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West Sacramento City Council candidate says child stole campaign yard sign
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Surveillance video shows the moment when someone, who appears to be a child, gets out of a car and steals a political yard sign from someone’s lawn. It happened Friday afternoon in the Brodderick Bryte neighborhood in West Sacramento. The sign was for Emiliano Rosas. He’s a candidate for West Sacramento City Council’s District One seat. “My initial reaction was it was disheartening,” Rosas said. “Given what’s going on in national politics right now, I think it’s unfortunate to see kind of the discord and the vitriol that is going on. That has no place here in Sacramento.”In what is his first campaign for an elected position, he hopes this is a one-off moment and that it can be used to teach a lesson.”Not every little kid knows that it’s a crime, you know, or something that they are going to be doing is a crime,” Rosas said. “I think it definitely is a moment to learn from and to show other people and other kids that it’s not okay to do that.”Rosas’ campaign manager confirmed the homeowner didn’t file a police report for the theft, but he did get a new sign for his yard.As the campaign season ramps up ahead of November, Rosas said he expects more yard signs to be going up. He hopes people learn to leave them alone.Rosas is running against current West Sacramento City Council member Norma Alcala. KCRA 3 reached out to her campaign for a comment on the theft. We haven’t heard back yet.
Surveillance video shows the moment when someone, who appears to be a child, gets out of a car and steals a political yard sign from someone’s lawn. It happened Friday afternoon in the Brodderick Bryte neighborhood in West Sacramento.
The sign was for Emiliano Rosas. He’s a candidate for West Sacramento City Council’s District One seat.
“My initial reaction was it was disheartening,” Rosas said. “Given what’s going on in national politics right now, I think it’s unfortunate to see kind of the discord and the vitriol that is going on. That has no place here in Sacramento.”
In what is his first campaign for an elected position, he hopes this is a one-off moment and that it can be used to teach a lesson.
“Not every little kid knows that it’s a crime, you know, or something that they are going to be doing is a crime,” Rosas said. “I think it definitely is a moment to learn from and to show other people and other kids that it’s not okay to do that.”
Rosas’ campaign manager confirmed the homeowner didn’t file a police report for the theft, but he did get a new sign for his yard.
As the campaign season ramps up ahead of November, Rosas said he expects more yard signs to be going up. He hopes people learn to leave them alone.
Rosas is running against current West Sacramento City Council member Norma Alcala. KCRA 3 reached out to her campaign for a comment on the theft. We haven’t heard back yet.
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