In which I remove illegally placed Repug campaign signs...

[LaydeeBug]

and I mean...a LOT of campaign signs, my question is: Can they be recycled?

Should It ell the camp that their illegally placed campaign sign lined beautifully up and down six on/off ramps and medians will be recycled by a volvo driving liberal? Should I splice them is teeny tiny pieces and return them?

What do YOU think I should do with a LOT (and I mean a LOT!!!) of Republican campaign signs?


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[monmouth]

1. If you have a fireplace I would cut them up and use for firewood...n/t

[wtmusic]

2. Take them to a big grassy area or parking lot

and use them to spell out their opponents' names. Take a photo and send it to media. :shrug:

[AtomicKitten]

3. Put 'em in a recycling bin, silly. nt

[pinto]

4. Suggest you give a heads up to the local highway authorities on the placement.

:hi:

[Ken Burch]

5. Use them for art installations.

Place them in ironic situations or bizarre juxtapositions, have skeletons holding them while doing anamatronic goosesteps, things like that.

[Tesha]

6. Please know that, in many places, what you did is illegal.

For example, here in New Hampshire, while it was illegal for
them to place many of those signs, it's just as illegal for you
to remove them from public ways; it's theft. So be careful
what you do with the evidence, loaded with your fingerprints
as it doubtless is.

On the other hand, simply laying down signs illegally placed
on public land apparently is legal; you haven't taken anyone's
property and they had no expectation that their abandoned
property would remain upright.

Removing signs from YOUR OWN PROPERTY is, of course,
legal; in this case, the illegally-placed sign is essentially a
gift to you and you may dispose of such gift as you see fit.

Tesha

[LaydeeBug]

7. Please know that I am sure it's not here. kthnx. nt

[nevergiveup]

8. Cut them into bird cage size liners

and donate them to a local pet store....but please be careful taking these signs. Back in the 60's I put an "Impeach Nixon" bumper sticker on my car and while stuck in traffic on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago an enraged Republican jumped out of his car and onto the hood of my car and started kicking the front window. It scare the shit out of me and needless to say I removed the sticker when I got home. This isn't a very good analogy but it does point out the fact that there are some short fuse nuts out there.

[HopeHoops]

9. The paper ones, yes. The plastic ones, no. The METAL FRAMES - DEFINITELY!

They're even worth money at a recycling center - well, not much, but if you're making a run anyway throw them in for a few extra ounces.

[LaydeeBug]

14. kewl. They are plastic and metal, and if they put them up again, I will remove them again

in broad daylight, in the middle of rush hour like I did today.


I did nothing illegal, and I am not sorry for it.

[HopeHoops]

16. The road crews come along with a pickup truck and pull them up so the mowers can get through.

They're just what you called them, "illegals". Most places allow them anyway, but personally I think the candidates should be fined for every last one of them - and enough of a fine to make it hurt. They're litter and they are still cluttering the roadway months after an election - and most of them are for Republicans. The Democratic candidate supporters (like myself) clean up after our candidates. I won't place illegals but I also won't remove them until after the election. Until the municipalities start enforcing a "no illegal signs" statute, the Democrats have no real choice. The Republicans are going to flood the roadsides anyway - mostly because they can't get enough people to put them in their own yards. Name recognition is the name of that game.

Another problem with the illegals is that after the plastic or paper sign has blown away in the November and December winds, those metal frames are still in the ground. Come mowing season, they are rusted and nearly impossible for the driver of the mower to see. Oh can they do a number on the equipment. You would THINK that would be enough of a reason for municipalities to get tough on the illegals, if for no other reason than to pay for the equipment repairs.

Now something that IS enforced is illegal shit in your mailbox - take that to the post office (or give it to your mail carrier) and they'll fine the candidate directly. Believe me, I know. When my wife ran for (and won) a position on the school board, one of her supporters put 25 of the fliers in mailboxes. The mail carrier collected them and my wife got a fine. We TOLD people not to do this, but someone wasn't listening. I don't remember how much the fine was (this was 20 years ago), but it was enough that I'm still pissed about it - not at the USPS, but at the person who placed them there.

[Dreamer Tatum]

10. You've got judge and jury down...now for executioner, huh?

Any other laws you plan to enforce by yourself?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. Why the snark?

If it's anything like my town those signs would probably sit there until the next DPW crew comes by to cut the grass. And that could be weeks.

[taterguy]

12. She's simply removing litter

I see nothing in her post that indicates a desire to prosecute anyone.

[LaydeeBug]

13. Oh PLEASE!!! I can't put signs there, and neither can that repig.

There are fines for that in my state. I actually saved his campaign some $$$. :hi:

[Fresh_Start]

15. Add the word "Don't"

and put them right back where you found them.

Don't "Vote for ......"

[Obamanaut]

17. I have seen it happen where the first sign appears, others

appear in a a very short time, for most candidates in the race.

Are you removing ALL of the illegally placed signs in order to tidy up the on/off ramps?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

18. the proper response is to call and have them removed

not remove them yourself. if i were to see you pulling ANY campaign signs, as much as i hate them, i would call the police. at the very least those signs belong to the campaign or to the person who created them...

someone asks a good question...are you removing ALL of the signs as you go along your day? or just select signs. i bet i know the answer...and i bet it says tons about you...

sP

[MadHound]

19. Why were these signs illegal?

Who owns the property that they were placed on?