Saturday sign survey.

Folks, I've been out and about since about 1:00 PM today, when I had some delicious shrimp and vegetables down at Aunt B's. Just as a side note, my anecdotal observations of today and the last couple of weeks tell me that the ladies' business is definitely a bit off between rising food prices and the cost of gasoline. I was commenting to my waitress about how much I liked the limes in the iced tea. She said that they switch back and forth between limes and lemons depending upon the price. A box of lemons that was $110.00 a month ago now commands $40.00! Anyway, back to the the subject at hand - my sign survey. I left Aunt B's about 1:30. I went up Kings Bay Rd. to Hwy 40 , then east on 40 to make the loop through downtown St. Marys. Then I went back west on 40 to Hwy 17, south on 17 to Steffens, where I turned around and went north on 17 to the foot of the bridge at the Satilla River. I then came back down Hwy 17 to Hwy 40, west on 40 to Vacuna Rd, then Vacuna Rd. on back home by way of St. Marys Rd. Now, on that tour, I saw at least 150, if not 200 Bill Smith signs in front of both businesses and homes. In that same distance, I saw, at best, 15 Tommy Gregory signs. About 1/3 of those were on business lots where the business man was covering his bets by having both Gregory and Smith signs. One exception was the two large signs I mentioned the other day in front of the law offices of Morgan and Urquhart. Another third of Tommy's signs were just off the right of way on vacant properties. The final third were all on lawns in all-white neighborhoods. Other than the three Gregory decals on my van, there were no Gregory decals to be seen in Camden County today. I saw some old redneck riding around in a red Jeep festooned with an American flag and a big, strapped-on Bill Smith sign on top. That was in Kingsland at Hwy 17 and Vacuna Rd. Oh, and by the way, one of those old, vacant office suites right next dooor to Century 21 Tri-City Realty in St. Marys now sports a huge banner proclaiming it to be the "Campaign Volunteer Headquarters" for the Bill Smith campaign. There was not a soul there this afternoon. So, the ratio of Smith signs to Gregory signs is AT LEAST 10 to 1. Tommy, I'm sure you read this every day. I know damned well that you have personally put out or given out more than 15 yard signs. I can understand your not wanting to be seen as whining, but if, in fact, Thuggies, with no doubt the full blessing and encouragement of Bill Smith, are stealing your campaign signs at the prodigious rate it would appear that they must be, I think that the voters need to know it. So, tell us, if you will, how may signs you estimate you have either placed or given to people to place since you started. (jaymor@tds.net). Thanks. P.S., I almost forgot: When I passed by Blue's barbecue, the smoker was smoking and there were cars in the lot. Y'all reckon Big Thug has already let "Blue" out on pre-trial, pre-election furloughs!?