Your neighbors are messing with your yard signs
Look— I'm gonna be real with you. When I saw the news about those political yard signs going missing down in Sunset Hills, specifically on West Watson, my first thought wasn't about politics. It was about how some folks out here just can't stand to see a yard sign they don't agree with. Mark Colombo, he’s running for Alderman in Ward 4, and he’s seeing his signs disappear. This ain't some big city conspiracy, this is pure St. Louis passive aggression. You see it all over, from South City to the county, folks getting territorial about their little patch of green. It’s part of what makes us…us.
### The St. Louis Way of Disagreement
Now, I'm not saying it's right. It's petty, sure. But it’s also uniquely St. Louis in its own way. We're a city of neighborhoods, right? You ask someone where they're from, they don't say "St. Louis," they say "The Hill," or "Dogtown," or "North City." And within those neighborhoods, we got our own ways of doing things. This sign-stealing business is just another flavor of how people express their displeasure without actually having to, you know, talk to each other. Instead of knocking on a door or writing a letter, some people decide the best way to make a point is to swipe a sign.
* It’s a low-stakes way to express political frustration. * It shows how territorial folks can get, even in the suburbs. * It's a reminder that even in local elections, things can get a little wild.
That's the Lou — we're still here and we're not leaving. But sometimes we gotta deal with our neighbors swiping our political decor.
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