ST. LOUIS (KMOX) -- When it comes to putting up signs, the City of St. Louis wins, at least for now. The federal court in Eastern Missouri sided with the city over Jim Roos who put up the mural in south st. louis near Soulard. The mural reads: "End Eminent Domain Abuse." Roos had challenged the city's denial of a permit for the sign. The federal court upheld the city's position. Jim Roos told KMOX's Mark Reardon there will be an appeal. "Thats the understanding between the city and us, if we eventually loose and there are no more appeals we'll remove the sign. Until that time however I think the sign is going to remain" Said Roos.
Roos called the ruling a blow to free speech. He claims his mural would be legal if it featured a flag, a crest, civic symbol or if the city deemed it a work of art. Roos had the mural painted on the side of a building in March 2007 to protest the city's use of eminient domain to take properties owned by Sanctuary , a low income housing organization. The city has maintained it violated the sign code.
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