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marmar

(78,025 posts)
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 08:25 AM Aug 28

Pink 'Kamala Harris' yard signs trigger snit in Birmingham, owner orders hundreds more




(Detroit Free Press) For every action in nature — and some in human affairs — there’s an equal and opposite reaction.

When Birmingham resident Nikki Sapiro Vinckier adorned her front yard with matching campaign signs promoting Kamala Harris for president, an anonymous neighbor said they had to come down. Having a batch of signs violated city ordinances that stipulate just one sign, according to the neighbor, who stuck a list of intimidating rules about signs in Sapiro Vinckier’s mailbox.

The rules looked real. But Birmingham’s mayor and city manager both said, in effect, "Nothing doing — put up all the signs you want until the election," Sapiro Vinckier said. That unleashed her more-than-equal-and-opposite reaction. The happy Harris fan ordered a whole lot more signs and planted them in her front yard. They're printed on one side in a design widely available on Etsy and other Internet sites; and they show on the reverse a Harris quote that Sapiro Vinckier chose, which rings true for her: "We must be a nation that trusts women."

"In total, I have ordered or helped facilitate the ordering with my design of over 7,000 signs," she said. Many came to Michigan, but "hundreds have shipped to other swing states," she said. ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2024/08/28/pink-kamala-harris-yard-signs-get-complaints/74973758007/




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Pink 'Kamala Harris' yard signs trigger snit in Birmingham, owner orders hundreds more (Original Post) marmar Aug 28 OP
Thank you Ms Vinckier! nt Nittersing Aug 28 #1
She sounds like a great neighbor! erronis Aug 28 #2
I love her message! 💕 sheshe2 Aug 28 #3
Excellent! FailureToCommunicate Aug 28 #4
Mowing around yard signs is a pain zeusdogmom Aug 28 #11
my sign would say barbtries Aug 28 #5
Proud to be the 100th "DU-Rec" ... and ... KICK! Oopsie Daisy Aug 28 #6
I love those!! CrispyQ Aug 28 #7
Awesome. Happy Hoosier Aug 28 #8
How beautiful AND BittyJenkins Aug 28 #9
Fantastic 👍🩷💙 TommieMommy Aug 28 #10
Pretty upper class town. multigraincracker Aug 28 #12
Collier-vs-City of Tacoma 1993 gopiscrap Aug 28 #13
Here's your sign. I like hers. Where we live these are the rules. Suit me fine. twodogsbarking Aug 28 #14
I'm governed by the Hatch Act COL Mustard Aug 28 #16
And thank you to the mayor and city manager. sarge43 Aug 28 #15
Yahooooooooo, that's the spirit. Magoo48 Aug 28 #17
At first I thought Alabama, but Michigan may be even better. EarnestPutz Aug 28 #18
Love it Demovictory9 Aug 28 #19
Love it! llmart Aug 28 #20
Well, I guess her neighbor is experiencing the consequences of trying to bully Vinckier. n/t PatrickforB Aug 28 #21
Love her proud smile!! Evolve Dammit Aug 28 #22
..... ailsagirl Aug 28 #23
I like them. Nt Figarosmom Aug 28 #24
VIDEO: demmiblue Aug 28 #25
1 a right. AllaN01Bear Aug 28 #26
For the last couple of Presidential elections DENVERPOPS Aug 28 #27
It's been that way in NM in both 2016 and 2020 Warpy Aug 28 #28
It would take hours to steal all of them. Kire Aug 29 #29
Hahahahahahahahaha Good for her for checking with the city. not fooled Aug 29 #30
LOVE This!!!!!!!!!!! Terri S Sep 4 #31

sheshe2

(87,464 posts)
3. I love her message! 💕
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 09:41 AM
Aug 28

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barbtries

(29,761 posts)
5. my sign would say
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 09:57 AM
Aug 28

WOMEN ARE PEOPLE

as an aside, i do believe that the one thing JD Vance is 100% sincere about is his absolute hatred of women. He and TCFSF have that in common, along with many if not most republicans.

Oopsie Daisy

(4,500 posts)
6. Proud to be the 100th "DU-Rec" ... and ... KICK!
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 10:19 AM
Aug 28

Oh how I wish I could afford to be so extravagant. This looks like fun! I'm glad that someone can do it.

CrispyQ

(38,238 posts)
7. I love those!!
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 10:20 AM
Aug 28

Pink is a nice change from red, white, & blue. I have a few signs this year & this is one of my favorites.




gopiscrap

(24,170 posts)
13. Collier-vs-City of Tacoma 1993
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 11:11 AM
Aug 28

in 1990 candidate Michael Collier ran for US Congress in the Democratic primary against a DINO he was unknown so put up yard signs in March of that year for a Sept primary. The City took his signs down from private yards and he sued in court. It went to the Washington State Supreme court and he won his case 9-0 declaring the City of Tacoma's electoral yard sign unconstitutional.

twodogsbarking

(12,228 posts)
14. Here's your sign. I like hers. Where we live these are the rules. Suit me fine.
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 11:18 AM
Aug 28

Political Signs, considered "personal expression signs", are permitted in the Township and do not require a sign permit. However, residents should please note that:

Residential lots may have up to three temporary signs in the yard.
Personal expression signs are only allowed in your own yard; they are not permitted to be placed in the Township's Right-of-Way (ROW), which is the area between the sidewalk and the street. In areas with no sidewalk, the ROW is typically the area between the utility poles and the street.

COL Mustard

(6,883 posts)
16. I'm governed by the Hatch Act
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 11:39 AM
Aug 28

When I park on Federal property, I'm limited to one regular sized bumper sticker on my car. As long as everyone else is held to that standard, I'm fine with it.

So far I haven't noticed any egregious violations...no Trump flagged pickups, no cars covered with stickers. But it wouldn't surprise me. The building I work in is pretty conservative (but not exclusively).

llmart

(16,331 posts)
20. Love it!
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 02:54 PM
Aug 28

Birmingham is a relatively liberal small city and rather upper middle class. I like how she wouldn't be intimidated. Good on her!

DENVERPOPS

(9,949 posts)
27. For the last couple of Presidential elections
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 07:58 PM
Aug 28

I have noticed a TOTAL lack of yard signs. Even the Republican's were afraid (ashamed???) to put up Trump Signs??????......

Anyone else, in other areas notice the same????????

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
28. It's been that way in NM in both 2016 and 2020
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 08:34 PM
Aug 28

I've never even seen a TFG bumper sticker or red hat in the wild, although I'm sure I'd see them over close to the Texas border.

I never thought it was intimidation, I just thought it was a total lack of enthusiasm or either side.

I can't speak to this year, blind old bat is blind.

not fooled

(6,070 posts)
30. Hahahahahahahahaha Good for her for checking with the city.
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 04:11 PM
Aug 29

That neighbor tried to intimidate her with threats based on fakery. Probably emulating their idol., the lifelong con.

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