![A trio of campaign signs sit on the southeastern corner of John Wayne Parkway and Bowlin Road on May 21, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260521-spencer-campaign-signs-2-1024x683.jpg)
You know election season is in full swing when constituents begin complaining about election signs.
An anonymous Facebook post complained today about a small group of signs blocking an intersection view along John Wayne Parkway.
“This is a prime example of political signs blocking the view at intersections,” wrote PastelKoala5190 on the Original City of Maricopa, AZ Page.
The signs — for Councilmember AnnaMarie Knorr and candidates Tena Dugan and James Singleton — are currently sitting on the southeastern corner of the city’s main drag and Bowlin Road.
“I hope they’ll be paying the accident bills,” the anonymous poster wrote.
Some Facebookers agreed with the original complainers, like Rancho El Dorado resident Cole Nace who said the signs are “ugly to see everywhere and they literally do nothing.” But others thought it was a non-issue.
Juan Paque-Provencio, for example, called it “a stretch.”
“If drivers can’t safely navigate an intersection this wide open, the issue probably isn’t three campaign signs sitting behind the curb line,” Paque-Provencio wrote.
The three candidates did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
More sign drama
This isn’t the first complaint of campaign signs around the city. Tom Chapman, a challenger for Justice of the Peace, recently came under fire for installing large signs along medians. The city later removed the sign.
And Vice Mayor Vincent Manfredi last month saw some criticism for placing signs on the Gila River Indian Community. Manfredi stated he paid a fee and obtained permission to place the signs.
GRIC Land Use Ordinance Officer Paul Shorthair confirmed Manfredi has an approved sign permit.
“This is the second election period in which he’s done it,” Shorthair said. “That was effective back in March.”
Sign law 101
![A view of campaign signs sitting at the southeastern corner of John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue on May 21, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260521-spencer-campaign-signs-1-300x200.jpg)
“Public right-of-ways are allowed, but if they’re in the way of line of sight … the city can remove them immediately,” he told InMaricopa. “That’s part of the law.”
State statutes stipulate the placement and removal of political signs, like ensuring a sign “is not placed in a location that is hazardous to public safety, obstructs clear vision in the area or interferes with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
Glover said that while he doesn’t like campaign signs, he made an intentional choice to place them away from corners.
“We didn’t place a sign [at John Wayne Parkway and Bowlin Road] just because I know that intersection has a history of people getting hit there,” he said.
See a sign in Maricopa that appears to violate one or more of these rules? Send an email to [email protected] or report the issue on the city’s “Report a Problem” page.
Vincent Manfredi is an owner of InMaricopa.
![Western Pinal Justice of the Peace Patricia Glover speaks during a City of Maricopa Republican Club on May 23, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260529-spencer-teeple-republican-club-1-4-300x200.jpg)
22 Responses
…People still use Facebook?
Damn. Beat me to it…
You’re on Truth Social right? 😆
IDK about Ghee, but LinkedIn if I am looking for work, which I’m not, and the comments section of inMaricopa is about as close as I get to Social Media.
I gave them all up in 2018 and never looked back.
Yeah, the comments section here is all the social media I care to deal with. I even go as far as to have an extension to block YouTube comments and I’ve swapped my operating systems on my phone & laptop for a Google-free life lol
👍 That’s awesome.
No mention of Manfredi placing a sign in the driveway of the weed dispensary?
I thought that was brilliant… 😂🤤
I was going to get up and go vote, but then I got high! lol ( I couldn’t help it! ) lol
I mean… it’s a smart move. The others are missing out, that’s a fairly large demographic…
Except that sign is on private property. Smart move because he got permission from the land owner.
This is true.
Can’t we all just get along?
That’s the thing, we all used to get along just fine until 2016ish.
I wonder what could have possibly caused that?
The first thing he attacked and defiled was the Republican Party itself.
People tend to forget that.
No, Copa has been populated with self serving pricks from the early 2000s. The demographics really went to hell when the real estate prices crateredand all the scumbags ran away from their home loans that they were still able to pay. Trump has nothing to do with Copa.
See, I respect the opinion of those who have lived here longer than I have. I know you have a different experience and perspective.
That being said… this is a really nice town. I’ve lived all over this country: north, south, east and west. This town is great. It’s nice and clean and (with the exception of a couple mummified nutsacks like TAB and JD) the people are kind and friendly.
I don’t get all the bitching about it. I mean, yeah, fix the infrastructure BEFORE you expand the picklehead courts but other than that…
if sign r a problem on roadway what about shrubs blocking sight line also.
How about the messages…..one reads trust,transparency,honesty????,another reads quality of life????They are all full of sxxt.An exclusive club that we are not privy to.And if you don’t attend and pass the city leadership indoctrination BS on how to run our government and vote in lock step with us you will never win a seat.They are all intertwined,this one says vote for this one,that one says vote for that one hahahahaaha is all I’ve got for these power hungry fools.
Take YOUR meds, please.
Aren’t you late for your date with your bromance with Elias?
Yes, actually. We’re going to weave friendship bracelets together. Thank you for the reminder!
Hmmm:
No setbacks laws, heh?
In other states, you can be sued for moving a political sign. “State and county roads have clear rules. Signs cannot be placed in the “road right-of-way” (usually within 33 feet of the center of the road, depending on the county)” Political signs on private property can not be removed.
State law requires candidates to remove their signs within 10 days following an election.
Homeowner associations (HOAs) and condo boards can impose reasonable, content-neutral restrictions on signs to maintain aesthetics, but they cannot completely prohibit political expression or selectively enforce the rules.
But that is in more civilized states than AZ, Some of these are logical.