Only in Maine...

PORTLAND, Maine - A lobsterman in a four-way race for a City Council spot was ordered to take down campaign signs attached to lobster traps.

Officials told Bill Linnell his signs placed along streets ahead of the Nov. 6 election posed a public safety and maintenance problem.
"What we don't want to get into is a case of one-upmanship, where somebody puts signs on lobster traps, so somebody else puts theirs on an inflatable cow," said Steve Landry, a state Transportation Department public safety engineer. "There's a safety factor out there."
Linnell said the traps meet state guidelines. He said he may sue the city but not until after the election.