These two assholes grabbed a 40ft ladder to screw in a giant, reinforced, and booby trapped(?) trump sign to a utility pole above the magnolia bridge. Few other people have added signs since. A week later and it's still to despite being reported to SCL and SDOT. The orange cylinder has two 30ft wires running down to the ground; looks like a modified battery powered siren of some sort.
Reminder: posting signs on utility poles is illegal. It's also extremely obnoxious.
Appropriate.
Indeed
I’m kinda wondering if that was their point. It’s so subtle though, it’d go right over Trumper heads.
You wish, wait until November.
What would your response be if Trump did not win?
No, it's owned by a Trumper.
I'm sure it's owned by one who farts.
You’re giving the citizens of enumclaw too much credit, I’m afraid.
The equine town.
R.I.P. Mr. Hands
Rip, Mr hands
Pretty sure the horse beat you to that.
I appreciate what you did there. It would be better still the quotation marks around Mr. Hands.
I knew this was coming
So did he
I also knew this was coming
Oh no
Mr hands died for this
Enumclaw is just in general covered with gross trashy conservative signs.
I know it is but this isn’t one of them. This graffiti is making fun of trump tower
I hope it isn't the Boise Creek convenience store! That place is rad!!
No, it’s not. It’s some abandoned building that looks like it was built out of plywood a thousand years ago
You're talking about the building out to Wabash. I think.
Maybe? I forget exactly where it is
Some irony here, considering that Reichert seems to insist he will not hitch his wagon to trump.
Why not? They both belong to the same sewer system, may as well stick together.
Two peas in a fraud.
Didn’t he drop out anyways?
He dropped out of being endorsed by the WA GOP convention, but he’s still running.
Ohhh ok. Thanks for clarifying.
What about just spray painted it black? With a spray paint extension pole.
or a paintball gun 🤣
Paintball doesn’t really splatter like that. Would take 1000s of shots.
A fun day of target practice! 😂
Came here to say this
Don’t extend a pole from the ground towards electricity
not without first wrapping it in protective aluminum foil
Just be sure to use a carbon fiber pole because insulated 🤣
Fortunately, that’s not an electricity distribution pole.
There's nothing on that pole except communication lines.
Just put a Trump Lost LOL sign under it and call it even.
That orange thing isn't a booby-trap, it's an LED road flare:
I think it is funny that they reused an old trump pence 2020 sigh and painted over pence and put in the 2024 with tape. It doesn't belong but they couldn't even be bothered to get a new sign.
No money after buying shoes, bibles and nft 
I love that it says keep America great when trump isn’t the current president lol
That was his 2020 slogan. I'm not sure if it's official, but his claimed '24 slogan was "Make America Great Again Again," saying he already did it and then Biden ruined it. LOL, that from the guy who signed less bills into law than any other President and played over twice as much golf as Obama, the guy he criticised for playing golf too often.
I'll bet they're not even from the area. Probably drove in from whatever rural town just to "own the libs". 🙄
I remember driving through Camano Island and I saw a "DeSantis for president" yard sign. A long way from home brother.
I bought some golf clubs on fb marketplace from a guy on Camano that was a Florida snowbird. It was his wife’s spare set at the Camano house and they were moving back to Florida.
Holy shit I live in Stanwood and I'm on Camano all the time. Pretty sure I've seen that same sign, on East Camano Drive. I've thought about throwing rocks but I maintain my composure.
Had a neighbor in Ballard with a DeSantis for president flag up a few years ago. It wasn't even some old person in a single family home out in the neighborhoods. It was on the top of a brand new townhouse right in the heart of Ballard.
There's a house near Duvall's town area with a gigantic sign on their fence reading "Trump 2024 - Fuck your feelings!" Charming.
I think you’d be surprised to see how many Trump supporters there are in Seattle. They’re just usually not as blatant as you get from areas like Yakima, Spokane, Ellensburg, Wenatchee, Gleed, Sunnyside, Orting, Glendale, Puyallup, Graham, or anywhere outside of Seattle.
Wrong. Seattle has only 5% registered Republicans
Am I reading this wrong? Under party affiliation says 31% Republican/lean Republican, but I don’t see percent registered
We have open primaries (previously caucuses), so party registration is largely unnecessary.
That same site claims 37% of Seatteites identify Republican, compared to 44% who identify Democrat. I don't know where they are getting 5%.
You should be very careful with your usage of "Seattlite" here... The 4 million in the Seattle metro statistical area (what Pew surveyed) vs the ~750k in Seattle proper are not the same population. Only about 20% say they are or lean Republican in King or Snohomish. I can imagine it's even less for Seattle alone, based on the per neighborhood voting results I have seen from past national elections but can't seem to find at the moment
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/data-shows-seattle-area-is-more-liberal-than-ever/
I'm not in the position of defining the term. We're just discussing the data shared by /u/TommyROAR.
