City's aim probably not as pure as we're led to believe
I really miss the colorful and informative posters on our telephone poles.
I much prefer them to the messy sticky and toxic goo that drips from the poles in the summer sun. The biodegradable paper gave us a cleaner place to lean up against since it is frowned upon to sit on the sidewalk while people-watching or enjoying the sweet music of a street performer.
Seattle has a long history of advertising cultural events on utility poles. I fondly remember seeing fliers in the '70s for efforts to save the Pike Place Market or for political demonstrations to end the Vietnam War.
It seems that city attorney Mark Sidran and the people who brought about the ban are not really seeking to beautify Seattle as they claim. They are trying to stifle expression and freedom of speech.
Darral Good
Lynnwood