As the city of Albany considers a tweaking of its existing sign ordinance, a number of small business owners took the opportunity to express their concerns to members of a sign task force that met for the third time Thursday morning.

It was perhaps comments by Short & Paulk Supply Co. President Jay Short that summed up the feelings of the business owners.

“When you write these ordinances, you write them in black and white,” Short said. “But there’s a lot of gray area.”

It was that gray area, what Short later called “a need for common sense,” that was on the minds of attendees of the meeting, called to discuss various elements of the city’s sign ordinance and perhaps recommend changes that will be sent to the Albany City Commission for consideration.

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