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SunPost newspaper endorses “Litter Advertising”

SunPost newspaper endorses “Litter Advertising”

November 02, 2006 By Gus in Miami: Local News, Miami: Travel News | 4 Comments

The SunPost Editorial on the proposed handbill ordinance totally misses the mark.

For those who don’t know, there’s a problem with litter in South Beach. Nightclub promoters think it’s okay to dump flyers on the street.

Definition of litter advertising on the Web:

â€¢ the business of drawing public attention to goods and services by dropping large quanities of flyers and handbills on the sidewalk.

Miami Beach City Commissioner, Saul Gross, is concerned about the problem. He wants to put an end to the mess, by fining flyer distributors and the business advertised in them $500.

The SunPost Editorial says the ordinance is unconstitutional, they try to support their opinion with this:

“South Beach is the very reason many businesses choose to pay high rents to locate there. But now they arenâ€™t allowed to reach out to this market because South Beach has a littering problem?”

Any South Beach resident can tell you, it’s not local businesses causing a littering problem.

The problem is caused by these carpet bagging club promoters; they’re the ones littering the streets.

These ~~marketing thugs~~ flyer distributors should have advertising guidelines. The City should force them to promote their 1-day parties using environmentally friendly and aesthetically pleasing ways (i.e. newspapers, magazines, online).

SunPost goes on to blame the problem on the City’s Sanitation Department:

”...perhaps it is more accurate to say South Beach has a sanitation problem. Residents and businesses have long complained that the cityâ€™s Sanitation Division has not adequately cleaned up the streets after busy weekends or large events.”

Nothing is farther from the truth. The Sanitation Department actually does a great job of cleaning up the mess. They’ll have Washington Avenue looking spic-and-span by 11am.

But don’t forget about the Visitors who wake up before 11am for sightseeing and breakfast. Ask them what their impression is of litter advertising in South Beach.

Discussion at: SotP

Note: Does anyone have a link to the SunPost Editorial? I can no longer find it on their website.

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4 Comments on

"SunPost newspaper endorses “Litter Advertising”"

Manola Blablablanik says:

Gus, I totally agree. Many local businesses use card racks inside clubs and restaurants for advertising—they even advertise inside bathrooms!

I’m no legal expert, but let’s take a look at this City of Miami Beach code: littering is subject to penalties!

Sec. 90-102. Illegal disposal of waste.
Except as provided elsewhere in this chapter, it shall be unlawful and subject to the penalties provided in this chapter to deposit garbage, trash or any kind of waste upon any vacant, occupied or unoccupied premises within the city; or upon any street, alley, parkway or park; or in any canal, waterway, bay, ocean, pool or lake within the city.
(Code 1964, Â§ 14A-9)

Posted on 11/02/2006 at 7:44 PM

Gus says:

Manola, great find! After reading the city statute, nothing more needs to be said.

This is NOT a Freedom of speech issue. This is a littering and public public awareness problem.

In the SotP discussion, Sr.Cohiba sums it up well:

“While an outright ban, i.e., “flyers are prohibited” may not pass constitutional muster, they can restrict the times the flyers could be handed out; the areas they could be handed out, and the means of handing them out (i.e., prohibit placing them on cars).”

Speaking of putting flyers on cars, have you ever tried to take a flyer off your car windshield after it has rained? You need a diamond-tipped scraper to remove that shit.

Anyone caught flyering cars on a rainy day should be caned.

Your comments about trash on the beach are a topic unto itself.

Posted on 11/03/2006 at 9:39 AM

BY POPULAR DEMAND says:

13th AMENDEMENT LAW :EVERY MAN HAS THE RIGHT TO LIFE ,LIBERTY AND THE PROSUITE OF HAPPINESS (SUPREME COURT LAW.
DO TO SUPREME COURT LAW THE COUNTY HAS KNOW RIGHT TO THIS BANNED ON FLYERS.
ALSO IN ORDER FOR THE COUNTY OR CITY TO FINE ANYONE THEY MUST FIRST ABIDE BY SUPREME COURT LAW.
MY LIFE IS TO PROMOTE MY BUSSINESS TO FEED MY FAMILY
MY PROSUIT OF HAPPINESS IS TO NOT BE POOR AND TO BE FREE UNDER THE LAW
MY LIBERTY IS TO DO WHAT I PLEASE ACCORDING TO SUPREME COURT LAW WITH OUT HURTING ANYONE.MOVE WHEN I WANT TO ,SPEAK WHEN I WANT TO,AND DO WHAT I WANT TO OCCURDING TO SUPREME COURT LAW.
LOOK HERE WITH KNOW TRASH KNOW GARBAGE MAN OR WOMAN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FEED THERE FAMILYS OR THEMSELVES WE THE PEOPLE PAY FOR SANITION SERVICES LET US DO OUR JOB AND TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DO YOURS AND THAT IS SERVE THE PEOPLE NOT DESTROY THE PEOPLE IT’S ALREADY BAD ENOUGH THAT BLACKS ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE IS TARGETED BY COPS.
WHEN IT IS TIME FOR AN ELECTION OF A MAYOR OR CITY COUNSEL.THERE IS KNOW COMPLAINTS THEN IS IT KNOW.

Posted on 01/14/2007 at 5:49 PM

BY POPULAT DAMAND says:

AND I MEAN WHEN PASSING OUT FYLERS OR PUTTING UP POSTERS FOR AN ELECTION

Posted on 01/14/2007 at 5:53 PM

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