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Vani said most complaints the city receives are about signs along public roads. Otherwise, he said, they tend not to worry about those ones.

“If they’re not obstructing traffic or sightlines and such, and we’re not getting complaints about it, we’re not going to be doing enforcement on them,” said Vani. “We’re usually dealing with intersections where it’s going to be an issue. We understand it’s an election and signs are going to be put up. It comes down to resources and chasing this around as well.”

Vani wouldn’t say who made the complaints Tuesday or who they targeted.

Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star

Windsor West PC candidate Adam Ibrahim acknowledged Tuesday that the placement of some of his signs may contravene city bylaws.

“We did not know the exact rules.”

Ibrahim said he has been busy campaigning and doesn’t put up signs himself. “I wasn’t involved in this. It was the campaign team… I’m not responsible for the campaign.”

He said the fact someone has complained about him shows his campaign is successfully “rattling” the Liberals and NDP.

He said all the signs in contravention would be removed Wednesday.

“We’re taking down the signs. There’s no story here.”

NDP organizer Kieran McKenzie took to social media on Tuesday after seeing Ibrahim’s campaign signs in several places in apparent violation of city bylaws.

“The election date has been well known to everybody for a long time,” said McKenzie. “We see a number of campaigns across Ontario, and now one here in Windsor West, that is making a significant misstep with respect to basic rules of running a campaign. I think it calls into question the whole roster of candidates, all the way up to the top, in terms of their ability to govern this province.”