Campaign Signs Stolen "Again" Coincidence?

[Debbie G]

Well here we go again. . .

 

Matt Schellenberg signs have been pulled up and discarded again; 12 large signs this time but we only found 7.  We found these 7 signs behind the Bealls department store located on the corner of San Jose and Orange Picker.

 

A police report was filed, again.

 

I am tired of this reprehensible behavior from grown adults that are purportedly pillars of our community.  When will we stand together and denounce such behavior?  No matter which candidate you support, this is plain and simple WRONG.

 

It is ironic that Jack Webb stated in a Times Union interview that the Schellenberg campaign people were confrontational and he had no idea who was responsible for Schellenberg signs being stolen, yet Webb signs remain whilst Schellenberg signs disappear. 

http://jacksonville.com/news/politics/2011-03-22/story/jack-webbs-b...

 

An excerpt from a March 22, 2007 Times Union article:

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/032207/met_8793614.shtml

"City Council District 6 candidate Sean Reichard woke up at 4 a.m. Tuesday, Election Day, to find about 50 of his campaign signs thrown in his yard and an unsigned note that told him, "Better luck next time, Sean."

 

It seems too coincidental, in my opinion,  that the 2007 election cycle when Webb was running against Sean Reichard, Reichard's signs were either destroyed or pulled up as the common denominator is Jack Webb.

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/040407/ner_8871920.shtml

 

 

We, the Schellenberg campaign, have acted with civil dignity, respect for the opposing candidate, and restraint when faced with egregious behavior.  If this incident does anything, it demonstrates a pattern that seems to follow Mr. Webb.

 

[Barry Lee Phillips]

Jenna,

Why does this surprise you?  I worked in two local campaigns years ago and we suspected the opponent's supporters were riding around town pulling up our signs and throwing them away.

This has been part of local politics since time immemoriam.  You just have to expect it. 

Please don't call JSO over this issue.  It just wastes time and resources better spent catching really bad people.

The naughtiest thing I did as a campaign worker was to plaster a Code Pink van (painted pink and covered with anti-Bush/Cheney stickers) parked in a shopping center parking lot with Bush/Cheney bumper stickers during the 2004 Presidential campaign. 

Code Pink is a mostly female anti-war activist group, that was attending a Democrat rally downtown. 

[Mike Austell]

Webb is a big-government statist snake.  And his disciples are baby snakes.

[Butch Holman]

He is not only a huge Brat, he is a Smug, Pompous Brat. I've been to Council meetings and also watched on WJCT. We need TORT reform. Webb is part of that problem. Webb, Webb and ........

[Patricia M. McBride]

It is just unreal Debbie.  And his followers talk in glowing terms of "wonderful" Jack!  MY every loving foot wonderful.  He is a huge brat.