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[BigRedDog]

I do believe some people go out and remove signs from their yard after a candidate or a campaign rep puts one up...  easier to just let them do it than it is to tell them no!!!

And they do put way too many of them in the "clear vision" areas at corners along the roads...

so some people do remove those too (I've done it myself although not this year)!!!

But 400 seems like a pretty high number...

and to go into his personal vehicle and remove any item is just plain wrong

Article from the MEN website:

http://www.monroenews.com/news/2012/jul/17/400-malone-signs-stolen/?police-and-fire

[T-M-T]

I guess you could call it "irony".  Let's see if Malone and the many deputies that support him can solve this crime or if it will remain unsolved and the perpetrator(s) will go unpunished.

[Professor H]

I noticed some in my neighborhood "disappear"...  and later re-appear, so that answers that question.

[BigRedDog]

I noticed some in my neighborhood "disappear"...  and later re-appear, so that answers that question.

So the number of missing campaign signs could actually be like the crime stats being sited...

possibly "skewed"?

[MM1]

Maybe the act itself (and the talk that will come of it) will promote Dale far more than the signs that were stolen would do.


It's a silly, cheap stunt to pull that just might backfire on the idiots who did it, if it was in fact something other than simple minded vandals living up to their full potential.   

[TLaitur]

and to go into his personal vehicle and remove any item is just plain wrong

Article from the MEN website:

http://www.monroenews.com/news/2012/jul/17/400-malone-signs-stolen/?police-and-fire

Not to mention just plain criminal!

[fed-up]

Welcome to politics in Monroe, now you know what it feels like. From what I understand in the election 2008 a sheriff candidate had the same thing happen to him.

[ytrewq]

God forbid anyone should run on the issues.  Much more important to put up signs, steal signs, etc.

[BigRedDog]

I've heard that Harrington's signs are also being removed and that he's offering a $1,000 reward!

[BigRedDog]

Sheriff candidate Tom Redmond says he does NOT believe the theft of campaign signs is politically motivated!

who is the Luna Pier administrator.

Tom Redmond, who is running to be the Democratic candidate for Monroe County sheriff, said he filed a police report Tuesday about his campaign's stolen and damaged signs.

Mr. Redmond, a Lambertville resident and retired sheriff's deputy, said about 300 of his campaign signs have been stolen in Bedford Township, and he has lost about 800 across Monroe County.

"I've had signs stolen from my own front yard," he said, adding that he believes the thefts were not politically motivated. "It's 99 percent kids, and some of the signs we have recovered," he said.

On Tuesday, he received a call that about "50 to 60 signs," including his, had been found dumped on Section Road. "The signs included the fire and police levies and a ‘For Sale' sign. I don't think there was any political intent."

Lost signs can be a significant expense to a campaign, said Mr. Redmond, who put his losses at "well over" $4,000. He is a part-time police officer in Dundee and Erie Township, and has seen sign thefts in those communities as well. To the best of his knowledge, nobody has been arrested in Monroe County for sign theft.

Sheriff's officials could not be reached for comment.

Mr. Redmond said his larger yard signs are $4.25 apiece, but "my bigger signs, with fence posts, are $15. They [the thieves] don't know how expensive it is for the candidates."

He said that in Michigan, anyone caught with more than $200 worth of stolen signs could be charged with a high-level misdemeanor; if the signs are worth $1,000 or more, the charge could be a felony.

The rest of the article:  http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2012/07/25/Yard-signs-targeted-by-thieves-1.html

[Frenchfry]

Well that eliminates Redmond. No point electing an idiot.