Rock-n-roll legend Peter Frampton is pissed, for the same reason a lot of the rest of us are: idiots keep stealing his Obama/Biden signs out of his yard!
Frampton lives here in our fair town after marrying a girl originally from Cincinnati. Unfortunately, they've settled in high brow Indian Hill, which is the same zip code that gave more money to Dubyah's re-election campaign than any other zip code in the country.
Frampton has been a good citizen in the time he has lived here, participating in a good many civic endeavors, but he hasn't made a point of being too high profile. As this blog posting notes, he's making an exception now, because he's pissed:
"They are frustrating my attempt to use my First Amendment right to speech and political speech is supposedly the most protected," Frampton said. "It bugs me that people are breaking the law because it bugs them so much."
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He's installed a camera to try and catch the thieves.
A British native who felt the call to become an American citizen after 9/11, he's proving to be more than a match for his neighborhood sign thieves.
This whole incident with the sign stealing has really gotten Frampton annoyed. He contacted The Enquirer asking for an interview, and it’s the first time he’s ever done that with the media, he said.
He also made a public protest at his last local concert, although small. Frampton’s signs had been stolen right before he played at National City Pavilion at Riverbend on August 8th, so he changed into an 'Obama' shirt for his last song. This act actually angered a lot of people, but he felt it needed to be done, he said.
"I would not have done that if my signs had not been stolen," he said. "The whole show I said nothing. I don’t say anything; my show is an escape. But hey, this is where I live and I felt it was time to make a tiny stand."
I can't tell you how amusing I find this whole thing. It's unbelievably petty to think this is going on in one of the most well-moneyed neighborhoods you can imagine. I hope Frampton catches the guy and it turns out to be some 45-year-old white-collar Republican hack who ought to be rightfully embarrassed.
Whoever the thief is, Frampton correctly points out that they're not too bright:
"The more they steal my signs, the more I have to donate to my candidate to get more signs," he said. "There is an anti-productive thing to their cause."
As he was being interviewed, his signs had been stolen again.