‘NO DUMPING’ signs on West Beach Parkway defaced to just say ‘NO’

Seen as act of defiance against sign clutter on historic streets

Mayor said he didn’t order signs erected

Update: As of Friday, January 31st, all of the recently erected no-dumping signs on West Beach Parkway have been removed by order of Mayor Clay Madden.

MANDEVILLE — Someone has taken matters into their own hands on West Beach Parkway by spray-painting two of the recently erected “NO DUMPING” signs to read simply “NO” in an apparent act of defiance.

It remains unclear who at the City of Mandeville ordered no-dumping and no-parking signs erected along Marigny Avenue and West Beach Parkway in late 2024.

In December, Mayor Clay Madden told Mandeville Daily that he didn’t order the signs on either street.

Madden directed the removal of the signs from the historic Marigny Avenue median after residents reported confrontations with city officials, including Councilman at Large Scott Discon, regarding activities like blowing leaves onto the median.

Multiple sources had told Mandeville Daily that Discon himself had requested the signs to be erected on both historic streets.

However, in response to a Mandeville Daily request for comment in December as to who ordered the signs erected, Discon responded only that parking and littering on public thoroughfares are illegal and that the Public Works Department “put the signs out.”

But Public Works Director Keith LaGrange had previously indicated during council meetings that City Council approval via ordinance is required to erect no-parking signs.

Discon recently sponsored proposed Ordinance 25-03 which would overhaul parking regulations along Lakeshore Drive and other areas near the Mandeville Trailhead.

Ordinance 25-03 is expected to be taken up by the City Council in February.

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