Young Boozer campaign signs become collectable for 'certain demographic'

The election is over and Young Boozer III, a retired Republican banker from Montgomery has won. So when it came to remove all those thousands of Young Boozer signs across the state to keep them from becoming roadside litter, you'd think his campaign workers would have a bit of an easy time of it.

Glenda Allred, Boozer's campaign manager, said that's not necessarily the case. "There are lots of signs still out," Allred said. "That (people appropriating them from the roadside) seemed to be something that happened moreso leading up to the primary. As time went along, that stopped."



Allred said the campaign also used a tactic that campaign officials hope would stop some of the sign-stealing: They tried to place many of them on the private property of supporters. That said, the signs still have had a commemorative and, for some, decorative value. "If you're talking about a certain demographic wanting the signs for themselves, yes, we've dealt with that," Allred said.

That "certain demographic" tends to be college students who want the signs to display over their dormitory or frat house bars. Boozer's father, sadly wasn't named Old Boozer, but rather Young Boozer Jr., who was a star football player at the University of Alabama.