Signs Gone WILD: Legal or NOT. YOU Decide

[tulsasignnazi]

Good job Sign Nazis for really doing a bang up job on keeping Tulsa beautiful.  Not one STINKING cheapo signs ANYWHERE.  But, there's MORE!  Go git 'em.

51 TRO 3102.16 Excluded from Right-of-Way; Removal Authorized. No sign shall be permitted in the right-of-way of a street under any circumstances, except as provided in Section 3102.12.4. Any sign situated in the right-of way of a public street is hereby declared a public nuisance endangering public safety, and may be removed by the code official or any police officer of the City of Tulsa.


41st/Sheridan; N/W corner; W/B.


41st/Sheridan; S/W corner; S/B.  Also, blocking wheelchair travel.


51st/Memorial; S/W corner; S/B.


Same location as above.


41st/Yale; N/W corner; W/B.


Same location as above.


4902 S Sheridan; S/B.  Portable Signs BANNED, 42 TRO 1221.C.7.




2424 E 21; S/E corner; E/B.


52nd/Memorial; S/W corner; S/B.


41st/Hudson; N/W corner; W/B.


41st/Darlington; S/E corner; E/B.


Cooke Advertising
P.O. Box 594  
Skiatook, OK 74070
Phone: 918-814-7446,  
Fax: 918-396-9282
info@cookeadvertising.com
We request a six (6) month contract, with the first and the last month's payment and set up fees in advance with signing of the contract.

There is a one (1) time set up fee charge of $50 per bench.

Please make your selections from the locations below and let us hear from you.  For your convenience we accept Visa & MasterCard.

TULSA BENCHES
1    15th & Sheridan    Muffler Store, N.W. corner sits 100' West of intersection, across from Mazzio's    $25
2    15th & Harvard    West of Ron's Chili, (Has SignWorld sign on it)    $25
3    41st & Memorial    N. of 41st, E. side of Memorial, Thomas Cadillac ( Has Re/Max on it) PENDING CONTRACT 1/9/08    $60
4    31st & Mingo    East of Mingo, North side of 31st, at strip mall, West of bridge    $40
5    88th & Lewis    In front of John Deer Equipment, West side of road (Has SignWorld sign on it)    $45
6    86th & Lewis    One of 2 benches, sits under big tree, across from Taco Bueno, bench faces North bound traffic    $50

SURROUNDING TULSA AREA

1    Bixby, OK    134th & Memorial, West of Memorial in front of the YMCA    $25
2    Bixby, OK    Riverview & Stadium Rd. Bixby High School gym. West end of building    $25
3    Bixby, OK    15722 South Memorial. Grey building next to JuJax    $25
4    Bixby, OK    171st & Memorial. 16907 South Memorial Convenience Store    $25
5    Bixby, OK    171st & Memorial. 16907 South Memorial Convenience Store    $25
6    Bixby, OK    15100 South Memorial. NW corner at South end of Bixby on West side of Memorial Sutherland's Shopping Center (Moving to North end of building . Will sit between Sutherland's & Family Dollar )    $25
7    Bixby, OK    121st & Memorial. South side of 121st, 1/4 mile East of Memorial (Fire Station)    $25
8    Bixby, OK    Conrads Farm    $25
9    Bixby, OK    Needles & Cabaniss, Memorial E. to Needles (Fire Station across from Dollar General)    $25
10    Bixby, OK    165th & Memorial. Memorial South of town. On the porch of what used to be The Lazy Fisherman    $25
11    Bixby, OK    16 South Armstrong. 5th & A (Memorial E. on Breckenridge,S. On A St. Faces E.) Post Office    $25
12    Bixby, OK    Carmichaels's Produce    $25
13    Bixby, OK    151st & Memorial, Orielly Auto Parts ( Has Terry Gartside on it)    $25
14    Bixby, OK    151st & Memorial N. W. corner in the Sutherlands shopping center, Doc's Grocery, North of the door against the building ( Has Flora Acosta on it)    $25




Sign Guy's Signs Can Be Seen Around Town

KOTV - 1/10/2008 5:59 PM - Updated 1/10/2008 7:51 PM
If you need a tree trimmer or debris removal or a roofer, you can find a name and number on a sign at just about every intersection. A coworker told News On 6 reporter Rick Wells he had actually seen a sign for the guy who makes signs. The sign guy has been so busy since the ice storm, he still has his Christmas decorations up.

Steve Laake's front yard is full of Christmas decorations, his garage workshop is full of corrugated plastic yard signs ready to be picked up and put out.

"Since the ice storm, I've made 12 or 15 hundred signs," said Laake.

His clients are local businesses letting folks know who they are and what they do. The signs are at intersections and along the road. He has his own signs out and signs about where to get more signs. He has received a good response locally, but also a lot from out of town.

"I'm getting orders from New York City, tree trimmers are here from Minnesota, Orlando, Florida. Yesterday a guy came in and ordered from Ft Lauderdale, from Arkansas-all over the country," said Laake.

The process starts on the computer in his office where he creates the design. The letters are cut into vinyl that is eventually transferred to clear plastic, which then becomes the proof to make the silk screen. Then the signs are screen printed one at a time by hand, he lets them dry then prints the other side.

