Posters Stapled to Trees

[qualitygig.livejournal.com]

I'm curious if anyone else has seen this in their neighborhood.  I live between Davis Square and Ball Square, and some _____ stapled posters to just about every other tree in the neighborhood advertising their new service (start-up).

You would think someone would know stapling posters to trees will at a minimum piss people off and might even consider it could be illegal (or why else wouldn't everyone be doing it).

What I'd like to know is a) has anyone else seen this and b) does anyone know for a FACT that stapling a poster to a tree (or utility pole) is illegal ?  My experience / recollection as a longtime Massachusetts resident is that it is, in fact, illegal, but I haven't been able to find any official website or source clarifying the point.

There's a second-half to the story that I'll share, but I'm interested in getting feedback on the above first.

Comments

[pywaket.livejournal.com]

A few years ago I had a yard sale and out up a few fliers on nearby utility poles. During the sale a DPW employee drove up my one way street *the wrong way* in their truck to tell me *I*was breaking the law and would be fined if I didn't immediately go take down my signs.. Sigh....

[ron_newman]

I would not have known about the Brown School yard sale a couple of weekends ago if not for numerous signs on surrounding streets. (None attached to trees, I don't think.)