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Last weekend I saw a white male that was about 50's year old, 6 ft, 200 lbs in a 90's model blue chevy silverado that stopped on glendale ave and thought he put a sign out first, but then noticed that the sign that Burdine sign was gone. I had remembering seeing the burdine sign that morning, but did see him with some sign going in the back of his truck.
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Originally posted by deshlertigermom:
Dreamn, it is my understanding that the signs for several candidates for district judge were stolen or destroyed, not just Chad Coker's. I heard from supporters of at least 2 other candidates that their candidates' signs had suffered the same fate. Everyone needs to leave all of the signs alone.


This statement is very true. Other candidates signs were stolen.
My CHAD COKER sign was also stolen and I live within a block of the Colbert Co. Courthouse. My neighbors signs were also stolen and replaced with Tim Milam signs. YES, REPLACED WITH TIM MILAM SIGNS! Is this legal?
If caught can they be charged with trespassing, theft?
I now have a new sign that has since been damaged. Seems to me, "someone" needs to learn to run a fair campaign. Just think, if this candidate is this dishonest now, what will he be like in office?
I guess it never occurs to anyone that it might just be teenagers pulling pranks switching signs and stealing them and not actual "dirty campaigns". There are kids that play in my neighborhood that I've seen throw rocks at signs -- just because they are bored until I walk out and get on to them and they run to their mamas. Politics can be so childish sometimes.
Firenze, I agree with you and the others who are saying that it is probably kids messing with the signs. I had a Tim Milam sign stolen from my yard, and I noticed the signs for another candidate were missing down the street from me.

I have a question for you Firenze. I don't know her, so what exactly are Tina Parker's qualifications? How is she more qualified than Tim Milam?
From reading their bios, etc., I would rate Coker and Parker very close. Tina Parker is from Colbert County, born and bred, and comes from a family with varied interests--making a well-rounded individual.

Tina is also interested in Shoals working conditions and animal welfare. She would be my pick, but as I say, Coker seems to have a well-rounded CV as well. I'm sorry, but I see Milam as vindictive in his posts concerning those against whom he's running.
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Originally posted by rolltidequeen:
And the sign stealing saga continues....

Know for a fact Nathan Johnson has had several signs stolen last night. Whoever is stealing the candidates signs needs to stop or be stopped. And if and when they do get caught they can bet on being prosecuted. I am sure you can bank on all candidates doing that. They are all lawyers after all....



If they would wait until CLOSER TO THE ELECTION to put their signs out this silliness wouldn't happen.

The kids will stop their pranks when the election is over and people stop putting signs up all over the place.

To be quite honest, petty accusations like this make me less likely to vote for a person because if they can't rise above this silliness and prove they are a better person and a better candidate -- then why would I want to vote for another "child" to be in office?
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Originally posted by cherokeereporter:
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Originally posted by Tomme73:
I saw someone's yard with Coker AND Milam signs. Can you pick one? You can't vote for 2 people for the same office!!! At least that's what I was screaming as I drove past the house.


It could be a house divided.


A divided house is fine when you're talking football. This is politics. If a husband and wife don't agree on political candidates, at least one spouse has some soul searching to do. Someone needs to put the pants on and take one, if not both, of the signs down.
You've got to be kidding me? A man has to make his wife conform to his political beliefs? That is the most ludicrous idea I've ever heard. He doesn't vote for her -- she casts that vote for herself. If they want 2 signs in their yard that is fine -- it is an eyesore for the neighbors, but it is still their choice. I would think a husband could make his wife be an Auburn fan more than choose a political candidate or religion. OH wait, this is Alabama -- football comes before Christ right?
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Originally posted by Eastside:
You've got to be kidding me? A man has to make his wife conform to his political beliefs? That is the most ludicrous idea I've ever heard. He doesn't vote for her -- she casts that vote for herself. If they want 2 signs in their yard that is fine -- it is an eyesore for the neighbors, but it is still their choice. I would think a husband could make his wife be an Auburn fan more than choose a political candidate or religion. OH wait, this is Alabama -- football comes before Christ right?


It's a good thing college football games aren't played on Sunday. You'd see which God/god a lot of people serve. I'm not saying a man should force his wife to pick a candidate. I'm saying if a husband and wife can't agree on a candidate, there's a problem.
Not necessarily. There may be 2 great candidates -- like Coker and Parker. They both could do the job well, but the wife may like Parker because she feels as a woman she could see her points better than Coker (if this were something other than judge). Or the husband may want to vote for Parker because she is attractive -- who knows why the differences are there, but that doesn't man a husband and wife have to agree on a candidate. Individuals see things differently. It is silly to think that two people who are married have to agree on everything or anything for that matter. It doesn't mean something is wrong or there is a problem. If it were as vast a difference as liberal views or conservative views, I could see your point but just between candidates -- not necessarily so.
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Originally posted by Eastside:

To be quite honest, petty accusations like this make me less likely to vote for a person because if they can't rise above this silliness and prove they are a better person and a better candidate -- then why would I want to vote for another "child" to be in office?


