello.
5 Comments:
Those kinds of jerks are everywhere. Perhaps they should band together and start their own community. Everything would be really perfect then, hmm?
Tell your neighbors good luck with the sale!
Melissa OTt
A few years ago we ran a garage sale at my house on Morrison. Not having the forethought to place an ad in the paper, and being rather oblivious to the statute against garage sale signs, I put two signs up on the lawn at Beverly and Newburn to attract traffic.
A short while later a gentleman came by and was picking over some of the antique-y things we had on display. He eventually came to purchase a couple items or so. As I was taking care of the sale, the MLPD shows up with our signs, to request that we not repost them.
And with a half grin on his face, the guy buying my stuff tells me "yeah, you shouldn't be putting up eyesores like that" or some such.
To this day I'm convinced he called the cops, and probably to try to keep away competition in case I'd had anything good.
Hope your neighbors did well, Mike.
One might think that the most flagrant and notorious violators of the sign ordinance are local real estate agents, but of course the Mt. Lebanon sign ordinance has an exception that permits the posting "open house" signs an hour before the open house begins.
Ha, I didn't know you lived on Woodhaven. We were neighbors. I lived further down the loop at 173 when I was growing up.
Oops, forgot the Annonimity thing, that last comment by:
Jonathan Cavell
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