Free speech has a price this week in Haddonfield. It adds up to the cost of replacing a limited number of lawn signs urging residents to vote no on the $12.5 million referendum on the public purchase of the 19.2-acre Bancroft property on Kings Highway East.
Haddonfield police reported three 'Vote No' lawn signs were stolen Sunday. The incidents occurred in the 100 block of Hawthorne Ave., and two in the 400 block of Estaugh Ave.
The signs were distributed by Haddonfield United, a group opposed to the Bancroft purchase. The group released a statement about the thefts earlier this week.
"Long story short, each theft can have an impact on our small supply and residents’ free speech," the group said. "Whether you’re for or against the purchase of Bancroft, you’re within your right to have an opinion. Do not let what is presumably a small number of bad actors deny you that right."
No arrests have been reported.
.....(the politicians will take care of that).
I'm assuming you remember when a red sign and a green were both on county property. We took ours down while One Haddonfield kept theirs up. We took a picture of it and ran a post that said "Don't post on county property". After you complained we took your picture down and put a pic of OUR sign on the post, which is STILL on the page. Late on a Sunday night I caught your post accusing me of being, among other accusations, an invasive instigator running Haddonfield United by myself to destroy the referendum and posted 3 different links, including One Haddonfield. Since Haddonfield United has former members of the zoning board, planning board, Alfred Driscoll citizen of the year award winners, Doctors, Lawyers, business owners, etc. your charges only make these people angry. Also, since we posted one article about turf problems on our opponents site and it got deleted, which is their right, you don't have much to complain about.