'Road Closed Wet Tar' Sign Near Voting Site Reported to City Officials
The site is Northeast United Methodist Church, 6400 N. 15th St. in Seminole Heights.
It's sticky and black, and it caused Kimberly Overman concern. The "Road Closed Wet Tar" signs on 15th Street near Northeast United Methodist Church, a polling location on Election Day in Seminole Heights, seemed to have appeared overnight. Overman, a canvasser with President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, wondered if voters - who had the option of parking in the church's lot at 6400 N. 15th St. - would be confused because of the signs. Would they drive off instead of voting? "The problem is, the city had to call HARTline to re-route the busline, yet they don't do anything to help voters try to get to this site," Overman said. "It says, 'Road Closed, Wet Tar.' It's confusing. People are having difficulty getting around it." So …
Denise Preziosi
9:38 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
This was the "stupidest" "worse" plan the city could have done. I have seen some ignorant things but this was dumb. Yes, I think it stopped folks from voting!!!!!! more ›