Yes, the 5% is obviously wrong, but if you're offering a correction it's useful to be precise yourself. That's my only point here. :) (Tommy also should have been more precise but it seemed pointless to offer correction to them on the nuances of what location they're talking about when they also messed up conveying the statistics...)
I doubt most in Olympia, our state capital, would consider themselves Seattlites and yet they were included as part of the SMSA in the study. Same with Bonny Lake, Bremerton, Gig Harbor, etc. Unless you're introducing yourself to someone from a other country, you probably just say Washington State and not Seattle, right? (At least, in my grad school class, we had a guy from one of the cities above who introduced himself from that city rather than "Seattle" even though obviously none of the rest of us I've heard of it at that point.)
there’s literally trump signs in this neighborhood, it is Magnolia after all.
even saw a confederate flag flying in blue ridge a while back
Can you direct me to the data section that has that figure? Love pew, can't find the figure you're citing at this link though. RLS is also pretty old (2007 & 2014)
They could easily be from the area. There's a house off Roxbury in white center that has a big Trump billboard posted up.
Unfortunately Magnolia has plenty of their own Trump & Reichert supporters—no need to import them. This pole in particular has had Trump & other GOP candidates (Tiffany Smiley) signs put up in this exact spot before.
Why is it unfortunate that people share different views than you?
This isn't like opting between pancakes and waffles.
Is that what they said or are you trying to pick fights?
Hint: it’s not the sharing of different views than me that’s the unfortunate part
More than certainly. Too bad you can't look up zip codes from license plates
Does this still need to be taken down? I've got access to a bucket truck.
What kind of hardware is that? Just some basic screws? A few of those look like rivets.
Edit: That was quick. Within 2 minutes I've got a downvote, looks like the culprit's in the comments fuming. haha I'll do this for free.
Edit 2: Several days later, I have been told by my company that because of the company logos on the truck, we can not go out and do something high profile like that under any circumstances. Sorry guys, as much as I hate Trump I need to keep my job.
I think it's all Phillips but hard to tell. Happy to walk over and help.
We bought a house full of projects that the previous owners used every kind of screw - for the same project. Phillips. Flat head. Star. Allen screw. Square head screws. Along with some (I don’t know the name of) that required a wrench. Someone told me they were trying to slow thieves down. Do with that information what you will.
Like they screwed down shelves with all different screws? Or like furniture? Confused lol
There was a lot of “decorative” elements outside and shelving in the garage/shed. Taking down light fixture? Prepare for battle. 🥴🥊 lots of fun “surprises.”
Bring a Sawzall up w you
I mean it's risky already that close to power, I'd rather just unscrew it real quick than have to cut anything down.
It’s not a power line pole. It just has a street light, and the line connecting it is usually protected by metal conduit.
There's no power, that's communication.
Here's some closer photos. Looks like Phillips:
Phillips screw head in the sign?
Yes. All the screws holding the sign up appear to have a Phillips head (zoom in on pictures)
I see now lol I was zooming in on the wrong picture and wondering how the heck you were able to see it
It's at Smith Cove Park. My vote: turn the Trump sign upside-down, reattach it. Flip the Reichert sign backwards and paint "Oops!" on it.
Paintball gun...
Makes me wanna invest in one of those "anti-graffiti drones" that has a mounted spray paint dispenser.
Paintball gun
Would love to see that in action
Regardless of the extremely asshole way they put up the sign. I have always hated political signs like this. You aren't changing anybody's mind with these signs. I've never understood the political strategy. Like what is the point of these signs? What are they intended to do? Whose mines are they supposed to change? It just seems like a waste of campaign resources every time I see these signs.
If people don't know or care about the candidates they actually are more likely to vote for whoever's name they're more familiar with/see more often. Though this is more relevant with local elections, most people are more aware of presidential candidates.
Can't help but feel like it's an "own the libs" kind of thing.
Yup, and as usual, it's utterly pitiful.
I think propaganda is much different than political signs. I mean even political commercials at least convey some sort of information. Whether that information is presented in an honest manner is debatable. But my point is all these signs are an announcement of who that person is voting for. It doesn't do anything to convince somebody why they should vote for that person it's usually just their name and the year that they're running. People put them in their lawns as a declaration of support but it does nothing and it's such a waste of time and energy and I never will understand it.
