Memo to a sign stealer

This content below is from my friend Jim who lives in south Orangetown. Having had several of my political signs stolen and knowing who's behind this systematic tactic really makes me mad as well. Here's Jim's take:

Like many of our fellow Americans, we've had a “for sale” sign up in front of our house for darned near a year now. The house isn't any closer to being sold than it was last winter, but we're more fortunate than some. For now, at least, we can swing the mortgage and we still have our jobs. And nobody's stolen the sign.

The Obama sign, on the other hand, lasted about twelve hours. I can only hope it went to a fellow supporter, someone less able to obtain a campaign sign than us. A friend in the local Democratic party tells me they don't give out signs in Rockland County, New York, where we live. We got ours from my mother in law, who lives in Connecticut. In fact, we got two. The other one is still out there, at least for now.

Whoever stole our sign elected to snag the one at the far corner of the property, far away from the house where we might be more likely to catch them in the act.

Whoever you are, sign stealer, I hope you are proud of yourself. Had you had the courage to come to the porch, knock on the door, and discuss politics, I would have welcomed you. If you needed a sign, I'd have handed one over. But you didn't, and whomever you intend to vote for, if you intend to vote at all, will most likely get into office without your help.

Barack represents courage, real change for this country, and a hope for restoration of our economy, security, and recovery from the damage George W. Bush and his cronies have done to the image of this country in the eyes of the world.

Sign stealing, on the other hand, is at best an act of cowardice and worst a violation of free speech. I'll try a bumper sticker next. At least those require some ambition to remove.


The house is still for sale. Thanks for not burning it down.

Jim Travers