Pink 'Kamala Harris' yard signs trigger snit in Birmingham, owner orders hundreds more

[marmar]

(Detroit Free Press) For every action in nature — and some in human affairs — there’s an equal and opposite reaction.

When Birmingham resident Nikki Sapiro Vinckier adorned her front yard with matching campaign signs promoting Kamala Harris for president, an anonymous neighbor said they had to come down. Having a batch of signs violated city ordinances that stipulate just one sign, according to the neighbor, who stuck a list of intimidating rules about signs in Sapiro Vinckier’s mailbox.

The rules looked real. But Birmingham’s mayor and city manager both said, in effect, "Nothing doing — put up all the signs you want until the election," Sapiro Vinckier said. That unleashed her more-than-equal-and-opposite reaction. The happy Harris fan ordered a whole lot more signs and planted them in her front yard. They're printed on one side in a design widely available on Etsy and other Internet sites; and they show on the reverse a Harris quote that Sapiro Vinckier chose, which rings true for her: "We must be a nation that trusts women."

"In total, I have ordered or helped facilitate the ordering with my design of over 7,000 signs," she said. Many came to Michigan, but "hundreds have shipped to other swing states," she said. ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2024/08/28/pink-kamala-harris-yard-signs-get-complaints/74973758007/

[Nittersing]

1. Thank you Ms Vinckier! nt

[erronis]

2. She sounds like a great neighbor!

[sheshe2]

3. I love her message! 💕

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[FailureToCommunicate]

4. Excellent!

If I lived closer, I'd offer to mow her lawn...and of course replace the signs.

[zeusdogmom]

11. Mowing around yard signs is a pain

But worth it

[barbtries]

5. my sign would say

WOMEN ARE PEOPLE

as an aside, i do believe that the one thing JD Vance is 100% sincere about is his absolute hatred of women. He and TCFSF have that in common, along with many if not most republicans.

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. Proud to be the 100th "DU-Rec" ... and ... KICK!

Oh how I wish I could afford to be so extravagant. This looks like fun! I'm glad that someone can do it.

[CrispyQ]

7. I love those!!

Pink is a nice change from red, white, & blue. I have a few signs this year & this is one of my favorites.

[Happy Hoosier]

8. Awesome.

I fully support this warrior!

[BittyJenkins]

9. How beautiful AND

they will arrogate her lawn!

[TommieMommy]

10. Fantastic 👍🩷💙

[multigraincracker]

12. Pretty upper class town.

Surprised it happened there.

[gopiscrap]

13. Collier-vs-City of Tacoma 1993

in 1990 candidate Michael Collier ran for US Congress in the Democratic primary against a DINO he was unknown so put up yard signs in March of that year for a Sept primary. The City took his signs down from private yards and he sued in court. It went to the Washington State Supreme court and he won his case 9-0 declaring the City of Tacoma's electoral yard sign unconstitutional.

[twodogsbarking]

14. Here's your sign. I like hers. Where we live these are the rules. Suit me fine.

Political Signs, considered "personal expression signs", are permitted in the Township and do not require a sign permit. However, residents should please note that:

Residential lots may have up to three temporary signs in the yard.
Personal expression signs are only allowed in your own yard; they are not permitted to be placed in the Township's Right-of-Way (ROW), which is the area between the sidewalk and the street. In areas with no sidewalk, the ROW is typically the area between the utility poles and the street.

[COL Mustard]

16. I'm governed by the Hatch Act

When I park on Federal property, I'm limited to one regular sized bumper sticker on my car. As long as everyone else is held to that standard, I'm fine with it.

So far I haven't noticed any egregious violations...no Trump flagged pickups, no cars covered with stickers. But it wouldn't surprise me. The building I work in is pretty conservative (but not exclusively).

[sarge43]

15. And thank you to the mayor and city manager.

[Magoo48]

17. Yahooooooooo, that's the spirit.

[EarnestPutz]

18. At first I thought Alabama, but Michigan may be even better.

[Demovictory9]

19. Love it

[llmart]

20. Love it!

Birmingham is a relatively liberal small city and rather upper middle class. I like how she wouldn't be intimidated. Good on her!

[PatrickforB]

21. Well, I guess her neighbor is experiencing the consequences of trying to bully Vinckier. n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

22. Love her proud smile!!

[ailsagirl]

23. .....

[Figarosmom]

24. I like them. Nt

[demmiblue]

25. VIDEO:

Link to tweet

[AllaN01Bear]

26. 1 a right.

[DENVERPOPS]

27. For the last couple of Presidential elections

I have noticed a TOTAL lack of yard signs. Even the Republican's were afraid (ashamed???) to put up Trump Signs??????......

Anyone else, in other areas notice the same????????

[Warpy]

28. It's been that way in NM in both 2016 and 2020

I've never even seen a TFG bumper sticker or red hat in the wild, although I'm sure I'd see them over close to the Texas border.

I never thought it was intimidation, I just thought it was a total lack of enthusiasm or either side.

I can't speak to this year, blind old bat is blind.

[Kire]

29. It would take hours to steal all of them.

[not fooled]

30. Hahahahahahahahaha Good for her for checking with the city.

That neighbor tried to intimidate her with threats based on fakery. Probably emulating their idol., the lifelong con.

[Terri S]

31. LOVE This!!!!!!!!!!!