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One Washington state woman is dead and another faces murder charges in an incident involving a political sign. It happened in Mount Vernon, Washington on Saturday night. The Skagit County Sheriff's Office was called to a home on Big Lake Road about 5:25 p.m. for a report of a fight. A second call came in a few minutes later with a man reporting that his friend had been shot. Deputies found a 32-year-old woman dead in the driveway when they arrived at the home. The couple that lives there came out and spoke to the deputies, according to a news...

Five yard signs for Democratic candidates were set on fire in a Richardson neighborhood Monday night, officials said. Police received three calls in a 30-minute span — one at 11 p.m., another at 11:06 and the third at 11:28 — reporting that yard signs for Beto O'Rourke and Colin Allred had been lit on fire in the Arapaho Heights neighborhood west of Heights Park, Sgt. Kevin Perlich said. … Terry said that she couldn't sleep after all the commotion and that the attack motivated her to donate an extra $25 each to the campaigns of O'Rourke, Allred, lieutenant governor candidate...

If you live near more than a few sanctimonious liberals you know these signs. They're sprouting up around me like the rats in Camus' Plague. First I saw just one, then a few, and now hundreds. Each one conveys the same message in English and f'n Arabic (ARABIC !!) that the people who put the signs out are such good people. I've thought about taking down the addresses where I see these sign and snail mailing each a letter politely expressing my thoughts about their respective signs. But so far I haven't been able to come up with suitable text....

The Germantown kindergarten teacher who was cited for disorderly conduct after police said she tore up and stomped on several Republican signs at the Jefferson County Fair because she was “so angry with Gov. Scott Walker” is on paid leave, Wisconsin Reporter has learned. April Kay Smith, 38, who teaches at Amy Belle Elementary School, first denied, then admitted to Jefferson County authorities she damaged several signs at the Jefferson County Republican Party booth after the fair had shut down for the night on July 9. Germantown Superintendent Jeff Holmes confirmed that Smith is on administrative leave and an investigation...

I realize this is not scientific. But, I found it interesting. I drove from Dekalb, IL to Mount Carroll, IL to vote today. This is a distance of about 75 miles in northwestern Illinois. I counted 27 McCain signs and 24 Obama signs! I was surprised as this is not only Obama's state, but the RNC has not distributed McCain signs here. Republican organizations here have had to purchase signs and pass them out sparingly. Pretty much you have to know someone in the party to get a sign. Lifted my spirits some and I hope it will yours also....

Bummer! I ordered a yard sign on the Internet, a beautiful McCain-PALIN sign! I vote! I live in America! I live in the deep South, even! But I also live in a covenanted community, a golf-course community full of stepford wives and pissy no-tolerance types who run the Homeowners' Association. And I just read the following on their web site: Section 15. Signs. No signs shall be displayed upon any Lot or Living Unit other than a sign identifying the name of the contractor during construction of a dwelling . . . provided said sign meets the design criteria of...

City code enforcement officers carried out a bipartisan raid Tuesday, confiscating about 500 political yard signs illegally placed on city right of way. Nicole Cromwell, zoning coordinator for the city-county Planning Department, acknowledged that it might have been better to remove the illegal signs a little earlier in the political season. "We didn't think of it a week or two ago, but then we started to receive a lot of complaints about specific signs in specific locations," she said. After code enforcement officers responded to some complaints, it occurred to them that they might be accused of discrimination if it...

AUSTIN – March in Texas brings wind, wildflowers and, during primary years, an increase in the number of political campaign signs placed on state highway right of way. State transportation officials want to remind Texans that under Texas law, it is a class C misdemeanor to place any sign on state highway right of way. The penalty for violating this law is a fine of up to $500 per sign. However, it is legal to place a campaign sign on private property adjacent to state highways with landowners’ permission. Restrictions require that signs be constructed of lightweight material and up...

<p>AUBURN, Maine (AP) Auburn police are pulling political signs from people's yards and Bob Nixon isn't happy about it.</p> <p>Police said they removed about six or seven political signs from people's yards this week following complaints from neighbors. Auburn has an ordinance that allows political signs, on either public or private property, only within 30 days of an election.</p>