The opinion-leaders at the News Journal are very, very interested in campaign signs. Ron Williams gave a “review” of the signs in Sunday’s NJ:
Right now, I’d say it’s a draw between Rep. Mike Castle, running for the Biden Senate seat, and Michele Rollins, who’s running for Castle’s House seat. (Neither one says they’re Republicans, as best as I can tell.)
Castle’s signs are bold green and came out of nowhere almost overnight from Laurel to Claymont.
Rollins’ equally bold placards are trimmed in colors and leave little doubt whose candidacy is touted.
Both Rollins’ and Castle’s bigger signs look to be about 4 x 8 in size, quite the eye catchers.
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The losers, thus far, are Glen Urquhart (too small), Rollins’ primary opponent, treasurer Velda Jones-Potter (they suffer from dehydration, just as she did the night of her scheduled radio debate), primary opponent Chip Flowers (pygmy size), Sheriff Mike Walsh (ditto) and his primary opponent Trinny Navarro (I can’t find one).
Another winner is the guy either Flowers or Jones-Potter will face, state Sen. Colin Bonini (Big, flashy, blue and white).
Trinidad Navarro signs are all over my neighborhood. Perhaps Williams didn’t bother to drive outside of his normal commute? I’ve also seen big Urquhart and Flowers signs and I have no idea what Williams means about Jones-Potter’s signs. They look like everyone else’s except they have her picture.
In yesterday’s paper Harry Themal was also concerned about signs. He’s very concerned about the legality of the signs.
Glen Urquhart and Velda Jones-Potter must not read their own campaign websites, glenfor liberty.com and votevelda.com, respectively, or they would have known their primary-election signs may be illegal.
Urquhart and his supporters plastered a plethora of red-and-white signs at the Harvey Road exit of Interstate 95 and at various spots in Dover. They don’t tell anyone he’s running in the Sept. 14 primary for the GOP congressional nomination against Michele Rollins. Jones-Potter’s partisans have planted a giant sign along I-95 that hails her re-election bid as state treasurer, but doesn’t say she’s running in a Democratic primary against Chip Flowers.
Themal then discusses the laws on sign placement but never gets around to saying what rules he’s accusing Jones-Potter and Urquhart of violating. Is it sign placement?
I can’t wait for today’s installment of campaign signs review. I just don’t think I can get enough of this very important subject.