Posted on 10/11/2004 10:52:14 AM PDT by esryle
AKRON, Ohio -- This presidential campaign season seems to have a little bit of everything, NewsChannel5 reported.
One Akron man decided to take matters into his own hands to catch campaign sign vandals.
SLIDESHOW: Political Sign Damaged
Steve Katsatos set up a night-vision security camera in a tree.
He allegedly caught two men at 1 a.m. Friday ripping down the a 4-foot by 8-foot Bush-Cheney sign in his yard.
The Summit County Republican headquarters said 3,000 of the 4,000 signs they've set up have been vandalized.
Thanks. Couldn't get the video to work.
GOTCHA!
Men videotaped vandalizing sign
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240018/posts
Red
Is it just me, or do these vandalism stories seem more plentiful this year?
The Left is and always has been, totalitarian in nature. They leave a trail of broken promises and death wherever they go. They are the mortal enemies of freedom. They are the enemy within.
Who wants to bet that they are union thugs...
I don't approve of politics-by-sign-vandalism, BUT it sounds to me as if this municipality could use some reasonable regulation of sign size in residential areas. I sure wouldn't want to be staring at a 4 by 8 FOOT "Kerry/Edwards" sign (or a Bush/Cheney sign of that size, either, despite the fact that I'm an ardent supporter of theirs) across the street from my house for the next month, and there's clearly no need for a sign to be that size in order to get its message across to the available audience in such a location.
I'd suggest that Bush/Cheney supporters exercise some common courtesy in this area -- easier and more likely to engender support for their candidates than planting billboard-sized signs in your yard, and then installing a video camera in a tree to catch people trying to reclaim their neighborhood view. I can't quite picture the Bushes or Cheneys being rude enough to inflict a billboard-sized advocacy sign on their residential neighbors.
I live in Akron, my sign SO FAR has been OK.
There is a guy down the street with a HUGE Bush/Cheney sign in his yard.
Who wants to bet that they are union thugs!
My first thought when I read about this yesterday.
They do seem more plentiful, but if official county Republican committees have taken to supplying residential property owners with 4x8 foot signs, I'm hardly surprised. I'd call the police and zoning authorities if one of those things turned up across the street from me, regardless of what candidate or cause it was touting.
Wnen they succeeded Akron was the "rubber capitol" of the world. All tires were made in Akron. Now none are.
This looks like the work of union thugs.
FMCDH(BITS)
The right to free speech in politics trumps local zoning in this case.
Here in NJ, political signs are allowed in my town in the run-up to the elections. For a few weeks every year you can tolerate a few signs. (There may be a modest size limit.)
A yard sign is less intrusive on the neighbors than sending junk mail, going door-to-door, or even just talking.
If you go to a rally, that is fun, but does not reach the uncommited, because the rally will be covered (chances are) by a biassed press. Most of us are not George Soros, and cannot pay for influence the way he does. We have only our vehicles, and our own property.
No. Perhaps the tape has been altered and it was a sign advertising Britney Spears' latest CD.
That is only a preview of things to come if Kerry is elected. "Democratic" hired thugs are no different than Nazi Brownshirts.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
