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   XPost: misc.legal, ca.driving, ba.transportation   
   From: liamoconnor@example.com   
      
   On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:08:46 -0700, sms wrote:   
      
   > I only know of one instance of someone lobbying for a stop sign, and it   
   > was my sister. She had to go through the neighborhood and gather the   
   > signatures of a majority of the residents before the city would even   
   > consider a stop sign.   
      
   I have received perhaps three or four "petitions" to emplace traffic   
   control devices over the years.   
      
   I, myself, had not responded to a single one, most of which (perhaps all?)   
   came from the town in the form of an official snail mail soliciting   
   comments.   
      
   IIRC, all of those devices were eventually emplaced, but, I was not part of   
   the process, so I can say no more about that.   
      
   However, in this case, it's unlikely that I can do much more, myself, than   
   to ask for the documentation (which I have done), and then to draft a   
   letter asking for the stop signs on Llewellyn to be removed.   
      
   My argument?   
      
   I don't know, but my "real" argument is that they don't belong there; but I   
   have been advised (here and elsewhere) to take a more political tack.   
      
   Therefore, I think my argument will be that they are "no longer needed"   
   vice "they shouldn't be there in the first place".   
      
   If you have a *better* argument, please advise!   
      
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