Candidate signs may remain on public property

Walhalla leaders came out of their meeting last night agreed that they will make no change to their rules covering political candidate signs on public property—at least for this election season. But it’s not out of the question that, starting with local, state and national elections next year, they won’t re-institute a law that restricts candidate signs until two weeks before Election Day. The idea in advance of November elections is to keep clear the public roadsides of political signs at Oktoberfest time, the city’s largest visitor event. Candidates are free to mount signs on private property, as long as they have the property owner’s permission. Some Walhallans remember the city followed an earlier law that forbade the signs until two weeks before election, but the city administrator told the mayor and council last night that law was abolished when the city later adopted a replacement ordinance.