June 30, 2008 - 11:58am
Stevens signs vandalized
By Bryan BissellPolitical sign vandalism is relatively commonplace, but usually in the kicked over sense and occasionally in the shot-by-a-bb-gun sense. Sign vandalism is often done by errant teenagers and ne'er-do-wells, and only on occasion is the instance overly malicious. But malive may be the intent in the 39th District, where a prominent road sign has been burned down.
Jerry Cornfield in the Everett Herald reports that state Sen. Val Stevens (R-Arlington) has filed a complaint about what she says is "malicious mischief" with the Skagit County Sheriff's Department.
Stevens has taken a photo of the sign, seen here on the Herald's website, that shows her damaged sign next to two similar, unharmed signs.
"This appears to be specifically directed at me because signs of other candidates in the same vicinity are being left alone," Stevens said in a statement.
“By burning my signs, those responsible for this vandalism are not only hurting my campaign, they are attacking the integrity of the election process itself,” she continued.
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This seems to have happened close-on-the-heels of a national report on vandals having defaced various Obama signs: (http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=978 among other internet and TV media). I also vaguely recall a recent Drudgereport posting showing cars plastered with spray-painted anti-Obama messages.
I often wonder how media reporting about political vandalism like this serves as an instruction manual for future crimes (as in copycat killers/suicides and the like). I think someone should do a study on the relationship between media reporting of like behaviors and the rates of those behaviors occurring in community samples.
-The DJ
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