Today our grassroots effort to clean up the roadways of Alabama paid off. We made the front page of the Birmingham News!
http://www.al.com/...
EDIT: Whoops! Forgot to add the link to our site.
Litter On A Stick
Here's why I'm doing what I do.
Did you ever have one of those days where you just finally had enough? For me, it was March 28th, 2006. I was on I-65, and within 3 exits I counted over 40 political signs, most of them from two candidates running for Alabama Supreme court. Here we have people running for our highest court, to rule on our laws, and they are breaking the law. My anger just boiled over, and I just pulled my car over and started ripping the signs out of the ground. Realizing I might be breaking the law myself by removing them, I began researching the law, and much to my satisfaction I found that they are considered litter by the state, and that placing the signs is a prosecutable offense. I also contacted a lawyer to find out what could be done to me for removing them, and was advised that the worst case scenario was a false arrest for larceny, but that even that would be ridiculously hard to prove in court, if one were willing to return the signs to the candidates. So starting on the night of March 29th, I began removing illegally placed signs from the state right of way.
What's this got to do with KOS and democrats in 06 and 08?
Framing.
This is about framing the message that it's time to hold our politicians accountable for their illegal actions. Sure, it's just their campaign signs right now, but the idea is to prove that people who stand up can make a real difference.
Please help me viral market this! Forward this to anyone you can, and if I may be so bold as to ask for recommends?