It’s common for some campaign signs to be vandalized during elections. But campaigns say they’re experiencing a systematic destruction of large signs across the Anchorage Bowl in the lead-up to Tuesday's municipal election.
On Tuesday morning, Vered Mares arrived at her West Anchorage business, The Writer’s Block Bookstore & Cafe, and found her campaign signs supporting Brawley and Boll destroyed.“It should be on the record that this is happening. It’s happening all over town,” she said.
Ries said she’s been contacted by people who say their yard signs have been stolen, and she found a sign in her own yard ripped up in her driveway. But Ries hasn’t seen any of her large signs destroyed, most of which are on private property, she said. “I know that signs don’t win elections, so while it’s unfortunate, I’m not putting my focus there,” Sloan said.Amber Lee, Brawley’s campaign manager, said the level of public vandalism creates a negative, discouraging environment for candidates and for voters.Derek Applin, Ship Creek Group’s field organizer, said campaign signs serve multiple purposes, like putting a face to a name and increasing a candidate’s recognition among voters.
As Holmes took out his phone, the man approached him, he said. The photographer fell back in the snow, and the man jumped on top of him and, after a struggle, took Holmes’ phone, Holmes said. The photographer said that as he called 911 on his smartwatch, the man threw the phone and fled.
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