In a followup to our January 3rd post on a Round Rock, Texas group of local businesses who turned in 4,203 signatures to the City of Round Rock, surpassing the required amount needed to get its item on a ballot this coming May. They petitioned that the City leadership asking they allow a vote to expand access of digital signage to include 12 new signs along I-35 and SH-45.

The City of Round Rock said no to the request after attempting to validate the more than 4,000 signatures, discovering 1,300 were found to be invalid.

Round Rock Mayor Craig Morgan sounded as if he was not pleased with the invalid signature as he stated he had shared his disappointment with the techniques used by this PAC to obtain signatures, including unauthorized use of the City’s logo and several misleading statements in their marketing materials.

After failing the validation process, the issue can no longer be taken into consideration for the upcoming spring ballot. You can read more at KVUE.com.

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