Sign pollution

After my interview with Carlo Basile a couple of weeks ago, we talked about a number of other topics. One item I mentioned is that I think it's ridiculous that campaign signs are left hanging or tossed to the curb long after elections are over. Carlo agreed and said that it was a pet peeve of his. He promised that his signs would be taken down within days of the election. I ask the other candidates to join him in pledging to clean East Boston of the ubiquitous signs in the days following Tuesday's election (though I suppose I can understand the winner keeping his or hers up until after the Oct. 23 general election).

On a related matter, some weeks ago a campaign sign for one of the candidates appeared on the house that my mother lives in, on Chelsea Street near Santarpio's. I thought it odd, because my aunt, who owns the building, is mostly apolitical, but I figured it was possible that someone had asked and that she OK'd the sign. I saw her today, and she told me that nobody had checked with her before putting the sign up and that she had asked her son, who lives in the building, and he hadn't given permission either. I don't like the idea of campaign workers taking advantage of the elderly by putting signs on their property without permission, and I wonder how often incidents like this occur. I will be taking it down immediately.