johnhenrehan's Blog

I was driving down Rt. One the other day and saw a couple of VOTE CALABASH signs strewn among the thousands of canddates' signs.  CALABASH is a restaurant in the Hybla Valley area of Fairfax Co.

The owners have slyly decided to take advantage of the political season and advertise their eatery among the political signs.

In the course of doing the story, I contacted a rep. from V-DOT, which maintains most of the roads in the state.  Turns out, it is NEVER legal for an individual or business to post a sign on a Virginia roadway.

But V-DOT concentrates its budget on potholes and snow removal, so the agency generally does not remove invasive signs.  Thus the CALABASH plan is working.  Business is up.  And the owners say they will take down the signs when the candidates do, several days after the election.