With campaign signs popping up throughout New Orleans, some now say where politicians put up their signs could be more telling than the actual message they’re trying to convey.

Post-Katrina there’s a different kind of political landscape, one now dotted with overgrown lots and abandoned properties.

But in the fight for name recognition, even blighted homes appear to be fair game for campaign signs.

Voters like Gerard Chutz aren’t sure that it’s a good idea.

"It doesn't produce a good image, it's a blighted house; it's an ugly house. Why have your name associated with it? Have your name associated with something nicer," Chutz said.

New Orleans District Attorney candidate Leon Cannizzaro says abandoned properties can prove to be valuable advertising space.

"Because it does give some exposure and some presence for the candidate," Cannizzaro said.

Cannizaro said that he got the okay from the owner of an old restaurant before he posted a sign, but, as for another one found on a blighted house in Lakewview, he said that he needed to check his records to see if it was supposed to be there.

"These stakes, these stakes just did not come out of our campaign that's all I'm saying, and I'm not blaming anyone I'm just saying we don't have these stakes," Cannizzaro said.

"Messaging is so important in politics and what you say is important but sometimes how you say it and in the case of political signs where you say it can be just as important," he said, adding, "We've had some offers where the grass was overgrown and we've opted not to place the signs on those properties."

Some voters, however, think that it is a non-issue.  They say whether a candidate puts up campaign material on a blighted property, or on a property that’s well-maintained it sends the same kind of message.

"Doesn't make a bit of difference to me," said Edward Cole, who has to deal with a blighted property right next door to his home.

"It actually adds a little bit of scenery to the blighted property," Cole said.

Chutz believes that there should be more effort into getting rid of the blighted properties.

Cannizzaro says that if records indicate that he does not have permission to put up a campaign sign on the abandoned property he will remove it immediately.