Yard Sign Vandalism

[PADemD]

Any suggestions on how to halt the vandalism?

This may have been covered years ago (in DU2?), but I don't think I bookmarked it.

Thanks for your suggestions.

[RandySF]

1. You have to catch them in the act.

[madamesilverspurs]

2. Vaseline.

Globs of it, around the edges. It barely shows in daylight, and when it's dark (which is when sign thieves like to strike) it's invisible. When they grab it they don't know what it is, they just know it's yucky. They may throw it down, but it will be intact.

[rurallib]

5. i think some folks added a hot pepper coating on top

they couldn't grab the sign, but also got a little souvenir of the event.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. Maybe mix in chili powder and curry powder ?

Go ahead. Touch a sensitive part afterward!!

[DebJ]

7. Ha ha love it! n/t

[Major Nikon]

9. Be sure to install an infrared camera

[noamnety]

3. a few elections ago

I got one small yard sign, the only one I'd ever gotten. It was stolen on the first night.

I got pissed off, and went and got a ridiculously huge one, something like you'd use for a billboard. We climbed on the roof of our 2 story house and tied it up there from our two chimneys. I hope whoever stole the small one appreciated the upgrade.

[BlueJazz]

4. No real ideas to help but my fantasies involve digging a 6 foot hole in front of the sign, filling

...it with cockroaches. I'd love to hear at 2:00 in the morning...JESUS CHRIST!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Potassium permanganate.

Stains skin - very hard to remove the stain.
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/redox/faq/permanganate-stains.shtml

[davidpdx]

8. No ideas, but I hear you on that one

I ran a local city council race a number of years back and had a difficult time with sign vandalism.