Consider yourself warned, Kansas House candidate Brian E. Davis: If you don�t retrieve your political yard sign from Linda Law�s lawn after the election cycle, it probably will be repurposed as a garage sale sign.



Law�s residence on Hutchinson�s busy 17th Avenue makes it ideal for candidate yard signs. In this case, she said, Hutchinson Democrat Davis asked her and she said yes. In other years, some candidates have simply planted signs in her yard without asking. Those signs have been removed and turned into garage sale signs for Law or her friends. For candidates she supports, their signs stay up but if not collected after the election, they are covered and used to advertise a garage sale.



The season for political yard signs has begun in Hutchinson, where signs are permitted 30 days before an election. The primary is Aug. 5.



According to Hutchinson zoning regulations:



Only four political signs are allowed per zoning lot at any one time. Political signs may not exceed six square feet in any residential district and 32 square feet in any other district. Political signs may be posted on private property only, and should be placed between the sidewalk and the house.



In Newton, Kansas House Rep. Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, wrote on Facebook this week that apparently someone has started �a Marc Rhoades sign collection,� based on the number of Rhoades signs that had to be replaced. Rhoades is running against Barbara Bunting, R-Newton, and there are missing signs for that campaign, too.



Newton Police Lt. Scott Powell said no one had contacted the department about stolen yard signs. There were no reports of stolen campaign signs on the Hutchinson Police Department bulletin, either.