DON’T STEAL OUR OBAMA SIGN (again)!

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THEFTS OF CAMPAIGN SIGNS spread from Logan and other communities out into the countryside this weekend, as the “Obama-Biden for Change” lawn sign posted outside the rural Petersboro home of Brenda Cooper and Ted Pease disappeared on Saturday. The political sign had survived undisturbed for several weeks, but vanished sometime Saturday afternoon. “Brazen!” Cooper said. “They stole it while we were at home.” So the JCOM professor couple replaced their official campaign sign with a hand-lettered version reading, “Don’t Steal Our OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT Sign!!” Residents across Utah have complained about the thefts, but Pease said he was surprised that “anti-Obama forces” had ventured to Petersboro, a sparsely populated part of the county 10 miles across Cache Valley from Logan. “I'm not sure what motivates people to steal political lawn signs,” he said. “It's not like we won’t vote our conscience if we lose our sign. It’s a pretty minor thing, but it’s mean-spirited. It does give you a sense of being targeted, or violated somehow.” Added Cooper, “Maybe they think lawn signs are particularly effective at swaying the Undecideds.” As Election Day approaches, polls show Obama-Biden well ahead of the GOP ticket, although McCain-Palin are expected to win easily in Utah, the reddest of the "red states.”