but I love the idea of HUGE letters it says to me how strongly you want Webb as your Senator!

Meanwhile, the Allen/Goode back-to-back signs less than a 1/4 mile away are still standing....

Watch out for sign theft. 4x8's are around $30-40 each.

this is great, i was wondering myself what we as citizens are legally allowed to do regarding pushing a candidate.

i was worried that if i made my own signs that the webb campaign would get in trouble...

help me out someone?

i've got tons of ideas!

great sign btw!

Break out the tools!! Let's see the artist in you Jen!!

(Does your name have to do with the KC Chiefs? If so, I have been a lifelong Bronco fan, having grown up in Colorado.)

a year later i met my now-husband and he'd been a chiefs fan since he was a kid (skins fan too)... now we are die hard chiefs fans together and some time next year, we'll be relocating to KC because we can no longer afford to live in Va -- even tho we both grew up here, live down the street from where my husband grew up and our daughter attends the same elementary school that my hubbie did.

now, houses cost $1M all around us and we can't take it anymore!

we were supposed to move last year and now i'm glad we didn't, or i would never have gotten involved with supporting jim webb and i never would have met him TWICE!

go webb!

What do you have in mind?

how can we teach our children not to hurt each other,
when our gov't is torturing in their names.

they can't even keep us safe from spinach, how can they protect us from terrorism?

Va (heart with slash thru it) racism.

or va is NOT for haters!

george washington and thomas jefferson were liberal Virginians!

that's it for now -- i got more bubbling in me brain

Do you think that the entire bush cabal would be driving by Saturday morning for the christening of the USN _________ carrier had anything to do with it??? naw, never.

A couple of Webb and Hurst signs have remained standing for a good long time.  While they still remain standing today, the Davis people have placed Davis signs immediately in front of and behind the Democratic signs effectively blocking them out.  Davis should be ashamed that his people stoop to such dirty tactics - but he probably isn't because no one counts except Tom Davis.

Some one had created handmade "Macacas 4 George Allen" signs.  Funny stuff.  But within a few days these signs disappeared while the Allen and Davis signs nearby remained.  Guess they couldn't figure out how to block these custom signs.

This location has had big Dem signs in the past.  The neighbors often have big GOP signs.  All signs have survived well because of the mutual respect & friendship of the landowners who placed the signs.

Here, it is everyone for themselves, and I will have 4 4x8 Al Weed signs up by the end of the day, spread around the county.

The spot I choose is surrounded by GOP friendly farms.  The owners are friends with the Webb sign owner.  They all get along, but also put opposing signs up.

I'll take the high road every time.

A HUGE WeBB-MORAN sign.

The republishments cannot take this one down!! Its on private property.

By the way, the mess of allen signs on columbia pike between annandale and baileys xrds is illegal, as it blocks vision by drivers{They are in the median}

Every accident there shoud sue Georie porgies campaign for every cent, and put allen in court.

Remember the vandals and the people who put up GOP signs are quite often not the same people.

It only takes one ass to remove a lot of signage. 

BTW, how effective are these signs?  If anyone in the Commonwealth is unaware of the candidates' names, they must be living under a rock.  Signs are incredibly expensive and a LOT of them are removed and discarded by the other party.  I believe the money would be better spent on TV ads telling us how the candidates will represent us, their constituents, if elected.

Signs are effective as a rough gauge, to some voters, of the popularity of the candidate. This is no joke. My politically uninvolved aunt votes this way, and TV ads are not effective because she only watches Korean language television.

This is one of the classic aspects of advertising - a person might not buy from Company X today based on an ad, but if they always see Company X ads they'll find comfort in familiarity.  So when they do buy, Company X has a greater chance of making a sale.  The signs create a comfort level.

And don't underestimate the number of people who will vote but don't know a damn thing about the race - including the name's of the candidates.  Those street signs may be the ONLY thing they know about the race.

Given the fact that signs cost a significant amount of money (and take effort to be placed) the advantage goes to the incumbent who usually has more money.  Plus signs are easily ripped out which creates a sign war - which isn't good for anyone.

Sad but true.  I'd rather see it played out a different way, but this is what were stuck with for the foreseeable future. 

