LAKE ZURICH, Ill. (WBBM) — The tax service promoters dressed as the Statue of Liberty have again run afoul of village ordinances — this time in north suburban Lake Zurich, Illinois.
The owner of Liberty Tax service in Lake Zurich, Amoret Greis, warns she might have to close her business if she’s not allowed to have actors, dressed as the Statue of Liberty with a silver tiara and torch, stand outside trying to wave in new customers.
Amoret Greis says she’s trying to keep 15 people employed and says there’s nothing more patriotic than that.
Gries says the village of Lake Zurich has issued multiple notices threatening citations if they continue to have an employee dressed as the Statue of Liberty waving to anyone that passes by the office.
However, Lake Zurich Village President Suzanne Branding, says there are plenty of other ways Ms. Greis can advertise without running afoul of the village ordinance that precludes human advertising.
She says it’s a traffic hazard to see someone dressed up in a green robe with a silver torch trying to wave customers off the road, along the four line stretch of route 12.
She says “we’re not trying to run anyone out of business, goodness no.”
A similar controversy was settled in Fox River Grove when elected officials agreed to let live sign carriers ply their trade on streets in the village.
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