Two Leading District 4 Candidates Spar Over Campaign Sign Placement Near Bus Stop
At a City Council candidate ice cream social event last Monday evening at the Hillsdale Food Carts in Southwest Portland, a campaign manager for one District 4 candidate delivered the yard sign of another candidate to her while she sat at a picnic table.
Olivia Clark, the recipient of the sign, says Jonathan Pulvers, the campaign manager of Chad Lykins, approached her with her yard sign and told her it had been illegally placed near a bus stop. (Candidate lawn signs cannot be placed in the public-right-of-way, near transit stops, on sidewalks or near building exits; they can only be placed on privately-owned property.)
“I was just in shock when he handed me my lawn sign. I would’ve preferred that if he thought there was a violation of the law, he could’ve contacted me, or I could’ve resolved it,” Clark tells WW. “He implied that if he saw a lawn sign in an illegal spot, he’d pull it up again. I thought, what are you, the lawn sign police?”
Clark said Pulvers’ tone left her feeling “intimidated.” (Another District 4 candidate, Eric Zimmerman, witnessed the interaction and corroborated Clark’s telling of events.)
https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2024/09/27/two-leading-district-4-candidates-spar-over-campaign-sign-placement-near-bus-stop/