PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs refused Wednesday to limit those digital signs above and adjacent to state roads to only traffic safety messages.
In wielding her veto stamp again, the Democratic governor said she could not agree to the proposal by Rep. Neal Carter that it’s inappropriate to display anything beyond warnings about accidents ahead, driving times to certain points and just general “drive safe” advisories. His House Bill 2586 sought to limit messages to those “directly related to transportation or highway safety,” calling anything else “a little bit distracting.”
But the San Tan Valley Republican acknowledged he was concerned the signs could also be used to promote other messages.
