Comments on: Old West Side to Newport

By: David Cahill

David Cahill — Fri, 02 May 2014 22:43:42 +0000

The “no” campaign is saying that someone in a white minivan is going around stealing their signs.

By: Chuck Warpehoski

Chuck Warpehoski — Fri, 02 May 2014 19:27:17 +0000

I mean “we” as in members of the More Buses campaign. Just the other day I had to ask a volunteer to head out to replace one that was reported stolen.

By: Libby Hunter

Libby Hunter — Thu, 01 May 2014 23:55:17 +0000

Mr. Warpehoski, Please inform readers of who the “We” is (as in the first word of your comment.)

By: Chuck Warpehoski

Chuck Warpehoski — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:32:32 +0000

We’ve also had reports of “yes” signs stolen. Stealing signs is never a good campaign strategy and I can’t imagine any campaign condoning it, but it happens all the time.

By: Lyn Davidge

Lyn Davidge — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:29:47 +0000

Yes signs for transit prevail all the way out Newport, Miller to Maple, but I don’t have a count. I was quickly distracted by the “Kirk for Council” sign. Since he’s Ward 2 and Newport is in Ward 5, this struck me as curious. I didn’t see any Bryson or Warpehoski signs at all.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:33:21 +0000

On the other hand, the signs indicate the strength and determination of the campaign for the Yes vote. Lots of enthusiastic volunteers and successful fundraising. If endorsements, money, advertising, and door-to-door efforts do the job, they have it wrapped up. A nice political test.

By: Dan Ezekiel

Dan Ezekiel — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:29:14 +0000

On the way home by a different route, the tally was 13 yes and 1 no. Vivienne, I agree with you that these data points don’t necessary correlate with the impending result.

By: kittybkahn

kittybkahn — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:01:43 +0000

Also, there have been reports of the NO signs being stolen.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:29:14 +0000

The disproportion is logical, considering the differences in funding and volunteer effort between the two campaigns. It is unclear that a sign count reflects actual voter sentiment.