I actually think this is pretty funny. I’m tempted to get a t-shirt printed up that says “homophobes stole my mailbox.”
Nonetheless… On Monday, someone came into our yard, knocked over our “No on 36” sign, and stole our mailbox (with Monday’s mail inside it).
I doubt this was just random vandelism; Oregon mailed out voter ballots last week (Oregon does the vote entirely by mail), and a huge number of Oregonians got their ballots on Monday. So I think someone grabbed our mailbox and ran hoping that they’d get our ballots and thus keep us from voting agianst measure 36.
As it happens, we got our ballots on Saturday. But I doubt I’m the only voter this has happened to. If you’re a registered Oregon voter, have a “no on 36” sign and haven’t yet received your ballot, it’s possible that your ballot has been stolen by some jerky “yes on 36” person. Wait a few days, and if you still haven’t received it, call your county election office and ask for a replacement ballot to be sent.
(Actually, all registered Oregon voters should do that if they haven’t received a ballot by early next week, regardless of if you have a “no on 36” sign up or not.)
Barry, if anyone in your household had outgoing checks in the mail, they need to contact their bank ASAP. Saturday if possible, Monday if not.
We had checks stolen recently and thanks to Tam’s insistence that we call the bank (over my “oh, it’s no big deal”) we didn’t get stuck for the $5000 the thieves spent at Soundtrack after printing up fake checks with our account information on them.
The sooner you call the bank/credit card companies, the better your case when you say “uh unh, that wasn’t me spending $2000 on lap dances at Private Pleasures”.
You mean checks from us going to other people? Fortunately, we didn’t have any of those. We do all of our bill-paying online.
Good idea. I used to work in a bank, and the second biggest source of fraudulent checks was those that were stolen from mailboxes in outgoing bills. I always put my mailed checks in the big post office box.
Stealing someone’s mail is a federal felony. I hope you’ve been in touch with local law enforcement about this!
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