'Yes on T' Campaign: Our Signs Were Taken Too

Sign-swiping may just be a part of American politics. 

The "Vote Yes on Measure T: Jobs & Public Safety" committee said Friday that upwards of 30 campaign signs have been stolen during the spring election season. 

"A bunch of signs have been stolen from us," said "Yes on T" organizer Isaac Rodriguez. "Every time we would put up a sign in front of a yard, it would be gone."

Rodriguez made the thefts public a day after the "No on T" camp cried foul about dozens of their signs being taken down. 

Rodriguez estimated his group has lost at least 30 signs in the past two weeks, including two large four-by-four-foot boards. 

Both sides point the finger at the rival group. Rodriguez also said the level of name-calling and personal attacks has ratcheted up in recent days. 

"Every campaign I've worked on, we've had this," he said. 

Measure T is a petition-driven initiative to annex 95 acres of farmland into the city's commercial land reserves.

Proponents say approval is a key first step to bring new retail to Watsonville, which would provide much-needed jobs and sales tax revenue to a city plagued with unemployment and a dire financial outlook. 

The opposition argues the agriculture land already employs people and is too valuable to pave over. 

Mail-in ballots went out in early May. Voters go to the polls Tuesday.