Campaignsigns

We’re halfway through my reviews of 2018 campaign signs in Howard County.

I continue my look at 2018 campaign signs in Howard County.

I take a look at 2018 campaign signs in Howard County.

The Maryland 2014 primaries are now over, and it’s time for me to wrap up and name some final winners. I’ve had a busy past few weeks with a dozen posts critiquing more than six dozen signs (plus one car magnet). In case you want to revisit signs in any of the primary races, here’s the complete list of posts (rearranged from the order in which I posted them): Howard County County Executive Council District 1 Sheriff State’s Attorney Judge of the Orphans’ Court Board of Education Maryland State Senate District 9 Districts 12 and 13 Maryland House of Delegates District 9A District 9B District 12 District 13 Note that I’ve updated the Board of Education and House of Delegates District 12 posts to add pictures of signs for Allen Dyer and Eric Ebersole respectively. ...

Today is primary day, and the day I cover the last of the local campaign signs, this time for Howard County Executive candidates Allan Kittleman and Courtney Watson (both of whom happen to be unopposed in the primaries). Here are the signs, in alphabetical order by candidate, along with my comments, according to the criteria I’ve previously discussed. I’ve previously written about the problems inherent in using all four colors of the Maryland flag in a single sign. This sign handles those problems as well as they can be handled, mainly by avoiding the red text on yellow background found in signs from Trent Kittleman, Frank Mirabile, and others. Instead this sign carefully restricts itself to the exact color juxtapositions found the Maryland flag: black with yellow, and red with white. More specifically, it restricts itself to what I think are the best color combinations: black text on a yellow background and white text on a red background. ...