It's sponsored littering. I live on the Eastside in Redmond. Our city council approved to transfer city property to a non-profit to build a 100-unit apartment building for people exiting homelessness. NIMBYs weren't paying attention when the city civil approved it so now they're trying to get a pressure campaign for the council to reverse their decision. They've been putting up signs claiming it's an "overnight homeless shelter", it's not. They claim it's "free drug use" implying it's a safe injection site, it's not. In fact the non-profits roles explicitly exclude people with a history of addiction but then if they allowed recovering addicts, giving someone stable housing is a pretty good way to help them in their recovery. They also claim it's decreasing safety and security even though housing people is literally a way to increase safety and security. They also said sex offenders are allowed. You guessed it also not true. Also against the non-profits' rules.
They also have flyers say "disabled (including mental illnesses)" people will be allowed in the project. This part is true but is a selling point to anyone with a basic sense of compassion for fellow human beings and isn't an outright ablist asshole.
It’s not about the campaign; it’s small minded bigots trying to ruffle feathers because they’re unhappy AND stupid, that’s it.
it's the same thing as protestors blocking the airport... the goal isnt to change your mind, it was to inconvience a shit ton of people and stir the pot.
the goal is disruption... to get you talking about it, get supporters to feel embolden enough to do something, to get activist to go out and waste time removing it... etc.
its akin to shaking a piggy bank... you're not actually hoping coins will fall back out the skinny slot on top. you're testing to see weaknesses and/or get a peak at the underside so you can take that knowledge and formulate a more succesful plan.
bottom line, those jokers had nothing else going on and this was the best use of them as a resource. imagine if they employed those two yokels to try and debate folks or give public speeches.
find it, fix it app?
Both I and a friend reported it. Probably the bottom of their priority list.
Report it to PSE, they maintain utility poles: https://www.pse.com/en/construction-services/pole-services
PSE only provides gas in the city limits. Seattle City Light maintains the poles in the city… had to wait for them to fix the collapse on East Marginal to get to work… twice.
Trust me those blue collar guys are all Trumpers they won’t be taking it down
They’re slow
E: Autocorrect
Where?
Where slow?
It’ll take a couple of weeks usually
Orange thing is a light not a siren.
The shoddy, lazy workmanship is really no surprise.
Came here to post this.
Link, for the curious: https://www.associatedfiresafety.com/products/copy-of-clearance-cone-top-adapter
I was still finding Bush/Cheney 2000 stuff high up on streets in the city high up on poles and such in sticker form until like, 2018 if it was high up enough. Mostly stickers, but still.
When I was a landscaper in 2016/2017 lots of neighbors would ask us to remove old political signage all over. There are many far right wing people in seattle, but they know how much they can say and get away with. I was approached in the past by a neonazi type while doing some work on his property in greenwood.
And lots of them tend to be like, blood and soil types. So please be careful when removing any right wing signage. You just never know
Balloon full of pink paint will fix that.
I have a telescoping pole and a paint roller with a metric ton of white flat ceiling paint I would be happy to contribute to the cause. Work smarter, not harder. 🤣🤣🤣
That would take care of the problem until SDot can take it down safely. Regular peeps should steer clear of utility poles in my humble opinion.
Sure are a lot of MAGA in the comments saying it's actually good and proper to vote for rapists and con men.
Glad to see the mind virus finally got to Washington, even more glad their idiot votes don't matter here.
Spray paint canister/ water gun with paint would easily nullify at a safe distance
The taped 2024 underneath is killing me
I've seen these maneuvers over the last several election cycles, in Leschi/Mt Baker. Campaign signs posted way high up, hammered in like they're meant to be permanent. I think it's a professional outfit or organization doing this. My theory is they're not from the neighborhood, and are getting paid. Every one of these signs (aggressively illegally posted) I've seen has been right wing, or when there's no right winger, the Amazon-backed "moderate." Watch for more of this action... it would be sweet to shut them down this season.
Paintball gun & good aim should cover it 😉
I have 0/2
Maybe Reichert will get it down. He hates Trump.
Bet you dollars to donuts Reichert will still vote for Trump without hesitation.
Paintball target.
Not that I agree with posting a sign obnoxiously high so it cannot be removed, but doesn't section 4.3.1 on that regulation specifically allow posting signs on utility poles that are in a planting strip? Maybe there's some other context in this regulation I'm missing because I didn't look it up beyond looking at your screenshot
I was down voted so it will never be seen but I pointed out that this law was extremely outdated and repealed. SMC 15.48.105 allows signs on utility poles but has other limits this sign violates, specifically the height limit.
The only caveat to that is that it might be in a state right of way. Not sure how you'd know if it is or not.
Fire arrows.
