The LED signs dont bother me when I visit there each summer, they do their job as attention getters for the tourists and thats why they are there.I remember the Funspot one was changed 2 yrs ago I remember reading that the LED sign is cheaper to run than the old digital sign energy cost wise ( this was in one of the papers could have been Bob Lawton's own Weirs Times I dont remember). Other signs have been added to businesses ( Patricks, Logs Of Fun. Thurston's Marina) their purpose is to get the attnetion of the tourist to the business and thats the future of the area is going to be, since the use of modern technolgy is going to be the future wave of business, they save energy costs and no bulbs have to be replaced. I do indeed look at the signs when I pass by them and thats the purpose of them, is to attract tourists to that location and by having the signs that are bright and move people will look and therefore some people might go there because they like what they see, but some people might not, but they will indeed look. This is an annoyance for people who live there and have to see them everyday, but I can also see the business side of it, as in Field of Dreams " If you build it they will come" this motto is " If you attract them they will come" as the people will be attracted by the signs that move more than old wooden signs because the movement and the brightness of the colors is more attractive than words on a wooden sign, I can see why they are being used to bring in more customers which is the number one job for a business. I am neutral on it because they can being annoying but also do their job as attacting businesses.
ps sry for long post
