Dear elected county officials: Be careful about putting up campaign signs

Specifically, be careful about WHEN you put them up, as in 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, unless on or around lunchtime.

If not? The burden of proof would be on complainants, but the Texas Ethics Commission has a word for you. Per the burden of proof, you might claim you're taking an early lunch, or on comp time or whatever, but it's probably still not good optics for you yourself to be helping to erect re-election signs, or election to a new office signs, during normal work hours.

Let's just say that it's bad optics. And, if a friendly local newspaper editor sees it, especially in a smaller, very "red" county, someone else surely saw it too and may be wondering the same thing.