Crazy Maine lady: I would lay down my life for Donald Trump!

[mainer]

A beleaguered code enforcement officer is trying to get a Trump-loving lady to take down her oversize signs. Now he's getting threatening phone calls. (This is just one town away from me):

“I try to go as straight ahead as possible,” Butler said in an interview, one of many he’s given to the media this week. “I look at what the code says and stick to the code and not try to get off on too many tangents.”

Meaning he has no personal or political beef with Susan Reitman, whose home on dead-end Seavey Lane is adorned with two large signs: “I (red, white and blue heart) Donald Trump” and “He Won … Get Over It!”

Butler wants Reitman to take down the signs – but not because they’re too pro-Trump. They’re too big.

The problem is, Reitman’s not budging. “Look, I’m a 75-year-old widow living on a fixed income,” Reitman said in a telephone interview from her home. “There is no way I could ever pay that $100-a-day or that $1,000-a-day fine. He can put a lien on my house – I have two mortgages. He can take my house. He can put me in jail or whatever. To me it’s the principle of the thing, you know?”‘

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/09/22/bill-nemitz-rockland-dispute-is-a-sign-of-the-times/

[TeeYiYi]

1. This thread needs a pic...

TYY

[FiveGoodMen]

10. He had Russia's help, he lost the popular vote, he should never have been considered to begin with

Get over yourself, you evil, deluded piece of shit!

[Agschmid]

13. Those signs are tiny. Good lord, just let her have them.

[TreasonousBastard]

18. Right! I thought it would be billboards set up. Of course I don't agree with the signs, but...

ferchrissakes this is America and you can put up a stupid sign if you want to.

[gratuitous]

20. In the grand scheme of things, I agree

However, the rules of her little corner of the world are the rules. Letting Ms. Reiman's signs remain up means that others will want the same variance and consideration. Others might not be content with just a 2x3 foot sign. Does the code blink at a 2x4 foot sign? What about a 10x20 foot sign?

I know that if the subject of Ms. Reiman's signs was different (say, in favor of tolerance or some liberal value), the response from our good friends on the right would be, "Why does she think she's above the law?", "Lock her up!" or "What part of 'illegal' has her baffled?" I'm in favor of going high when others go low, but in this instance, the very nature of the neighborhood and the features that attracted people to want to move and live there stands to be compromised, and a sign war might well break out.

She can take the down her signs as easily as she put them up.

[mainer]

25. Maine tends to have strict sign ordinances

We don't allow billboards anywhere in the state.

She can replace them with smaller signs, as the code officer pointed out. She's just too tied to her weird Trump worship that she considers the mere request to follow the law as an attack on her hero.

It would be great if everyone on her street posted signs with the suggested alternative: "Elect a Clown, Get a Circus."

[Initech]

24. Sorry lady, I will never, ever get over it!

Will you still tell me to get over it when we all die in a nuclear holocaust?

[samnsara]

2. sounds like its time for assisted care for poor ol woman ;)

[muntrv]

3. Send her a draft notice!

[Motley13]

4. Who's stopping her?

[3catwoman3]

5. I wouldn't lay down a piece of newspaper...

...over a giant pile of dog poop if Trump were about to step in it. Never mind my life.

That woman is fucking nuts!

[MontanaMama]

6. She just may have to do exactly that.

If the ACA is repealed, Ryan and McConnell are coming for her precious Medicare.

[Warpy]

7. Her body type says she's headed for Type II diabetes

so you're right about that.

[kimbutgar]

14. If she is not already diabetic!

I suspect dementia and fox brainwashing steadily for 20 years.

[xxqqqzme]

27. That was my first thought

75? Fixed income? You better be paying attention to your health care instead of signs telling the world how limited you are.

[ellie]

8. The law is for

little people AKA non Trump supporters and Republicans!


/s

[WinkyDink]

9. Please proceed.

[oasis]

11. " Private Property, No trespass" sign on fence. No surprise she's

a Deplorable Trumpoid.

Let the Trumpoid legions pay her fees. A matter of "principle" you know.

[The Genealogist]

19. You damned kids get outta my yard!

[oasis]

21. That's the type. Miserable. I can imagine the hoops her relatives

must jump through as they jockey for their share of the inheritance.

[Turbineguy]

12. Pretty sad really.

On the other hand, maybe it's all part of a cunning plan. "My fuckin' relatives stay away too!"

[Vogon_Glory]

15. Ms. Reitman needs to find a new hero.

At the risk of offending some of DU's irreligious posters, Ms. Reitman can start forming her search parameters for a righteous man by looking through the Book of Proverbs and then contemplating how possible candidates measure up.

If she is fearless and thorough, Donnie won't make the cut.

[maveric]

16. Crazy Lady?

How about Stupid Lady?

[Vinca]

17. I bet she's a willing donor to Don's legal fund, too. The perfect sucker.

[smirkymonkey]

22. What a fucking idiot!

It just amazes me how some people are so loyal to politicians who wouldn't even piss on them if they were on fire. She is a complete nobody to Trump and she worships the ground he walks on.

[spanone]

23. go for it.

[tblue37]

26. Someone should tell her this: "Prove it! Walk the walk, don't just talk the talk! "

[Lint Head]

28. Then go ahead. Lay down your life. All the other deplorables can do the same.

It would "really" make the USA great again. So. Go ahead. I'm sure you'll be remembered.

[no_hypocrisy]

29. And how much do you think Donald Trump would appreciate that gesture

Magda Goebbels?