October 29, 2026 - 9:01 pm

We just spent a few days in the Reno/Carson City area, our first visit there. We were struck by the beauty, especially since fall color was bursting. I was also struck by the political signs. None was more than about three-feet square, and they were unobtrusively placed on private properties (businesses.) There was usually only one sign at each location, and they were almost hard to recognize as political advertising.

Cut to the Las Vegas Valley. During an election cycle, every vacant lot is littered for six months with enormous signs, many battered by weather because they are allowed to stay out so long. Metropolitan Las Vegas is beautiful in its own right, but for months upon months political trash lines streets.…