In the great American tradition, we made up bright yellow signs saying STOP THE 120 FT CELL TOWER AT SAILFISH MARINA to put out to inform the public of this project.
Mr. Aycock sent us the following message which we did not receive until after our experience with the "code enforcement" (below).
I was curious as to see if you pulled a sign permit for the misinformed signage?
Code enforcement and growth management know nothing about giving you sign approvals for use of county right of way property. They are sending a code enforcement officer out to investigate the illegal signes placed in the county right of way. FYI
I cannot speak to where all the signs were placed. Many people are volunteering their time to fight this project so we have lots of help.
But I can tell you about the 2 signs that were on private property, one on Mariner Cay property and one on Yacht and County Club property. We were exiting the YCC back gate when a car pulled up and someone TRESPASSED on YCC property and removed the sign. That is theft. That is a criminal offense.
The car then went to the Mariner Cay entrance for their sign but when we followed and blew our horn to stop them to ask them for our sign, the car took off and went down to Sandsprit Park. We followed it and finally got to where the two cars could stop and talk.
We asked for our sign back. We were told they were illegal because they were on county property. We asked for the driver's name which he gave us as Dylan Trevor. He said his uncle worked for the City and told him to go pick up the signs. We asked for the name of his uncle. He refused to give us the name.
We asked the driver why he was only picking up our signs. He said was going to go back and get the others -- all the signs about Easter Services, cheap stump grinding, Yard Sale, "I buy houses for cash" -- he passed them all and targeted only our Cell Tower signs.
It appears that Code Enforcement has unmarked cars that are out on the job within minutes of a question about sign permits by Mr. Aycock to removed the offending signs.
What we think we have is someone driving a personal vehicle (a black Kia Optima with FL license plate BBQ G82) whose driver is impersonating a code enforcement officer, who refused to give us the name of the authorizing official in Code Enforcement who told him to remove the signs. That is a criminal offense.
And does Code Enforcement have the authority to come on to PRIVATE PROPERTY and take signs?
What is so threatening about the information on those signs that neither the County nor "Tower Builder" Mr. Aycock wants you to know about?
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