Campaign Signs for Elizabeth School Board Defaced With Hate Symbols

By Anna Coon | KDVR Fox31

ELBERT, Colo. (KDVR) — Three candidates for the Elizabeth School Board woke up Tuesday to a disturbing sight: their campaign signs had been vandalized.

David Fletcher, a current school board member and one of the candidates whose sign was defaced, said he wasn’t surprised to see the damage. The signs, which he shares with two other conservative candidates, were all marked with swastikas early Tuesday morning.

“I think that they are just some people that are filled with hate,” Fletcher said. “Who knew I was going to be painted as a Nazi just for running for school board?”

Fletcher says tensions in the local political scene have likely increased due to the district’s ongoing court battle with the ACLU over books it tried to remove from school libraries.

While some may disagree with the policy, Fletcher said hate symbols were an unacceptable response.

“They did this all in the dead of night like the cowards they are,” Fletcher said. “There’s no discourse in that. They didn’t want a discourse anyway.”

While the vandalism was upsetting, Fletcher said his faith in the community was quickly restored when neighbors showed up to help clean the signs.

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