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· Newspapers may not have election results in time for the publication deadlines. The Daily Herald has an explanation. The Tribune has more. A buddy told me yesterday he hoped the George Ryan verdict is handed down today so the papers will have something to report tomorrow morning.
· The LA Times does a story about today’s Illinois elections and uses George Ryan as the hook.
· Today, you wade into the party divides.
· More George Ryan trail intersecting with the primary stuff.
· Yesterday Ron Gidwit sent out an e-mail urging supporters to get out and vote. Unfortunately, the Gidwitz campaign informed their people that the polls open at 7am. The polls open at 6. Oops.
· Portentous placards or insignificant inducements? More here. Always remember, yard signs don’t vote.
· Strange.
But Beachler says that on Wednesday, an IDOT truck pulled up. Workers plucked up several signs - all of them belonging to Edwin Eisendrath, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s lone opponent today.At first, Beachler wondered if maybe Blagojevich had dispatched his IDOT minions to harvest all his opponent’s signs. But the next day, another IDOT crew came by to snatch up all of the rest of the signs.
The signs were on private property but the owner didn’t complain.
· More later
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 3:39 am
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I was out of town last week. I was surprised when I got back to see signs had not yet appeared much. usually the weekend before is when they go up.
Just saw them today - and a lot of Ed E signs around Wauconda, of all places!
Comment by Pat collins Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 8:20 am
We have had a lot of municipalities and the county snatching signs. Instead of one uniform rule we have multiple sign rules. Some deal with right of way regulations, others so many feet away from the center line or curb line, depending upon where you are placing them. What was legal two or four years ago suddenly is not. Signs on private property are routinely snatched using the same rules.
I am also discovering that many municipal workers who are involved in taking the signs down have little idea over what the local ordinances actually say. When confronted, they just say they were instructed to take all of them.
Although signs do not vote, they are still an important part of any election. More uniformity on sign rules would certainly help campaigns out.
Between the routine sign stealers and tricksters and the various municipalities, it sure keeps you busy on the telphone sorting it all out.
Louis G. Atsaves
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 1:25 pm