BURBANK INVESTIGATES POSTING OF POLITICAL SIGNS.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer The City Attorney's CERTIFICATE, ATTORNEY'S, Practice, English law. By statute 37 Geo. III., c. 90, s. 26, 28, attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain Office is investigating a complaint that campaign signs for a candidate for the 43rd District Assembly seat may have been posted in violation of city law. The city's license and code services division sent Republican contender John Geranios a written warning in February after inspectors found more than 30 signs had been posted without permission from property owners. Then over the weekend, Burbank police officers got involved when Councilman Bob Kramer reported seeing workers post Geranios signs randomly along Glenoaks Boulevard and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . "Obviously he doesn't bother to get permission to put up the signs," Kramer said. Geranios, the money leader in the race by more than $200,000, said the company he hired to post the signs, Impact Posters, has assured him they obtained permission for every sign that was posted. "I'm holding them accountable for every sign. They have assured me the signs have been posted with the compliance of the owner," Geranios said. "They are contractually obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to observe the letter of every municipal code." Geranios said that if Burbank officials continue to find instances where signs have been posted illegally, he will consider terminating his contract with Impact Posters. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Secretary of State's Office, the company is based in Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. and opened in November 1995, but officials could not be reached for comment. While the Geranios campaign staff is handling the placement of signs on residential properties, the candidate has hired Impact Posters to get permission and post signs on commercial properties, he said. In a Feb. 13 letter to Geranios, Terre Hirsch, the city's licensing and code services supervisor, ordered the campaign to stop posting signs without permission. Kramer said he asked police to take a report after he discovered the workers erecting signs Sunday. "They said their instructions from their boss was they didn't need the owner's permission, and that if the owner ran them off, to just leave the property," Kramer said. But under the Burbank Municipal Code, candidates cannot post signs on public property and can only post signs on private property with the owner's permission, said Terry Stevenson, senior assistant city attorney. Stevenson said his office is trying to determine if signs posted Sunday also were posted without the permission of property owners. A violation of the Burbank Municipal Code is a misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. punishable pun·ish v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es v.tr. 1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault. 2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense). 3. by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. But Stevenson said the sign company workers who posted the signs are the subject of city investigation, rather than Geranios himself. Aileen Boyle, Glendale's city clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". , said she has received only one complaint this political season regarding a sign posted without a property owner's permission, a Geranios sign. Boyle said the campaign apologized for the violation and immediately took the offending of·fend v. of·fend·ed, of·fend·ing, of·fends v.tr. 1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in. 2. sign down. |
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