"You can steal our signs but not our votes"

[flvegan]

TAMPA - When several Seminole Heights residents noticed last week that their Barack Obama signs were missing from their front yards, they decided to relay a message to the sign snatchers.

"You can steal our signs but not our votes."

So say the freshly painted placards that are popping up along West Fern Street near North Florida and North Central avenues to replace the 19 Obama/Biden signs that went missing.

"This election is turning kind of crazy and scary," said Peter Fingar, 62, a lifelong West Fern Street resident. "This isn't Nazi Germany. Let people express their opinions."

Fingar noticed his and his neighbors' Obama signs had been removed from their yards about 11 p.m. on Oct. 16. Angry residents talked about possible retaliation against John McCain and Sarah Palin supporters in the neighborhood, said resident Lenard Sheffield.

"Caveman solutions" such as taking McCain signs — or even taking a baseball bat to the signage — were discussed, but Fingar's next-door neighbor came up with the classy solution, Sheffield said.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/22/campaign-sign-theft-victims-respond/

[proud patriot]

1. great response to the theft IMO

[HughBeaumont]

2. Yeah . . . . if only I could believe that . . .

[Dukkha]

3. freetard comment "Large Whinning"

no it's "Large Winning!" :D get used to it!

[Dangerously Amused]

4. Obama is SO popular, it may very well be other Obama supporters wanting a sign.

:)

[flvegan]

5. I used to live in this neighborhood until a couple years ago.

19 yard signs is seriously the entire street. Just about every yard. Very blue area of town, proud to say.

[hedgehog]

7. I wonder if they're turning up on E-Bay?

[FLyellowdog]

6. This is FANTASTIC!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Sadly we have to run a gauntlet to get our votes counted anyway

[LeftyMom]

9. My no on 8 sign was stolen

My elderly neighbor stuck it in her yard, because it's easier to see from the road.

:D