Water Problems and Electronic Signs

Cary has recently installed some large electronic signs throughout the city. Personally, I think they are an eyesore.

Today, Cary had a problem with E.coli contaminating the water system.

These two events led me to send the following email to Mayor Ernie McAlister:

Mayor McAlister,
Let me start by saying I am not in favor of the electronic traffic signs which have recently showed up in Cary. However, despite my dislike of the signs I held out hope that they might have a useful purpose. Today there was an alert in Cary due to E.coli contamination in the water system. However, as I drove past the sign on Harrison Avenue, I was dismayed to see the signs still displaying "Buckle Up, It's the Law." In my opinion this was a missed opportunity to use the signs to alert the public to a very real, and serious problem. I would prefer that the signs be removed, but if they must remain I would urge the town to use them more effectively.

Matt Jenkins

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Follow up:

Well what do you know. I sent my email at 11pm on Friday. I got a response to my email at 9am on Saturday. Mayor McAlister stated that many of the signs are still in test mode. However, he says they are working to have the signs display a warning message starting early today.