Pro-Democrat bumper stickers being targeted in Jacksonville?

[Eazy E]

Had I seen it in a parking lot, versuses in traffic, I would have been mightily tempted to rip off one sticker that read, "Hitler was a Liberal, too!"

[Lunican]

Adding bumper stickers to cars is more fun.

[Driven1]

weird.  i've never felt compelled to rip someone's bumper sticker off. 

[gatorback]

Adding bumper stickers to cars is more fun.

You got a point there Lunican.  It is, however, still a crime: vandalism to auto.  Once while on Martha’s Vineyard, I passed a pro-end-the-war rally.  Since, nobody wants our boy's home more then I, I found an Army Navy Surplus store and purchased some Nam, POW bumper stickers, and well, after a heated exchanged between these maggots that didn’t support our troops,  I had to pay to have the stickers removed form the hertz rental car.

[blizz01]

weird.  i've never felt compelled to rip someone's bumper sticker off. 

OMG!  I just tried it!  It was amazing!  Is this pointless thread really still dragging on?

[Lunican]

Candidates Say DOT Contractor Picked Up Signs On Private Property



JACKSONVILLE, FL -- This time of year, political signs seem to dot the side of every corner and median.

But more than 70 disappeared over the weekend, and it wasn't at the hands of political opponents.

"This has been a running issue in every campaign," says Mike Goldman of the Florida Department of Transportation. "You're not supposed to put signs on public property."

But candidates we talked to say their signs were all legal, on private property.

"For example, the owners of this seafood restaurant are friends of ours, and gave us permission," says Angela Corey, a state attorney candidate.

More than 70 signs disappeared over the weekend, pulled out by a DOT contractor, D-Bi Services.

They're now stored in a warehouse and candidates have a week to pick them up.

"They never contacted us to let us know, or let's work on getting them moved back, which we would have loved for them to do that because it would have saved some time and money and effort," says Braden Curran, Jay Plotkin's campaign manager.

DOT leaders say it is an honest mistake, with a blurry line between public and private property.

"It was not to the best of our knowledge, in fact I'm almost certain, it was not politically motivated," Goldman says.

It is illegal for people to remove of deface a political sign. Those caught could face six months in jail or pay a $500 fine.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=114943&catid=3

[jbm32206]

DOT leaders say it is an honest mistake, with a blurry line between public and private property.

Just how is it so blurry? I'd say that overall, it's pretty darn easy to tell what's private and/or public property

[RiversideGator]

I really dont know how I got involved in this silly thread since I never posted in it.  For the record, I abhor vandalism and have only been the target of vandalism, not the perpetrator of it.  Thanks for your concern though.

BTW, a great way to stop clowns from tearing up your signs is to attach a note which states "I will donate $20 to candidate X and place 2 more signs out for each sign you destroy".  This worked quite well for me with my Bush-Cheney signs in Riverside in 2004.