Tim's letter of today mentions the "goon squads" out tearing down our signs.

This has been happening to me for a couple of weeks. I think this says a lot about the anti-taxpayer crowd.

I have gone through about 50 bucks in printing costs but it is money well spent. Every morning when I put the signs back up I try to go a little further and put up a couple of more signs than the day before.

Without this stimulation,and as lazy as I am,I wouldn't have as many up as I do now.

I think that living in Olympia,the belly of the beast,tends to make my signs an easier target for the forces of darkness and oppression.

Just dropped another check in the mail!

Go Tim Go!!!

"A conservative works to conserve liberties:a liberal strives to liberate you from them."

Ricardo

-- Ricardo (ricardoxxx@home.com), October 22, 1999

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I assume this is your first campaign then Ricardo. The destruction of signs is absolutely nothing new. It happens every year to every campaign regardless of the issue or the person. Sometimes it is targeted, and sometimes it isn't (the other day ALL the signs on the main road near my home were knocked down). Claiming that this somehow says something about the opposition isn't exactly valid. Besides, I've seen a fair share of No signs disappear too. Is this a reflection on the Yes campaign?

-- Patrick (patrick1142@yahoo.com), October 22, 1999.

Personally, I hate driving down roads and seeing the islands and street corners full of signs. I know it's OK to do this, but geeze it makes the area around it look tacky.

I am glad that some campaigns go out just after the election and take their signs down, some don't.

-- Sandy D (sandy_d1@yahoo.com), October 22, 1999.

Sandy

The reason for the trashy intersections is because in most cases people don't take their signs down after the election. I have always done so and will again this time

I have managed three successful election campaigns for my wife,a twelve year city councilwoman and mayor.We have always cleaned up after the race is over.I predict that a year from now,the anti- taxpayer signs will still be up.

It is always easier to try to silence the voice of the opposition (like tearing down signs) than present your own cause.

This is especially true if ALL your arguements are based on The BIG lie.

see my thread on The BIG lie.

"The government that can do everything for you is the government that can do anything to you."

Ricardo

-- Ricardo (ricardoxxx@home.com), October 22, 1999.

Ricardo & Sandy

According to state law it is illegal to post a sign in the public right-of-way. This is true for campaign signs or crosses being placed on a road where someone has died. Some cities do clean up the right- of ways no matter who the sign is for or against.

The reasoning behind this is safety. Vision can and has been blocked by signs at intersections and if a vehicle hits one, it could become a projectile that could injure someone.

Ed  doesnt write the laws, just used to enforce them

-- Ed (ed_bridges@yahoo.com), October 22, 1999.

ricardo--"Tim's letter of today mentions the "goon squads" out tearing down our signs.

This has been happening to me for a couple of weeks. I think this says a lot about the anti-taxpayer crowd."

I wouldn't stress about this happening. From what I can tell, this is almost a national sport.

Personally, I've always thought a fun variation of this game would involve copying an opposing viewpoints' leaflets and handing them out to your fellow citizens. Of course, this would only be fun if you did it while being as creepy/obnoxious as possible.

-- Brad (knotwell@my-deja.com), October 22, 1999.

Ed & Brad

My signs go on telephone poles. I figure that by this time I have paid for a few. If U.S.West doesn,t like it they can sue me.

I am not sweating it. My main point was that the tear downs have stirred my lazy a** to greater efforts.

By the way ed, tried to e-mail you the picture of the Massachusets cops who would lose their jobs to 695 but it didn't go through. Maybe too big a file.

Got a fax#?

"The leading cause of crime is not poverty,it is criminals."

Ricardo

-- Ricardo (ricardoxxx@home.com), October 22, 1999.

I think the poles are property of Puget Sound Energy, and signs on them are still illegal. Could by why they were removed.

-- dbvz (dbvz@wa.freei.net), October 22, 1999.

Ed & Brad

My signs go on telephone poles. I figure that by this time I have paid for a few. If U.S.West doesn,t like it they can sue me.

I am not sweating it. My main point was that the tear downs have stirred my lazy a** to greater efforts.

By the way ed, tried to e-mail you the picture of the Massachusets cops who would lose their jobs to 695 but it didn't go through. Maybe too big a file.

Got a fax#?

"The leading cause of crime is not poverty,it is criminals."

Ricardo

-- Ricardo (ricardoxxx@home.com), October 22, 1999.

Ricardo

Don't bother, got one from the No crowd yesterday (21st). Pretty funny reading. Also those guys look to be Salem Mass. police officers.

Also d is correct that posting on a utility pole is illegal, as is posting on any traffic sign or light standard.

The main reason on the utility poles is that the linemans (or womans) cleats will tear the paper off as they are climbing the poles which will cause them the fall. Also putting tacks, paper, nails and other items in or on the wooden poles causes them to deteriorate quicker.

One last thing, I've seen post the the crews had to use chainsaws on to cut all of the signs off.

Ed - e-mailing the cop picture to all my friends who are cops. Just wondering which ones were working in Mass. at the time.

-- Ed (ed_brigdes@yahoo.com), October 23, 1999.

I don't see ourn yes camp is complaining about our signs coming down....just retaliate! I have 2 yes's in my front yard and just added my 11th No sign to the burn pile out back, to be lit Nov. 2nd

-- A. Haaland (alhaal@rocketmail.com), October 27, 1999.