'It’s incredibly dangerous': City council candidate's campaign signs set on fire in South Sacramento

Jessica Mensch reports

HAVE BEEN SET ON FIRE FOX 40'SJESSICA MENSCH A SPOKE TO THECANDIDATE AND HAS MESSAGE FORWHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE.EVERY ELECTION SEASON LEARNOF PEOPLE STEALING GOREVANDALIZING CAMPAIGN SIGNSTHAT TO LIGHT THEM ON FIRE ISDOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

PHILLAWNS ACROSS SACRAMENTO, WHENI SEE THE YARD SIGN I THINKIT'S A REMINDER HOW EXCITEDINACTIVATED THIS COMMUNITY ISTHAT THAT FEELING OFEXCITEMENT IS QUICKLY SHIFTINGTO FEAR FOR CITY COUNCILDISTRICT 8 CANDIDATE.

MY FATE.AFTER LEARNING SOMEONE SETSEVERAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS WITHHER NAME ON THAT ON FIRE THATWERE PLACED OUTSIDE OF HERSUPPORTERS HOMES WHICH ISINCREDIBLY THANKFULLY.

NO ONEWAS WHEN MY TEAM DID ARRIVE,YOU KNOW, WE STILL SNOW THAT.WE SELL SMELL A LIGHTERFLUID EMAILS FROM VOTER STARTCOMING IN WEDNESDAY OF LASTWEEK WHEN NEIGHBORS FOUNDROUGHLY 5 SIGNS BURNED NEARVALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTHSACRAMENTO.

THAT ON TUESDAYEVENING, MORE SIGNS UP INFLAMES IN MEADOW FEW I THINKTHESE TACTICS ARE REALLY MEANTTO INTIMIDATE AND SILENCECANDIDATES, ESPECIALLY WOMAN,A WOMAN OF COLOR.

YOU AND IJUST WANT TO SHARE THAT YOUKNOW WHOEVER IS DOING THIS ATOUR CAMPING WILL BE SILENCEBANKS DISTRICT 8 OPPONENT LESSIMMONS CONDEMNS THEDESTRUCTION WRITING IN ANEMAIL QUOTE, MY CAMPAIGN HASHAD SIGNED JUST ROY AS WELL SOI UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.ALL SAY NOW WHAT I SAID THENIT'S WRONG TO DESTROYPROPERTY, INCLUDING CAMPAIGNSITES.

BOTH CANDIDATES AREHOPING THIS IS THE LAST WE'LLSEE OF SINE INCINERATION SOTHEY CAN GET BACK TO THEISSUES BURN YARD SIGNS CANNOTCOMPARE TO THE FACT THAT OURFAMILIES ARE STILL STRUGGLINGTO PAY RENT THAT WE'RE IN THEMIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC SOWE GOT US TO FOCUS ON THEISSUE SACRAMENTO.

POLICE SAYWHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE COULDFACE ARSON AND VANDALISMCHARGES IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO.