Signs, signs, everywhere a sign...

[summersux]

Originally Posted by steadyon

it is a shame that this person has that kind of time on their hands. they could be doing something productive like picking up trash along the road

Yeah, I think thats what they are doing.

[Rattlesnake Guy]

My son worked for a campaign this summer and said it was kind of funny that the state would go around each day and pick up the signs that were put in the wrong places on the state roads. They would dump the pile in the same secret place each day and the campaigns would go and fetch the signs to repeat the process the next day.

[Ropetow]

My home community removed the signs of defeated candidates placed on public property a few days to a week after the election. This is a bonanza for other local elected officials, as we can go to the home of the dead signs and pick their bones....the wire stakes signs sit on are not cheap and this is a way to save some $$$ for the next election while also practicing good recycling.

[SAMIAM]

There should be a modest fine for every day a political sign is left up after an election.Same for yard sales and other events.We backed a candidate last year for a local election and the very next day we drove around and picked them all up...........cleaned up the roads......and who knows....we might get to re-use them

[Ropetow]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

There should be a modest fine for every day a political sign is left up after an election.Same for yard sales and other events.We backed a candidate last year for a local election and the very next day we drove around and picked them all up...........cleaned up the roads......and who knows....we might get to re-use them

That's what most candidates for local office tend to do. It seems most of the leftover signs we are still seeing are from statewide candidates who probably don't have a clue where the signs are.

[Greene's Basin Girl]

[QUOTE=Ropetow;140393]That's what most candidates for local office tend to do. It seems most of the leftover signs we are still seeing are from statewide candidates who probably don't have a clue where the signs are.[/QUOTE The towns should charge the candidate if the signs are left up. After all the candidate wants everyone to put up his/hers signs all over the place. They are horrible to look at. People need to be responsible for their actions.

[RailroadJoe]

My two cents.

We sportsman have a saying or two. One is "Carry out what you carry in" and two "Leave only footprints and take only photos".
Of course we have our "week-enders" that don't follow anything. I still find beer cans and coffee cups a mile or two in the woods, on and off trails.

All-in-all. If you can place the signs out why can't you take them in when its over. Same as the yard sale signs.

[gtxrider]

Originally Posted by Ropetow

My home community removed the signs of defeated candidates placed on public property a few days to a week after the election. This is a bonanza for other local elected officials, as we can go to the home of the dead signs and pick their bones....the wire stakes signs sit on are not cheap and this is a way to save some $$$ for the next election while also practicing good recycling.

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I don't know about the NH Primarys but it seems there are a few losers that won't accept defeat and continue to run so their signs can stay up but they would need to change the party.

I saw signs on docks and boat houses cruising the lake this past week. Who takes those signs down?

[jeffatsquam]

Originally Posted by gtxrider

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I don't know about the NH Primarys but it seems there are a few losers that won't accept defeat and continue to run so their signs can stay up but they would need to change the party.

I saw signs on docks and boat houses cruising the lake this past week. Who takes those signs down?

You can only hope the slobs that put them up