Letter to The Editor: Election Sign Pollution
On the 20th of September 2026, I wrote and sent this letter to the local Editor of our only print newspaper, the Caledon Citizen. I sent it in response to neighbours complaining about the walls of election signs that were beginning to dominate the Bolton landscape and every highway and byway through town and country in Caledon. Three in particular stood out. An interesting trio of signs from candidates: Mario Russo for Mayor of Caledon, Tony Caputo for Councillor, Ward 5, and most unusual was Cosimo Napoli for Ward 6,
People were asking, “Why is a Ward 6 candidate filling up the landscape with election signs in Ward 5? And why are the very large Russo, Caputo and Napoli signs always grouped together?” Note that signs for Tony Rosa would have joined that trio had he not been acclaimed, The answers are simple. First, to paraphrase the satirical “Eat shit, ten million flies can’t be wrong” poster: “Vote for ME! Ten million election signs can’t be wrong.”
Secondly, Bolton is the most populous area in Caledon, and the King and Queen transportation corridors carry thousands of citizens from all over Caledon to our commercial centres. Whoever takes Bolton in the Mayoral race takes Caledon. If we don’t want our beloved Caledon looking like the concrete corridors of Brampton and Mississauga, there is only one Mayoral candidate who truly understands and respects the rural urban complex that is our community. The choice is ours.
Feel free to share – election day is coming soon, and we are sleepwalking into a real nightmare if a pro-development. anti-farmer, rape the greenspaces council is elected. The way I see it.
Thank you, Skid Crease, for speaking out and publishing this independently. Your experience deeply resonates with me, as I have also had my letters to the editor ignored by the Caledon Citizen whenever they touch on our local mayor and councillors—despite having no issues getting published on other topics in the past. It is incredibly disappointing to see a local paper shield sitting politicians and specific candidates from public scrutiny, especially when their track records deserve serious question.
You hit the nail on the head regarding the “unholy trinity” of signs polluting our landscape. This aggressive, over-zealous strategy relies entirely on exploiting tired minds through forced name recognition. We see these signs everywhere, often plastered illegally where they shouldn’t be, treating our beautiful greenspaces like concrete corridors. Some of these individuals have truly made a mess of Caledon during their time in office. We cannot allow ourselves to be sleepwalked into a pro-development, anti-farmer nightmare just because one team has the loudest visual pollution. Caledon deserves leaders who respect our the town and residents.
Very interesting and not surprised