Counter Signed

 

With the elections being in less than a month, campaign yard signs are still common in the area, and that means that sign vandalism is also common. The general pattern is simple: When a Republican campaign worker is putting up signs (such as those in the background), they uproot any signs for democrats in the area, as has happened to these signs for Representative DelBene in the foreground.

Larger signs, that can't be easily pulled up or knocked over, are simply destroyed. It's gotten to the point where large campaign signs simply aren't put up anymore, given their expense and the certainty that they'll be cut to pieces. It's a tit-for-tat game where each side blames the other. But the small signs still abound; even if they spend about half their time lying on the ground.