How big is too big: Political sign drama in Forty Fort

With less than two weeks until the Nov. 4 municipal election, you’ve likely seen that hundreds of residents have chosen to display their support for one candidate or another by placing political signs in windows and front yards.

What people might not know is that many towns and boroughs have ordinances regulating those signs.

What people also might not know is that, according to some voting rights organizations and supreme court precedent, some of those regulations could be considered unconstitutional.

Locally, this somewhat contentious situation was brought to the forefront when “Forty Fort Proud,” one of the groups running in the Nov. 4 election for various borough positions, sent a letter to the borough accusing officials of violating their first amendment rights by asking them to co