Every year during an election I hear about yard signs being stolen around town. Most of the time it is a bunch of kids just causing some trouble.
Print this out and put it up:
I live 2 blocks from the polls in my town in California. I have an 8 by 15 Bush sign that is going up between two trees at 5 in the morning on election day. just my little way of telling my liberal neighbors..."Mornin'!"
Sundown sees BUSH-CHENEY signs freshly planted in
Vancouver. WA. yards. Sunup and voila! Gone! (Put
them in your front window, or tape them to your lattice
work. Frankly, I'd like to hoist a big B-C sign up on
my rooftop!)
Oddly though, the K-E signs appear untouched, day after
day after day. Hmmmm.... Wadya think?
My sign is safe, as is my neighbor's sign. Two democrat signs down the street are safe. I guess I live in a tolerant neighborhood, or the rabble hasn't found us yet.
My daughter got flipped off while driving her car with the Bush/Cheney bumper stickers by a guy with a Kerry one. She just smiled and waved.
I have two Bush yardsigns in my frontyard, and so far they've been safe. My mom, nextdoor has one. I thought about making a sign that says, "Gunowners for Bush", just for added protection of my signs...LOL
Speaking of which, a local man here in our community who owns a gunshop has a Kerry sign in his yard. How uneducated he must be!!!!!
NH is a battleground state where every vote counts. Try to get as much publicity out of this as you can.
I remember being on a night exercise with my Marine platoon at Camp Geiger once, and walking into a "flash-bang" in the woods that was detonated by a trip-wire I had stupidly walked into. I was blind for about a half hour.
Another time my mailbox, which was sitting proudly upon a 4x4 post, got ran down (deliberately) by somebody driving a pickup truck. So I put in a new post (at least it looked like a post) which was actually four thinner boards nailed together around a solid steel pole hammered deep into the ground and packed to the top with concrete. It looked just like the old post. Somebody tried to run that mailbox post down and ended up with a real problem, plus a headache.
Anyway, about your signs - - I suggest you get creative.
You must be in a battleground state. Here in NC, there are so few Bush yard signs available, that the Republicans steal them from each other. (Just kidding, we wouldn't do that. Of course, some Republican would have to have one first anyway.)
Honestly, I live in a metro area and have seen only ONE (1) Bush/Cheney yard sign. I've seen the W-04 bumber stickers everywhere!
I had my Bush sticker taken off the back of the car and a few days previous some words scribbled in the coating of dust on the paint (Metro Detroit area).
I fear it is going to get uglier and should the Dem's loose, I do not put civil (potentially large scale) unrest past them as well.
My only satisfaction was that he got the grease all over his hands and steering wheel as he speed away. (heh, heh, heh)
Yes, happened to me. I live in Central Illinois. Just went out and got another one the next day. My neighbor across the street has rented one of those huge sign boards and every day has a different anti-Kerry slogan. It's a hoot. My next door neighbor is a big lib. It's fun to create a little excitement in the neighborhood.
Yep, just today in Austin, TX but that's pretty par for this area.
I had the same problem for awhile.
The last time I put one out I first made a solution of sodium hydroxide (lye) and water, painted the sign with it and allowed it to dry.
Then staked it out in the middle of a huge fire ant bed.
Havnt had a problem since.....
Link -- motion activated sprinkler
Lost my yard sign Tuesday night in suburban Milwaukee, WI
The thieves tore it into small pieces which were scattered down the street for the entire block. (Littering Libs)
I'm getting 4 new signs this Saturday which will be mounted on my roof on a custom frame around my chimney. Better visibility, better protection from the crooks!
They're hard to come by in this neck of the woods, so maybe your neighbors want them for their front yard... (Ok,Ok, it was just a thought...)
Mine disappeared last Saturday. I am in Maryland.
Place some roofing tacks point up around the area, then listen for the crying.