(OVERSIZED) SIGNS, SIGNS, EVERYWHERE THE SIGNS

By Juan Montoya
On Sept. 8, the City of Brownsville stated that unless political campaign signs complied with the city's ordinances, they had to come down. But like the song that says in Spanish, "A todos diles que si, pero no les digas cuando," many oversized signs remain.
Cameron County Clerk Joe Rivera – the Democratic Party candidate for county judge – has already started to remove the large signs from the city and placing them in other towns in the county where no such ordinance exists, but there are a few of them left and even though we hear that other candidates have already been told they must remove the offending sings, they have not.
A cursory drive around town indicates that Rivera has at least one sign still standing over by the Veterans Bridge and that 357th District Court judge candidate Juan Magallanes is the biggest offender with numerous oversized signs still up in various parts of th city.
Even Brownsville Independent School District candidate Cesar Lopez has a few oversized signs still standing.
Now Permitting Director Evaristo Gamez did not put a deadline for the signs to be removed, but we expect that a candidate for a district judge's office would lead by example and adhere to the law.
Since this issue isn;t going to go away until all the illegal signs are removed, here's two so that the inspectors can see where they are.

EGamez [mailto:egamez@cob.us]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 3:43 PM
To: Cris Valadez
Cc: Charlie Cabler
Subject: FW: Ordinance Chapter 328 -Signs

Good Afternoon:
Mr. Valadez, all political signs must comply with the maximum 36 square feet area as per Ordinance 2012-1452-D. Any other political sign that is larger must be removed by tomorrow morning.
If you have any other questions let me know. Thank You.

Evaristo Gamez
Permitting Director