Noting that the Washington county board had recently voted some funding to build a new building on the county fairgrounds, I was reminded of a really major 'peeve'.
Am I the only person in the county who can't read the scrolling messages at the bottom of the Fair Grounds sign along Hwy. 45?
Who can possibly see the scroll driving at 65 miles per hour. It is small; it is red; it scrolls too quickly. It should be large, white and somewhat fixed for a period of time...or, it should look like one of the new electronic billboards.
Can we find some funds to re-do that sign? It was a waste from the beginning from my perspective. I'd be interested in the process that led to this decision in the first place. If that was the result of a consulting contract, we might have the opportunity to go back to that entity for redress. It seems we received poor advice.
As it stands now, we'd be better off not using the sign; it is more likely to cause an accident than to communicate a message.
