Honk if you agree," the city asked an organization to remove it. Members of Salem Community Vision, the group that complained, said they didn't take issue with the sign's message, just its placement on a public right-of-way. Kenny Larson, a city spokesman, told KATU the city has had a limited ability to enforce sign regulations.
But our mission is not to try to convert people," Shaver said. We throw baby showers. We fill in where people may not be able to afford, like, their electric bill. Although a KATU crew saw and heard several drivers honking in support of the cause, Salem Community Vision, a prominent civic group, was not happy about the sign and the problem they said it represents. Over the weekend the group put up a Facebook post criticizing the sign. It's obscuring the vision, the sight-line to the intersection.
It didn't have to do with the message. Personally, I kind of like the idea of 'Jesus loves strippers' even though I'm not religious. I mean, who doesn't love strippers? Hines said several other signs in Salem are breaking the law as well and his group has posted about them in the past.
After looking at photos of signs previously posted by Salem Community Vision, Larson said one sign promoting Kelly's Home Center in a public right-of-way is in violation and he's 99 percent sure at least two signs campaigning for city council candidates are in violation as well. On Monday evening she said POLE Gems took down their signpost and replaced it with human sign-holders after a code enforcement officer talked with them Monday afternoon.
Shaver said the officer told them the multiple signs on and around their tent are non-compliant due to size regulations but the city only took action on the one in the right-of-way because of complaints.