Who made any accusations? You didn't hear me accuse NOT ONE candidate or their supporters. What part of my statement told you WHO I am voting for, supporting, or making any accusations toward, or that I am even voting in this race. Hmmmm....I know you are not stating anything like that about me. Because I just stated a fact. Here are more facts. Chad Coker has had signs stolen and destroyed. Tim Milam has had signs stolen. All these are facts. All you have to do is look at the side of the road and talk to people who live in the community and they can all tell you that these things are occuring. As for supporting Johnson or any of the others.....no opinions here from me about one candidate in this race or any suggestions of who you should support. There are only three candidates I didn't mention so maybe they will be one of your choices. So sorry you make your decisions based on one post made on facts by some person who just knows the candidates and people of the community and that your vote will not be based on what the person can bring to the office. Maybe you should visit all their sites and talk to all of them yourself. I know for one that each one will be willing to talk to you about what they believe they can do for the county and its people. As a matter of fact I know all of them but one and I do not have a bad thing to say about one of them. If you were truly interested in what I had to say (which I am sure you are not) you would see in previous threads that I have even suggested kids playing pranks with the signs. So before you make any comments like that sounds like you should get your facts straight Eastside before you make the accusations. And if you are suggesting that Johnson made the comment about being lawyers (because it REALLY sounds like you are implying that) you are DEAD WRONG. So before you call him or any of the other candidates a "child" sounds to me you should get your facts about them all and see what wonderful men and women they are and then make your decision based on who you feel can get the job done.
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Chad Coker has had signs stolen and destroyed. Tim Milam has had signs stolen. All these are facts. All you have to do is look at the side of the road and talk to people who live in the community and they can all tell you that these things are occuring.


rolltidequeen, above, makes a telling comment, perhaps not realizing what she might be telling.

I suspect that many of the signs that are placed (and subsequently "stolen")and that can be seen, or be seen to be missing, by looking "at the side of the road" are signs that have been illegally placed in public rights of way. Those rights of way typically extend some distance beyond the edge of the pavement and often extend into a few feet of adjacent maintained lawn area. But that part of the lawn area is NOT the property of the owner of the real estate parcel adjacent to the right of way; it is part of the right of way itself. For example, the street fronting my house has a 50-foot right of way. If I pace off 25 feet from the center line at a right angle toward my property, I wind up several feet inside "my" lawn. But that is NOT my lawn; it is part of the public right of way and it is unlawful to place campaign signs or other advertising signs there in most jurisdictions and completely unlawful to place such signs on highway rights of way.

It IS lawful to place a campaign sign on one's private property, but from my observation, the great, great majority of campaign signs are illegally placed on public rights of way--even along interstate highways in come cases. When such signs are illegally placed, they should enjoy no more protective status than does litter. And I find it particularly obnoxious and repugnant, not to mention disgusting, that candidates for law enforcement office and for judgeships, who are seeking offices where they are expected to enforce and uphold the law, are often among the most flagrant violators of sign ordinances.

Campaign signs, after all, should mean little. Is there any correlation between the number of signs a candidate can put up and the qualifications of that candidate for public office? I think not. For some, a sign is a means of advertising one's person preference for a candidate for public office, but there are better ways to work for a candidate than putting up a sign. Campaign time has become roadside blight time.

Stealing signs from private property is bad business, but repeatedly violating the law by festooning rights of way with campaign signs is a sorry practice that law-abiding candidates should abandon.
Geez, RolltideQueen -- get your heart off your sleeve. My response was not completely to you. You just happened to be the one that I clicked Reply to. Pardon me. Had I know it would throw you into a tizzy, I would have simply put you on ignore and never read your posts. If I were making a statement directly to you, I would have said Rolltidequeen blablalba -- just like I did here. Roll Eyes

I am with BeternU on this. (Yes, I know don't pass out -- Eeker) They put their signs up too early. They put their signs in places that are eyesores and on the right of ways and blocking the visibility etc at intersections. I agree that there are better ways to help campaign for your candidate as well. You would think that candidates would realize that singing thousands of dollars in signs that are going to get stolen or damaged every year is a waste of money and time that could be spent doing other things. I drove by a house that is for sale last night and there is the real estate person's sign in the yard and then there are 2 campaign signs in the yard right at the edge of the property next to the road. Considering that is a property for sale -- it would seem to be a distraction from the real estate sign and would be bad for business because no one would pay attention to the real estate sign for the campaign signs blocking the view.

I also agree with beternU though regarding some of your post rolltidequeen, you may not be making an outright accusation, but you are making implications about the missing signage. It's ok -- you are entitled to your opinion, but I think more often than not -- at least in my neighborhood it is kids pulling pranks. Which if stealing signs is the worst they do -- I'm good with that.

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