I’d like to put up a Kerry/Edwards sign in my yard for this election, but don’t know where to get one. Anyone know?
(I live in Pittsburgh, if that matters)
http://www.kerrygear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KG&Category_Code=SIGNS
http://www.demstore.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/scstore/Kerry/custom-vic.html?E+scstore
Thanks!
You have to pay to support a candidate??? I realize that the money goes to his campaign, but goddamn! I’ll just steal one from someone else’s yard!
Steal one illegally placed in the public right-of-way instead. Don’t go stealing signs from your neighbors.
So if you stopped in at the local campaign office, they would charge you for a sign?
Call or visit your local campaign office. You shouldn’t have to pay for a sign.
The campaign number in Pittsburgh is 412-443-0983.
Our last house was on a very main road. They went door to door asking to put signs in my yard!
I wouldn’t dare! I was just sayin’ is all. It does kinda cheese me that you’d have to pay for a sign, though. Honest, I’m a good girl 
Mr. Moto where do I find the number for my local campaign office?
The easiest thing to do would be to contact your local Republican or Democratic parties. They’ll get a sign to you, or tell you who to call or go to.
I must say: Mr. Moto, real gentleman. We know that he’s no fan of John Kerry, yet he’s so helpful as to help someone find a yard sign for a political opponent. He even goes so far as to provide a local phone number for Kerry’s Pittsburgh office.
Who says civility is dead? This is what I call changing the tone in Washington. 
Thanks, Mr. Moto!
Ravenman- Mr. Moto is indeed a good guy.
I just meant that, generally, any signs you see in the median or the like are illegally-placed signs and the local authority will take them down and toss them. So it’s better and easier to grab one of those. Though I still can’t imagine having to pay for a sign. It seems to me that that would completely contradict the whole idea of grassroots politics.
I just called my local Dem office & they won’t have any Kerry signs till the end of next week. I asked if they were free, and the gal said that they ask for a donation. $4 for the signs with the wire posts, $3 for without the posts. But she did say it was my choice to donate. Hmmm… I don’t like the idea of having to pay to advertise anyone’s campaign, my vote should be payment enough.
I haven’t noticed any campaign signs where they shouldn’t be, but it’s still early in the game, and I expect that they’ll be everywhere closer to election time.
$3-$4 seems high. I think I remember getting a sign, a bumpersticker and two buttons for a dollar when Jerry Brown was running for president. (They might actually have been free, because I went to see him at a personal appearance.) Good god! I just realised that was 12 years ago. Pass me my walker please! Egads!
You all embarass me.
I’m a decent guy, but a little bit of a practical joker. I posted a number for George Bush’s campaign.
Hey, I didn’t specify which local campaign office it was, right? :smack:
Anyway, the Allegheny County Democratic Committee can be reached at 412-562-9400. Any union hall should be able to get you a sign as well.
All other information I gave, about local campaign resources, is fully accurate.
I’ve never been charged for a campaign sign - occasionally asked for a donation if I wanted one with the post in it (I guess the wood costs money) but the signs themselves - the candidates staffs trip over themselves to hand them out.
:o
I’ve never gotten a yard sign free. Most campaign offices will charge a few dollars to cover the cost of the wood or wire. The actual signs were free, if I wanted one to put in my window.
Guin, if you wanna engage in a bit of fun, get a Bush yard sign and, um, modify it to suit your own message. I did that with a Bush sticker that I pinned to my backpack. Republicans and people who don’t get it give me weird looks, but Democrats and Kerry supporters give me high-fives and smile their approval. The way I see it, the Bush campaign is swimming in the Benjamins. They can afford to give up a yard sign or two…
Robin
Ooh, thanks for all the tips. The one site-the Dem Store? said they were 3 bucks, including frame, so I’ll probably go there.
Hmmmm…that’s a very good idea, Robyn. Except I’d have to thieve one from somewhere-I ain’t giving one red penny to the Bush campaign.