Most of y’all know TexasEllen.  She was the first customer at the beauty salon and kept us up and going for several years.

Her son Doug made major headlines in Texas yesterday.  He did a good thing.  Doug caught a thieving Obama sign taker.

I’ll let Ellen tell it.

It all happened before Doug could install the infrared game camera. After several rounds of sign stealing, son Doug and his neighbors had had enough. Doug parked himself behind a bush with a camera, a camcorder, and an iPhone. In about twenty minutes along came a guy, a lady and a dog. Camcorder turned on. The guy pulled up the sign and Doug dialed 911, then confronted him. The neighbor whose yard had housed the sign also appeared. It took a little while for the Sheriff’s deputies to arrive but the complete conversation was recorded on both the camcorder and the 911 tape. Still photos also taken of perp with damaged signs in hand. Ticket issued for Class 3 misdemeanor which means Jason Koble gets to go to court and fight this or pay $50.

This became a big story in Texas.  Click here, here, here for video, and here.

And if you want your own good looking yardsign like that, here ya go.

Thank you Doug (who looks like his Daddy John) and Ellen.