I was talking to one of the candidates for D10 Supervisor recently, and was told that it has been noticed that some candidates' supporters have been taking down signs of other candidates. Not cool, people, and quite probably, not legal.
Candidates, please make sure that your folks know the rules, and please try to make sure that they stick to the rules. We're a community here, and we not only don't want our neighbors to be asked to do, be congratulated for, or be condoned for something that is electorally unethical, but we absolutely want our next Supervisor to show us that they are someone who won't put up with those kinds of shenanigans.
Many of the businesses around D10 have voluntarily put up candidate signs, so if you're having a meeting in one of those businesses that has a sign for another candidate, ask if you can also put up a sign, but don't be so childish as to take down someone else's.
Also, electoral signage placement has a lot of rules and regulations surrounding it, too. We've all seen lots of signs up in store fronts, on abandoned businesses, and elsewhere. There's a 70-day window in which these signs are legally allowed to be up, they have to be a very specific size, and can only be in commercial corridors. Candidates, if your signs don't meet the legally mandated criteria, you may want to rethink keeping them up.
OK, that's all from today's soapbox.
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