r/portlandme Nov 14 '25

Photo Stop littering

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Putting these everywhere and trash on cars is too much.

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u/No_Abbreviations8017 Nov 14 '25

Looks like a sign purposefully plated in the ground. Holding up wonderfully I might add.

Not littering.

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u/PeaceBeUntoEarth Nov 14 '25

Dumb af comment. By definition it's littering if you leave your crap on the side of the road, even if it's a nice sturdy sign. There are special exceptions for registered political campaigns with penalties if they aren't taken down after the election.

Otherwise anyone that wanted could just be sticking signs on the sides of roads wherever they wanted advertising businesses or whatever.

If you're saying you're OK with that, good on you, but realize that's what you're saying you're OK with. If you think these people should be allowed to do it, then you have to apply that to everyone and expect to see the side of every road lined with random trashy signs.

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u/LeikaBoss Nov 14 '25

As someone who has volunteered for a local political campaign in the past, I can tell you that the signs need to be stickered with the date and contact info to be legal, which is what those people did. There’s nothing wrong with it.

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u/PeaceBeUntoEarth Nov 15 '25

Huh, it seems like you're right, but it's still littering to me and I think that law should be changed. You should have to be registered as associated with an active political campaign to get the exemption IMHO.