11 Responses to “Let’s Clean Up the News Racks”
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February 25th, 2011
I looked into this about ten years ago. Our local post office and the city told me dispensers cannot be removed. The racks are complete eyesores and they consume valuable space on the community sidewalk. I prefer to see indoor dispensers at businesses. How about the apartment rental ad books? Are they advertising complexes in CdM?
February 25th, 2011
I am pretty sure that the company who uses them has the responsibility for upkeep.
February 25th, 2011
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February 25, 2011
I looked into this about ten years ago. Our local post office and the city told me dispensers cannot be removed. The racks are complete eyesores and they consume valuable space on the community sidewalk. I prefer to see indoor dispensers at businesses. How about the apartment rental ad books? Are they advertising complexes in CdM?
They are so ugly, wow. I plan to ask the BID about it!
February 28th, 2011
I forget exactly, but the news racks have some sort of freedom of speech protection I believe. However cities can regulate the containers and place standards to some extent as I remember. The problem is when publications go out of business you end up with "ghost" racks that nobody maintains.
February 28th, 2011
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February 28, 2011
I forget exactly, but the news racks have some sort of freedom of speech protection I believe. However cities can regulate the containers and place standards to some extent as I remember. The problem is when publications go out of business you end up with "ghost" racks that nobody maintains.
They do, actually, but Newport Beach does have standards in the city's charter: D. Newsracks shall be kept clean and maintained in good working order at all times, freshly painted and with unbroken hoods. E. Frames and racks for newsracks shall be K-Jack Style Mounts Model 100 or approved equal with a height not to exceed forty (40) inches. Mounts shall be bolted in place in accordance with specifications provided by the City. I guess it would be one of those complaint-based code enforcement issues, should anyone care to make note of the gross racks and report them. F. Newsracks shall have woodgrain panels or be painted brown on all sides and the mount shall be painted gloss black
March 10th, 2011
Corona del Mar was not "gross" twenty years ago. Where were you twenty years ago, anyway? Who told you Corona del Mar was "Gross" and why on earth would you believe them?? Why don't you look at some pictures from 1990 to find out what Corona del Mar really looked like back then? And since when was Corona del Mar a village? Corona del Mar is a beach town.
March 11th, 2011
Agree with Linda, CdM has never been gross and deffo is not a village (Amy sounds like a CdM newbie). I live far away now and I dont know what the laws are, but why don't you paint the darn mailboxes... call it "community vandalism".
March 22nd, 2011
Amy, Corona Del Mar has never been gross and never will be. You want gross move to NYC ;) I can tell you from experience! Everything is relative I guess, but CDM gross compared to... Maybe Fiji or Hawaii? Now say you're sorry and let's move on :) :)
March 22nd, 2011
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March 22, 2011
Amy, Corona Del Mar has never been gross and never will be. You want gross move to NYC ;) I can tell you from experience! Everything is relative I guess, but CDM gross compared to... Maybe Fiji or Hawaii? Now say you're sorry and let's move on :) :)
I didn't say CdM is gross now. I said that I'd interviewed many people lately who said that it's nice now but 20 years ago, it was pretty sad. I didn't live here 20 years ago, but I totally trust the civic leaders who were pretty specific about what they didn't like back then, and why they were motivated to make changes in town. By the way, I think NYC is pretty amazing.
March 26th, 2011
Linda - CdM was decreed to be a "village" in the mid to late 1980's by the Residents Association and other newbies who haven't lived around here long enough to remember the "Hurley Belle," or that "Rocky Point" is called "Pirates Cove" and that "Begonia Park" is really called "Carnation Park," or that Cdm once had a number of beach motels dotting PCH.
April 14th, 2011
I lived in CdM from 1955 to 2003. Up until about 1900 CdM was the best place in the country to live. Beach, surf, people, all cool. Gross moved in in the nineties.
