My neighbor burned his yard signs this morning. [View all]

[Savannahmann]

Around the corner from me lives a man enjoying his retirement with his wife. He's 74, and worked for nearly thirty years at a number of Hospitals. He retired as a Chief Administration Officer from a pretty large medical center. Nice guy, his wife loves to cook egg rolls for the wife and me. I've helped them with yard work, and carried a couple loads of trash to the local collection point. We celebrated the Fourth of July with them. We've enjoyed beers together in the evening while we both walk our dogs. In other words, I have more than a passing acquaintance with the man and his wife.

This morning, I walked my dog as usual, and I saw my neighbor burning his yard signs. Signs for Jason Carter, Michelle Nunn, and John Barrow. All three are Democrats by the way. I stopped and spoke with him.

All the excuses don't matter to him. All the explanations don't matter. He is furious that the Government is acting stupidly. He's outraged that the Administration is refusing to take public health protective measure number one and risk lives. This man bought yard signs to support the candidates. He displayed them on a fairly busy road, a main road in this part of the county. Thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands of cars drive by his house every day.

Locals will see his yard signs down. Some may think they were stolen, but most will know what my neighbor did. Word will spread. So how do I handle this? Do I say my neighbor suddenly went Racist? Do I say that the signs were stolen and hope they don't check with the source when he goes to the local store?

We just lost I don't know how many votes. Because our Government won't take the precautions taken by Belize, Mexico, the Ivory Coast, and who knows how many other nations.

You can only come down on the unpopular side of so many issues. We live in a Representative Republic. Our elected leaders were chosen to represent the ideals, the will of the people. If we don't do that, we won't be selected by the people to represent them. Who's fault is that? Is it the fault of the people for losing faith? Is it the fault of the Representatives who failed to represent?

My neighbor didn't mention if he was getting Republican signs, and I was afraid to ask. I am not going to ask him either. But I wouldn't be surprised if I see them, or if I don't. He's really disgusted and disappointed right now. I can tell you this, those candidates won't have signs in his yard again this year.