It appears that politics in the town of Paris has sunk to a new low.

On May 24, Ray Glover and Lloyd “Skip” Herrick spent an afternoon placing signs advertising their campaigns for re-election and election, respectively, to the Paris Board of Selectmen. Those signs were carefully placed within the road limits of the town, and avoided private property unless permission had been granted.

Those signs were purchased by the candidates themselves, at considerable cost.

Imagine their dismay and disappointment when, in two short days, multiple signs were missing, thrown in the woods or otherwise vandalized.

While no allegations are being made as to the perpetrators, it is a sad day for the town when campaigns cannot be run fairly and without foul play.

While the candidates would discount the act as the “price of politics in a small town,” I consider it as an act of vandalism, criminal mischief and theft.

I thank those citizens who reported the vandalism and to those who moved the signs to their personal property where they could monitor unwanted activity.

It is comforting to know that good and moral people are still making their voices heard.

Darlene H. Glover, South Paris