I heard somewhere that Cherokee County politics is some of the dirtiest in north GA.

But I don't believe that.

The toilet paper is usually a separate acknowledgement by teenagers of a rising H.S. senior in the Household and is mutually exclusive of the signage issue. From what I have seen in that area, there are several HH's who are exhibiting Cromer signs and have been for weeks. While annoying, the final selection will be based upon who shows up at the voting booths via absentee voting/ early voting which starts July 9th at the Board of Elections or on July 31st.

Interestingly, it isn't mentioned that Ms. Marlow's next door neighbor, and her neighbor across the street had their Kyla Cromer signs "stolen" and placed in said yard. The Marlow camp has put an interesting spin on this incident.

That is true, Christine, although there were quite a few Cromer signs including on both sides of where Marlow lives and across the street and down the block. Juvenile behavior on the part of adults.

MAN!!!! it used to be a blast rolling yards.

Wasting toilet paper by hanging it from trees isn't very green.

Turn in TP artists.......save a tree !!!!

Well Kyla certainly showed her qualifications for school board last nite at the debate. She really knows the issues. Kelly didnt display any knowledge or qualifications that would make her a good school board member imo. Of course you dont have to be qualified. You just have to get the most votes.

Scott, I was there last night to find out which candidate I will support. I went in neutral and Ms. Cromer does not know the issues, she appears to be a pawn for Janet Read. Ms. Marlow made some very good points and I was very impressed with her personal strength that far exceed Ms. Cromer. I will support Kelly Marlow and I now understand why folks in this county support a charter school. I don't want my pre-schooler educated in such a narrow minded county system.

I've watched these episodes from afar - usually follows anyone who opposes the current school board Regime in most Counties across the fruited plain. Isolated episode or coincidence?

Well it is clear who Scott supports and who Elizabeth supports. There is something to be said for the premise of "The Voice" where team leaders are turned around and are forced to LISTEN, rather than see. I know both women and there was a significant difference in terms of DETAILS vs. presentation. Kyla is nobody's pawn, and it was quite clear when you see the signage around town, that it falls pretty clearly in two different camps. e.g., Kelly=Danny Dukes= Chip vs. Kyla=Janet=Brandon. Of course it also helps to be an educated voter on the issues.

I live across the street from Kelly Marlow. My Kyla Cromer signs were taken on Sat night, as well as those of my neighbor. I find it very interesting that only ours disappeared.

Furthermore, why would a Kyla supporter want to remove the signs closest to her opponent's house? Does that make sense? Of course it doesn't!

I am the homeowner and would really love to move on from all of this nonsense. It wasn't politically motivated at all. Just some friends having a little late night fun at our expense. When cleaning up, we saved the signs and gave them back to Kelly to return to their rightful owners. It hate it that this has gotten so blown out of proportion. The picture that was posted here originally was mine that I put on Facebook because I thought it was funny. I had no idea that it would be taken without my knowledge and our feelings on the incident so misconstrued. I do understand that candidates signs may be getting stolen maliciously, but that was not the case here, which is why we saved them to give back. I can't say it enough, there was absolutely no malicious intent behind this.

Neither of us got our signs back. We had to get new ones.

If these were your friends, and it was all in fun, I am curious why they by-passed all the other signs in the neighborhood and went out of their way to steal ours?

It was not convenient. No one around me wax rolled, so they had to go out of their way to steal the ones next door to Kelly. Why don't you stop being so rude!

Folks just need to play nice and support their Candidate of choice. I can find no good outcome to the constant sign spankings, verbal barbs after debates or hissing, there in. If ideas are the Mother of invention that lead to positive measurable changes then, it is change itself that receives opposition . You would think though, when it comes to our children we could all work together in the best interest of our Community for the long haul. Obviously being "antiquate and meeting those Georgia standards" is not good enough for quite a few. To me, some folks running for School Board want to be part of the solution by sticking their necks out while promoting bold ideas; others want to continue more of the same. That is why we campaign - it is our right. The rest of it is nothing more than Sophomoric activity. Let's all be adults here.

The affected homeowner is not my neighbor, that's why I am curious about all of this. You cannot possibly believe it is a councidemce they targeted the two neighbors of Kelly when they would have passed a dozen homes with signs to get to ours.

I am your neighbor and live just a few doors down. As Elizabeth stated, it was simply convenience in some childish behavior. I'm sorry you didn't get your signs back. I gave them to Kelly yesterday to return. I'm happy to talk more with you about this, but would rather not do it through the comments section of this article.

I would love to. Obviously, you know who I am, and I don't know you, so if you could stop by and discuss, that would be great. I also think you guys owe Kyla an apology for this inflammatory story.

Well it wasn't funny, and your response speaks volumes. If they were not returned to the homeowners by Kelly or her friends, hmm, what does that say?

Trust me. The debate was clear TKO for Kyla. Kelly did not have a grasp of any issues re: education. She only had an adversarial attitude about Dr P and the administration. She says she will cut the admin costs. Kyla noted that our admin costs are some of the lowest in Ga. Kelly said she wouldnt have approved of the list of cap improvements in the Ed Splost. Kyla discussed the whys and wherefores on each of Kelly's items. I know when people have winning and losing arguments. If you were there and think Kelly displayed more credentials and knowledge than Kyla then you were standing in the rain and not paying attention. And can you name any qualifications that Kelly has? I didnt hear of any from her.

So are you concerned that this story we are commenting on is not true and that the homeowner was never upset about the "vandalism?". The comment that they were upset was not true. Why was this lie perpetuated? We should realize we can disagree on the issue without resorting to lies and trying to slander the opponent.

Dear Elizabeth. You still havent mentioned any qualifications. Or anything Kelly said that showed her knowledge of the issues. And BTW I didnt say I was an expert nor do I have any idea why you are mentioning the Constitution... I did not say you are not entitled to your opinion either. And I was sitting right behind Ms Read and didnt see any looks... so please dont make stuff up.

Georgette T--I spoke with Rebekah this afternoon. She is a nice person who did not have anything to do with telling this story. She does not deserve to be insulted. I would also have found the same prank funny had it been done to me by my friends. She was very kind and horrified that the story had been manipulated like this.

I agree with all you have said about Kyla, but this story is about a homeowner supposedly vandalized by signs taken from my yard. Yes, it was silly, but I truly believe now that it was not done maliciously. What is troubling is that Kelly Marlow knew the homeowners knew who it was and were not upset, yet she emailed the editor of the patch saying that they were. That is an outright lie. I do wonder where my signs are.....in Kelly's garage or her garbage??

lets roll some yards!!!!!

Lifelong resident--I like your sense of humor. I'm in!

Lets all be real, stealing signs from each other, insulting the opposition, doing anything other than exercising your right to vote, or supporting your candidate- without tearing down the other person's character..is a waste of time. Set a good example to your children by acting with integrity. I can state the reasons I am voting for one candidate over another,without slander. Let's try to rise up to a better level.