Suggestion: Tear off unwanted paper or plastic political sign and save the wire. Last year we took twine to a row of wire sign frames for growing peas. They work well as a stepping stone arbor for young plants.

In your first paragraph “where campaign workers got out of hand with signs, both placing them and stealing them…” you pass off such behavior on the volunteers… It’s got nothing to do with the candidate most of the time.

However, in your third, you still point at me.

I had people out on foot removing those signs last week that ended up in the wrong places. Any signs remaining should be near the other candidates signs; along the same public paths/roads they have been on.

I’ve had over a dozen calls and emails from folks telling me my signs have been taken out of their front yards. I’m sure that is OK, they are just volunteers, getting out of hand :)

Besides, it will all be over in a day.

Now, the council race in the 7th, most of those signs seem to be placed by the candidates themselves. That’s another issue entirely, especially when the candidate has been made aware of a problem. I’m thinking particularly of Lewis. From my personal observation, most but not all of Robinson’s signs are in yards. Lewis’s, however, seem almost entirely in tree wells, right of way, etc.

But the parties do nose their way into our little districts and give endorsements.

Did anyone notice that the statewide candidates don’t put the party they are running on (or from?).

Oddly, for Robinson, Council elections aren’t technically associated with parties, but “Democrat” is listed.