Oh

where, oh where have my campaign signs gone? Oh

where, oh where can they be?

That's

what Don Apking, candidate for Fayette County

Board of Education Post 2 would like to know.

Apking

said Monday that about 125 signs have disappeared

from around the county, mostly those erected

among clusters of candidates posters. "About

80 percent of my signs are gone," Apking

said.

In

addition to the cardboard advertisements, Apking

also had the magnetic sign attached to his car

taken about four weeks ago.

Apking

said he has reported the incidents to Steve

Harris, state court solicitor. The estimated

value of the stolen signs is about $3 apiece,

plus $50 for the magnetic signs.

Apking

admitted that sign theft happens every election,

but finds it aggravating that he's the target

this time around.

His

signs just went up in Peachtree City this weekend

and none have been noticed missing yet. Today, he

will post them in Tyrone, the first day the town

allows political advertising.

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