More Sign Intrigue

JUNK FOR MY RUMOR CLOSET
For the past few weeks I've been hearing rumblings about political signs popping up like mushrooms in yards of vacant homes - empty rentals, abandoned homes and those about to go on the market.  Until this morning I had nothing concrete to report, so I had just stashed those rumors in my rumor closet, to ferment with the rest of the stuff in there.

 
STEALTH SIGN PLACEMENT
This morning, though, a friend related a first-person story that prompted me to pass it along.  It seems my friend heard a car trunk slam outside his house early this morning and, when investigating it, found four new political signs in the lawn of the house across the street from his home.  They had not been there the night before.


THE HOUSE WAS VACANT
This house is a rental and the occupants, who had moved out, were not registered voters in Orange County.  So, my friend called the owners of the home to see if they might have returned overnight and was told that they won't be home until after the election and, in fact, they had listed the house for sale.



USING MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE (MLS) FOR SIGN PLACEMENT?
My friend was curious, and I am, too, since it appears that some folks may be checking the MLS listings and placing signs in the lawns of homes they know to be vacant without permission for those responsible for the property.

THE SIGNS WERE REMOVED
Oh, yes, the offending signs - a Yes on V, Vote for 3Ms, Vote for Monahan and Vote for Mensinger -  were removed at the direction of the property owner.