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CALVIN R. PECK, JR.
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According to town officials, Carolina Beach's extra jurisdictional territory includes Dow Road
for about 1,000 feet past Ocean Boulevard.
Valita Quattlebaum, the town's spokeswoman, said the ordinance is intended to control clutter.
Without it, the signs would be all over the place for a long time, she said.
Carolina Beach Town Manager Calvin Peck said the sign ordinance has been in place since
2000, and the town has received a few comments on it in the past.
"But the issues have always been resolved," he said. "The ordinance is the town's attempt to keep
a level playing field. The section on political signs is just one component of the entire sign
ordinance. We think it's a different situation from Oak Island."
The issue arose in Oak Island in August when a mayoral candidate handed out magnetic
campaign signs. When some appeared on cars, town officials said the signs violated the town's
ordinance, which prohibited the display of political signs more than 30 days before an election.
With one Oak Island council member and several constitutional law experts calling the ordinance
unconstitutional, the council ultimately decided in September to repeal the section that put a time
limit on when signs could be posted.
Mr. Lambeth's attorney, Roger Lee Edwards, maintains that Carolina Beach's ordinance also
infringes on free speech rights.
"The posting of signs displaying political messages is a traditional method of speaking and,
indeed, communication by signs and posters is virtually pure speech," he wrote in a letter to the
town.
Mr. Edwards also cites several free speech rulings and says Mr. Lambeth wishes to reach a
mutually agreeable resolution.
"He does not desire to pursue litigation, but be assured that he has the means and the inclination
to do so if we are unable to reach agreement on this problem," Mr. Edwards wrote.
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