W. Bush, one example being Greene's recommendation for his readers to "defy evil Bushism". After San Anselmo police removed his sign in 2003, Greene sued the city. After a new sign ordinance was passed limiting the size of signs to , Greene put up 16 small signs together to form a large one. A court declined to stop this, deciding that the town could only limit the size, not the number of signs. Greene settled the dispute in October 2005 by agreeing to use only half the space for messages, and was reimbursed by the town for nearly a thousand U.S. dollars in expenses. Publicly elected service In November 2005, Greene ran for a seat on the San Anselmo Town Council against Ian Roth, but came 300 votes short of being elected. Roth resigned in September 2006. Greene interviewed to be appointed to the Council seat he had nearly won, but former Ross Hospital CEO Judy House was chosen by the Council in a 4–0 vote. Greene said "It was a done deal. I'm not going anywhere. There's an election in a year". Greene was elected to the San Anselmo Town Council in November 2007. "There was a compost pile that needed to be turned," Greene said when the election results became known. He believed that "The government in this town was so embedded, so self-absorbed, that a substantial number of the population didn't like it. That was the issue". Greene was elected by the council to the position of mayor in December 2010. He was re-elected to the council on November 8, 2011. Greene stated he would "continue on the same path, emphasizing open and responsive government and looking at planning and regulatory codes to make them more accessible and friendly to residents of San Anselmo". Greene won a third term on the San Anselmo Town Council on November 3, 2015. He was the only seated councilman to speak against the proposal to turn a San Anselmo park into a flood basin, and a citizen-emplaced ballot measure supported by Greene that was designed to prevent the flood-basin proposal also won, despite opposition by Marin County political figures. Regarding his opponents, Greene said that "I'm very grateful for the intelligence and good judgment of the San Anselmo voters, who were able to see through a very well orchestrated, unified and negative campaign." A few weeks later Greene was voted by