Political littering gone way bad...

[herveus]

I was contemplating maybe voting to reelect Bobby Haircut, but his campaign has pushed my buttons really hard.

First was the phone call from "Mrs. Ehrlich". Of course, it was a recorded call (*grrr*), and she wanted to discuss the my absentee ballot. Now, I didn't request an absentee ballot, so the phone call was based on a very ignorant premise. I didn't bother wasting my time further.

Strike one.

Friday afternoon, I needed to run some errands. I turn onto MD 450 from Grenville Lane, and what do I see? Ehrlich campaign signs thickly sown in the median and on the shoulder. That's "thickly" as in "every foot for a quarter mile". No, I'm not exaggerating. Maybe only slightly. And it was a double row in the median. All placed illegally, as Maryland does not permit signs of any sort in the right-of-way along state highways. "Litter on a stick", to use a phrase I found at a county website.

Saturday evening, I go out the same way. The signs I saw Friday were completely gone. I think the highway department cleaned up the litter, and I hope they billed the campaign for the effort. However, along 450 through Bowie and then up Route 3 toward Crofton, what did I see but an even greater infestation.

My guess is that I saw several thousand signs, all in all. All litter. All really annoying.

Bob Ehrlich, you are, by the actions of your campaign workers, demonstrating that you don't give a flying fig for ethical conduct. It's reprehensible. And, you have insured that you won't get my vote.

Comments

[cormac.livejournal.com]

It always saddens me to see those types of signs, particularly on public land like freeway medians or college campuses. I don't think I'd mind as much if they were clever, set up like a corny Burma-Shave ad: "If you miss / the diplomats, / Vote for all / the Democrats. / Vote Joe Donkey November 7." But the ubiquitous signs that have no other message than "vote for me!" are just a waste of paper, manpower, and State resources.

[herveus.livejournal.com]

Actually, there is another message in the mass of signs, but it probably isn't the one they meant to send. It says that the campaign views the law with utter contempt. One hopes that the campaign gets a bill for the cleanup.

[janinas-nest.livejournal.com]

Agreed - and I even hear the Bob-ster himself congratulating his troops about the good job with the signs. GRRRRR

I'll be running out shortly to vote during lunch. Took himself 1.5 hours at 7 am to vote. Let's see how long it takes me.

[herveus.livejournal.com]

3 hours and twenty minutes, more or less. Folks behind us in line may still be waiting as I write this, possibly seeing a four hour wait.

I suspect that the poll workers will not be getting home before midnight.

Fortunately, spirits were pretty good, and the humor positive. A bit of groaning, but not much grumbling.

...so Bobby Haircut was bragging about the signs? *spit*

ABC has been calling the race for O'Malley, based on exit polls. Actual returns may be slow coming in, given that I suspect that a number of precincts are still not done voting.