Whats the address? I have gear to climb poles, I'll swing by this weekend if I have time.
Smith Cove Park, 1450 23rd Ave W, Seattle, WA 98199
Paint roller on extension pole would work well too.
Funny how the slogan used to be “make America great” and now is “keep America great” Sounds like Biden made America great or at least kept it that way to me by that logic.
This whole idea of making America great again as a slogan is so dumb it hurts anyway.
They used a sign from the last election when he was running against Biden the first time as evidenced by the fact that they stuck something over the year and wrote 2024
Edited to add: just looked it up and he is back to “Make” again for 2024
Local news. They love this stuff and it usually shames the city into fixing it.
Local news would get it shown on TV. We don't want that. The MAGAts would go apeshit.
Is it perfect self awareness or a complete lack of it that causes a MAGA idiot to blatantly break elections law?
Anyone got a paintball gun?
Just saw the protruding sides off with a pole saw.
Or just saw off the T and leave "rump"
“Rum” has my vote!
This is what paintball guns are made for
Traitors hanged this sign.
Copying third world practices.. littering streets with political propaganda.. also if America is already great “keep America great” why change it to Trump? lol
Let’s go take it down guys?
Just jogged by and someone spray painted it gray 😅 Thank you anonymous patriot 🫡 Judkins park is traitor free once again.
That's how you get votes--Being the most belligerent asshole you can be!
(sad that unfortunately this seems to be largely true).
Paintball gun. Problem solved! Works for Nazi symbols too!
And tagging nazis as well..
While you’re at it, rip down that Mark Mullet sign too
I wondered who did this as I go by this every day.
Of course it’s Magnolia. Old bigot money.
That’s a very outdated stereotype.
No it is not.
Is too.
Nuh uh!
Yuh huuuH
Ok, you two, don't make me pull this car over!! 🤣
I mean, that's technically vandalism, so the city should take care of it if it's reported
So it’s not illegal. If you look at the last image you’ll see paragraph 4.3.1
This sign looks like it meets the requirements to be there.
So if it’s legal, there’s nothing stopping others in the neighborhood from putting up their own signs right next to it or even over the top of it?
Absolutely they can stick up their own sign.
Let the city deal with it...why would you even care? Just report it.
Meh. More stupid political signs. Tis the season. Someone will tear them down.
Not a fan of either.
I wish campaign signage on public roads was unlawful. If you want to put up something in your private property knock yourself out.
Is it not?
A couple big rocks will destroy the sign.🤷
Sawzall should do the trick…
Paintball gun can take care of that till its torn down.
Report it on the Find it fix it app
Leave it up there - great reminder of who Dave Reichert associates with, despite the “moderate” claims
A paintball gun could solve the problem perhaps. At least obscure it. Extra points if you use orange paint balls.
Spray paint on a stick
Water balloon filled with paint.
Shoot it
How to safely climb a power pole - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkJ6ujLyFBo
I have a paintball gun. Will that work?
Its just a sign who gives a shit, people are too attached to politics
It’s a fucking eyesore. If it was advertising double mint gum I’d want it down too. Same goes for Biden.
The only sane person in the comments. These signs (or their removal) isn't going to swing washington state, so why would anyone give a fuck. Go have a beer with friends and forget about it
Are we not making America great again anymore??
Was it not great his previous term?
Call the utility or city they will gladly remove unpermitted signs.
I did and hope everyone else does too. Maybe being flooded with 100 complaints will actually get someone out here.
Word. Keep fighting the good fight.
To the dork with the tarp. Take a lesson from Shia LeBouf. You will just make more signs.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/trolls-protest-shia-labeoufs-anti-trump-protest-art
Where is this
jus leave it you no you want daddy trump back
You understand that people are not going to vote for Trump just because they see this? People’s minds are made up, just like yours is. Don’t let it steal your peace.
I love how everyone is so upset over a dumb sign that does nothing. People are gonna vote for who've they're gonna vote for. You think that tiny sign is going to change anything? They're trolling you and it's quite effective
That’s illegal as hell of course. Sigh.
If you have one of those pole extenders that are for trimming tree branches you might be able to just cut it up
That pole might not belong to Seattle. If the wires are for cable or telephony and not SCL power, those companies would be the responsible parties to contact.
Just shoot some paint at it. It’ll brighten up everyone’s day
Take down the Biden one too.
If that actually existed, I would totally agree.
If it was a Biden Harris sign you'd have taken a picture with a "❤️" as the caption.
Conservatives seem to think they have the ability to read other people's minds. But actually it's just projection.
Out on the road to Enumclaw there’s this nasty broken down abandoned gas station that someone spray painted “trump tower” on