I love Arizona, I really do. Hellish heat and scorpions to boot, just wonderful. My kinda town… er, state.
However, due to city ordinances within the past five years or so seem to prohibit the placement of signs by the roadside. (That is my guess, not a statement of fact, I only and habitually report what I see…) So the loophole surrounding the sign issue is having people stand out on the really hot street corners and hold signs pointing the drivers by to the local home builder, or mattress store, or gun shop. Take your pick!
Even a McDonald’s commercial (I saw on youtube) was specifically pointed for Arizona viewers and it had a little guy twirling a sign. Why not focus on any other of millions of local flavor here in the valley, but they settle on the sign holders. I dunno. That is just weird to me… but I digress.
As I was driving about a week ago heading north on Reems road, half way between Cactus and Waddell, I see another sign guy who just looks pathetic. The worst so far. He looks like he is being tortured or forced to hold this sign at gunpoint. Both hands were centered behind his head, holding the sign, it was wiggling forward ever so slightly. For a moment I was angered at the state of our economy, and then I had this great idea for a cartoon, which is above. A sign + medieval stocks = payoff. 
Graphite is a medium I rarely play with anymore, but it seemed ok with this topic.
Is the sign-twirling apprenticeship on Career Assessments these days?
“Well Danny, you scored very high in sign holding and gas leak testing.”
Oh, and just a shout out to my local speeders in my neck of the woods, that area on Reems is a big-time speed trap. You have been warned, behave yourself out there, Johnny Law is watching.