"I enjoy making the signs. I do banners, business cards all kinds of stuff," said Laake.

For now it's tree trimmers and clean up companies getting all the action. He says Spring is high season for yard signs because of all the lawn and landscape companies.

Spring's not that far off, if business keeps booming he may have to print up signs asking for help with Christmas decorations.

Tulsa Yard Signs

Here's the video!

Hey, Steve, GET YOUR TRASH OFF MY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.  [!][!][!][!]

[NellieBly]

I have to say, this story really bothered me too. Rick Wells basically glorified a business that makes signs that will be placed illegally. He should have mentioned that placing these signs in the right of way is illegal.

I hate these signs, as most of you know, and they have proliferated since the storm.

Mayor Taylor, please please please, get those sign removal teams busy before spring. Tulsa looks really bad right now and these eyesores will be around forever if something is not done immediately.

I would never never do business with someone who places illegal signs.

[cannon_fodder]

Bah, I don't blame Steve.  He prints signs.  Some other idiot places them all over the place.

I also don't blame Wal-Mart for selling spray paint that ends up under over passes.  Ford for hit and runs.  Polaroid for child pornography.  Or Colt for homicides.

Of course, it would be a good business model for him to print and sell them to such idiots, and then go and pick up the illegal ones.  With any luck, the dolt will buy more from him. []

[NellieBly]

I don't blame the guy who makes the signs, but he does contribute to the problem.

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Bah, I don't blame Steve.  He prints signs.  Some other idiot places them all over the place.

I also don't blame Wal-Mart for selling spray paint that ends up under over passes.  Ford for hit and runs.  Polaroid for child pornography.  Or Colt for homicides.

Of course, it would be a good business model for him to print and sell them to such idiots, and then go and pick up the illegal ones.  With any luck, the dolt will buy more from him. []

But there are hundreds if not thousands of legitimate uses for spray paint. There are very few legal uses of these signs.

This guy is making the equivalent of a bong and saying it could be used for a flowervase.

[dggriffi]

I also don't blame people who make or sell drugs for overdoses.

[FOTD]

Saw the promo and switched the channel.
Is local news so pathetic they have to resort to this type journalism? Too bad there wasn't a storm over NW Arkansas.....

[AngieB]

I'm glad someone brought this up! I didn't see the story, but I sometimes listen to 6 in the car. I couldn't believe it!

Hey Rick Wells! What's the deal? Are you seriously that much of an idiot? Free publicity for a sign guy of all people?

[Wingnut]

I'm tired of the signs, too. Not to justify him or his business, but it may be legal to put them up in the other locals that he has been selling to.

[tulsasignnazi]

Calling ALL Tulsa Sign Nazis!!  Sign lynch mob meetup at 36th/Harvard, parking lot on northeast corner.  1000-1400.  Second Saturday of EVERY month beginning.  12 January 2008.

Let's git a jump start on the City Council signs about to sprout before April Fool's Day!   BYOBL.  Bring Yer Own BAG and LUNCH.

[RecycleMichael]

Name one time you have seen one of these signs that was not in the public right-of-way. No one puts these in their backyard.

All of his customers break the law, intentionally or not. We should get some signs together and go picket KOTV.

[tulsasignnazi]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

Name one time you have seen one of these signs that was not in the public right-of-way. No one puts these in their backyard.

All of his customers break the law, intentionally or not. We should get some signs together and go picket KOTV.

Yep, RM.  You are MY kinda guy.  The PERFECT sign nazi!  His business is AIDING and ABETTING the COMPLETE disrepect of the LAW.  The business would NOT exist if his customers OBEYED the LAW.

Along with picketing KOTV, let's mob his house!
Spirit Marketing, Inc., 10005 E 39th St, Tulsa, OK 74146

[cannon_fodder]

RM, I have seen these signs used for perfectly legal purposes all over the place.  When a tree service, roofing, or siding company does work they often place one of these in your yard.  Campaign signs are often placed by citizens in their yards.  In front of businesses they place such signs out to advertise sales.  

It should also be noted that he does other work too - magnetic signs for cars for instance.

Your angst against this man is as misplaced as the hatred the record companies have for CD-Burners.  Just because people MIGHT use them for illegal purposes puts no angst on the manufacturer.  

Think of all the illegal uses for spray paint:  graffiti, vandalizing cars, huffing, covering up security cameras...  look at all the illegal uses for signs - placing them on rights-of way.    Frankly, the spray paint causes more damage, but I'm still OK with Lowes selling it.

and no, no stake in the sign company or any similar ventures.  Just sayin' the guys just making signs.

[restored2x]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

Name one time you have seen one of these signs that was not in the public right-of-way. No one puts these in their backyard.

All of his customers break the law, intentionally or not. We should get some signs together and go picket KOTV.

Union School District - "Redskin Football Player Lives Here" or something like that - all over south Tulsa and BA. But in homeowners'yards. Probably same with the Trojans in Jenks, Tigers in BA, etc.

What the customer orders to print on the sign should let the signmaker know whether or not the signs will possibly be placed illegally.

Wonder if he has them sign a release or agreement to not place the signs illegally?

[sgrizzle]

This thread is registering a 4 out of 5 on my tayometer...