In VA, there is a little known Attorney General opinion which says " any candidate that wins a primary may leave there signs up till after the general election. Therefore Weed and Webb signs have been posted in Nelson County since March for Al and April for Jim. Sixty days before the primary election.

How much have you contributed to the campaign?

Signs on lawns also are effective.

200 signs in a row in a median are not.  Especially where, as in Fairfax, everybody is using the same color.

Sign cluster-f**ks are a total waste of time though and they actually tend to piss people off.

How did you miss this event?

or this event?

We have tables or people visible at all events and farmer's markets.

You can volunteer at webbforsenate.com... We'd love to have you help out.

By VA Law/VDOT no signs of any kind are to be put in the media of divided highways. Signs are not to be put in the right away of highways. That distance varies from 25 feet up to 110 feet, depending on the highway. This morning I just picked up a Weed 4x8 at the VDOT in Dillwyn. I was told they picked it up because the middle of the sign was 33 feet from the center of Route 15. I measured the front post hole which was 42 feet from the center of highway. I am sure that signs was the culpurt that some Republican called that it was blocking line of sight or something. So the engineer gave orders to pick up signs in the right of way. Which the over zealous employee did. Political(both parties), Real Estate, For sale by Owner, etc. they were put in an area of the VDOT yard in Dillwyn. Thanks to that complainer there are now 2 large Al Weed signs on route 15 north of Farmville area, since I replaced the first one further back from the road on private property and was guided to another place that was private property.

The third is not to block line of sight when entering a highway. Line of sight would be when pulling up to a stop sign and front of car is 3 feet from stop sign the driver should be able to see in both directions. I always try to make it the second car should have line of sight.

A good rule of thumb for right of way would be to look for telephone boxes along the highway and stay about 2-3 feet behind them or one can carry a measureing tape and try to stay 36 feet from center line of 2 lane highways.

Normally VDOT will not bother signs, especially political since they will come down shortly after an election. They usually do not bother unless some one complains.

Taking down political signs depend on locality, by state law they are suppose to be down within 7-10 days. The campaign could be fined if they are not removed.

One last note: Any sign in any right away can be removed by any citizen with out fear of stealing private property.

Right of way signs are a key re-enforcement of name and election for some of our low-turnout high-Democratic performance precincts along Route 1 in Alexandria.  Every day seeing a string of signs along the drive home is a key reminder to vote, and vote BLUE.

Now I hope your local or area ordinance does not have laws on such a large sign. Most localities have ordinances that no larger then certain dimensions, of course at this late date, till they get around to contacting you and writing letters the sign will be down. Hope you endorsed it.

Good sign.

Guys, seriously, protect those signs; these asshats will stop at NOTHING to destroy Jim Webb's supporters and their hard work.

and that's the word.

"Had enough corruption"

"Vote Democratic"

"Andy Hurst for Congress"

Awesome.

My own signs were stolen from my property (not a big deal - I am on a cul-de-sac with only about 6 neighbors, so no one was seeing it anyway).  I'll put the replacements up illegally somewhere just to exercise some civil disobedience.

Buhahahaha!

He cited the portions of the state legal code (33.1-369) that apply here in Virginia, we think...  I am no lawyer, but I've read it a couple of times and I am not sure we have the right section.  I am really interested in knowing though - so if you are a lawyer I'd love to hear your thoughts about wether this section of the code applies to the campaign signs and for everyone wether there is another section of state, county, or city law that applies.
It may help to see the definitions of the terms listed in that section, they are here (33.1-351).  There's a comprehensive list of exemptions (signs that are specifically allowed) here (33.1-355).  Political signs are not specifically mentioned, but several similar signs are.

Aside from the legality of these signs, there are some common sense safety and ethical issues too.  Safety is at risk when any signs block view of oncoming or around the corner traffic.  When safety is at risk I have no problem with pulling those signs down.  Ethically it is wrong to not pick up signs after they are done serving their purpose and possibly wrong to put them up in the first place, but both pale in comparison to those who place wire-framed signs then later pick up only the coverings and leave the wire frame (which is very hard to see with no sign on it) for the county, city, or state mowers to run over with their machines.  It's unsafe and damages the mowing equipment.

(this is a cross post from my own blog, but it seemed pertinent)