Congressional candidate Mary Kim Titla is issuing a plea to fans on the Apache and Navajo reservations: Please don’t take her signs, or at least wait until the elections are over.
About a dozen requests have come in to campaign headquarters for the unique 4 ft. X 8 ft. sign from people who want to place them in their yards. A handful of people have asked if they can keep a sign after the election.
“We’ve had several signs disappear over the last few days,” Titla said. “The feedback on the design of the signs has been very positive. People really like them and we’ve had several people jokingly say they’d like to move them into their yards, but we’ve worked out the locations based on visibility and they need to stay where we‘ve placed them.”
Titla’s campaign manager, Randy Camacho, believes that the signs are being taken as souvenirs and are not disappearing as the result of dirty tricks by opponents. “We’re flattered,” said Camacho, “but please, if you have one, please put it back or give it back.”
The signs in question were placed in approved areas near roadways and were not taken by transportation workers.