Political lesson in Colleyville: ‘Oh baby, you don’t touch other people’s signs’
Some Northeast Tarrant County residents are demanding the resignation of the president of Grapevine-Colleyville school board after her husband cut down a political sign belonging to a candidate for the Colleyville City Council.
Lisa Pardo, who has served on the school board for 14 years, is seeking re-election to Place 4. She is at the center of a political sign controversy that started Friday when her husband tried to help her campaign.
Political signs are typically allowed by a property owner at the corner of Hall-Johnson and Pool Roads in Colleyville, but Pardo said the owner asked her to remove one of two signs because there are so many candidates vying for space.
Pardo said her husband volunteered to take down one of her signs Friday night. When he returned, he told Pardo that Colleyville Mayor Pro Tem Bobby Lindamood also had two signs, so he cut one down for him too.
Pardo responded: “Oh baby, you don’t touch other people’s signs.”
Since then, the sign issue exploded on social media and prompted an online petition demanding that Pardo resign from the school board. The petition had 180 supporters as of 4:30 p.m. The issue also drew protesters to Monday’s school board meeting.
Lindamood, who is seeking re-election to the City Council, said:, “I was very upset and disappointed that my signs were removed and taken down. She should have known better. She should have known that she can’t touch another candidate’s signs.”
Lindamood said he has heard of the petition calling for Pardo’s resignation, is not involved in that effort. “I have no control over what they do,” Lindamood said.
Lindamood said his signs were removed around 10:30 Friday night. He said he had permission from his friend whose family owns Hall’s Pumpkin Farm to post his signs.
Pardo said her husband’s intentions were not malicious.
“My husband is that guy that if it is pouring rain, he will stop and help you at the side of the road,” Pardo said, adding that she apologized to Lindamood as soon as she saw the sign became an issue on social media.
Lindamood said he got a call from Pardo and her husband over the weekend apologizing for what happened. He said he told Colleyville police that his campaign signs were taken down but he did not file a police report.
“I don’t like what happened, but I just have to swallow it,” he said.
Lindamood is seeking re-election May 4 for Place 2 on the City Council against Vanessa Steinkamp. Meanwhile, Pardo is seeking re-election to against Mike McCoy.
Pardo said she is not supporter of Steinkamp and doesn’t believe in endorsing anyone for City Council.
Campaign signs often are stolen, as they were frequently during last year’s heated battle for the U.S. Senate between Democrat Beto O’Rourke and Republican Ted Cruz.
This story was originally published March 26, 2019 at 5:32 PM.
