NEENAH, Wis–The city of Neenah is ordering homeowners to take down yard signs opposing the rezoning of Shattuck Middle School. The conservative legal group Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is demanding the city rescind notices of violation and threats of daily fines issued to more than a hundred property owners.
Deputy Counsel Dan Lennington says Neenah does not have the power–based on a 2015 Supreme Court ruling–to ban yard signs based on their content.
WILL is advising one couple that it is working with to keep up their yard sign and to take Neenah to federal court.
The Neenah Police Department has not returned our calls for comment on this story.
