Like everyone else I talk to, I’m already tired of the election campaign, but thankful I live in a country where true election campaigns occure and there are choices for candidates. I also live in a country and community where campaign literature, including signs, are prominently used and, granted, sometimes abused.
But fair play is also part of the political process for the majority of us, thank goodness. That minority of abusers is what angers me right now.
The campaign signs of certain candidates are being removed. Whose? Rep. Jerry McNerney, running for re-election for Congress; Jass Sangha, Robert Rickman, Pete Mitracos and Juana Dement, running for City Council.
There are several other candidates for these positions, but the potential voters I talk with are not aware of their signs being carted away.
Removing signs is not only illegal, but unfair. Do the thieves feel it is all right because it is almost impossible to catch them in action? Do they fell it is OK in a campaign to engage in such dirty and expensive tricks? Are they fearful of dialogue and debate?
For me, it says maybe candidates whose signs have been removed are the ones who have the right messages and we should all vote for them. That sounds fair to me.
That way, property owners can send them back, via the US post office?
Maybe that way Union Pacific can finally figure out what to do with the one at the ACE train station.
In my opinion, shameless. Both sides.
I seriously hope that a very small percentage of votes are cast simply based on who had the most signs scattered around town.
Th whole thang was quietly kept under wraps so many people didn't know what happened. Anyway, I believe it safe ta say this counsel person turned out ta be one of th worst counsel members Tracy ever had, includin a Mayor that got bounced out of office.
I'm with you CCure, I'd be more inclined ta vote fer th candidates whose signs were removed than vote fer th one's who were left.
If people gotta break th law ta support thair candidate that candidate ain't someone I would be interested in.
That's a big leap. What if it was the same teenagers who targeted my neighbor's signs?
You could end up voting for the wrong candidate because in your neighborhood they happened to snatch the sign that you put out.
It sounds like you're going to vote for the one who has the most signs stolen. That makes no sense at all.
This type of mentality could actually promote people to go out on the campaign trail and steal their own signs in order to make it look like someone is stealing them.
I'm not saying that Jerry McNerney would be involved in that.
But all lit would take is a phone call to the paper. Who could prove if it was a teenager or someone on the campaign?
This is silliness.
Catch the perpetrator and then let the police and DA deal with them.
Then we can talk less about speculation.
"The campaign signs of certain candidates are being removed. Whose? Rep. Jerry McNerney, running for re-election for Congress; Jass Sangha, Robert Rickman, Pete Mitracos and Juana Dement, running for City Council.
There are several other candidates for these positions, but the potential voters I talk with are not aware of their signs being carted away."
You can add to signs removed: candidates Larry Hite, Bob Elloit, and Dave Harmer