Topic '[RANT] Campaign signs' in forum 'Connecticut Chat' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/RANT-Campaign-signs-23247605 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:11:28 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:11:28 EDT Re: [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23280882 said by orion940:

said by tipstir:

I would pull them off my lawn and let me catch anyone putting them on my lawn! Neighbors go crazy with these signs on their lawns I don't want them here. YARD SALE or TAG SALE do not put these on my lawn if I am not doing such a SALE.
Paint them over with "UPS deliver here!"

O.
Funny! But did you know that if you pull a construction sign down you can get a ticket or even go to jail. There was a UTC employee who did such a event. He got tired of seeing the sign in his front lawn and pull it down and destroyed it. But one of his neighbors reported him to the police and he landed in jail and also lost his job at UTC. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23280882 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:50:01 EDT Re: [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23255701 said by tipstir:

I would pull them off my lawn and let me catch anyone putting them on my lawn! Neighbors go crazy with these signs on their lawns I don't want them here. YARD SALE or TAG SALE do not put these on my lawn if I am not doing such a SALE.
Paint them over with "UPS deliver here!"

O.
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Nothing has more momentum than mass stupidity.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23255701 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:45:46 EDT Re: [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23251092 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23251092 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:04:47 EDT Re: [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23249025
If you want to go by the book, call the PD and tell them what happened. They'll come over, you can help the officer fill out some paperwork and the PD will call the campaign office for the candidate named on the sign and have them remove the signs.

In practice, I've had this done to me as well. I didn't call anyone. I just removed the signs and stored them in the garage. No one ever knocked on the door or called asking what happened.

Unless there's a local law about defacing campaign signs, I assume you can do anything you want with [or to] the signs since they were put on your property illegally. It might be interesting/amusing to post an addendum to the sign so it reads:

"JOE SMITH FOR COUNCIL
put this sign in my yard without permission!
What will he do to the town if we give him permission?".

If there is a local law about defacing campaign signs, I'm not familiar with the existing case law on that subject. Moreover, I'm not a lawyer. Let your conscience [and possibly your sense of moral outrage and/or humor] be your guide.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23249025 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:57:45 EDT Re: [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23248910 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23248910 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:38:50 EDT Re: [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23248341
Paint "I love snow" over white in red.

:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23248341 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:03:48 EDT Re: [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23248258
Personally, if it were one time, I'd just toss it.
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I've come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass and i'm all outta bubblegum.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-RANT-Campaign-signs-23247716 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:04:52 EDT [RANT] Campaign signs http://www.dslreports.com/forum/RANT-Campaign-signs-23247605 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/RANT-Campaign-signs-23247605 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:41:34 EDT