Harris-Walz sign stolen. Returned by a neighbor.

[3catwoman3]

We've had 3 signs in our yard - the Harris Walz sign, and 2 local signs for county board and state house rep.

The Harris-Walz sign went missing about a week ago. A couple of days later, we found it sitting on the seat of one of the chairs on our front step, and when my husband checked pictures on our doorbell security camera, we could tell the person returning was a friend/neighbor 3 houses down.

When my husband went to thank our neighbor, it turned out that this man had footage of the "perps" who took our sign because they had dropped it next to his driveway as they made their getaway - 2 boys on bikes who looked to be middle school age. He showed it to a couple of families across the street, who have kids in that age group, but no one knew who they were (or didn't want to tell).

Before the sign was returned, my husband had notified the police, and was told that there were many reports of Democratic campaign signs being taken. Our yard is the only one in our housing development with any signs out.

We live in one of the "collar counties" that surround Chicago and Cook County, and our county, McHenry, is the only one of the 5 that is red. So, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by all this. I doubt these little thugs-in-training would have done this if they didn't have parents who probably have FOX on all day. Nice values you are teaching your kids there, mom and dad - it's OK to:
1. trespass
2. steal
3. interfere with someone's freedom of speech

I briefly entertained the idea of hanging out near the middle school bus stop for a couple of mornings, carrying our sign, to see who might get a tell-tale "Oh, shit" expression on his face.

When we first put the signs out, I suggested to my husband that we put the Harris-Walz sign in one of our windows rather than in the yard, precisely to prevent it from being taken, but he poo-pooed that idea. After it was returned, guess who said, "Let's put it in the window." I nobly resisted the temptation to say, "Told you so."

[verargert]

1. " nobly resisted the temptation to say, " They are better than I

[SWBTATTReg]

2. In MO, there is a law to prevent thief of political signage, etc., but I suspect that this won't stop the kids, but I

had suggested in a prior post to put an air tag on the signs, and so far, I have read two people that have done this, and it worked, tracking the perps. Even thou one person who told me that 'oh NO, that won't work!', when in fact, it DID. So don't listen to anyone else telling you that something won't work. You'd be surprised at what does work.

Air tags are a good and cheap way of catching these perps. Maybe if enough of them get caught?