Posey Offers $100 Reward After Campaign Signs Reportedly Stolen in Shingle Springs
SHINGLE SPRINGS, Calif. — Gina Posey is offering a $100 reward for information after she says two large campaign signs were deliberately cut from their posts and stolen along North Shingle Road in Shingle Springs.
Posey, a candidate for El Dorado County Board of Supervisors District 4, said the two signs measured approximately 8 feet by 4 feet and were positioned near the In-Shape fitness center.
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The candidate described the incident as vandalism and theft, while acknowledging that disagreement is an ordinary part of a political campaign.
“People can disagree with me. They can support another candidate. They can criticize my positions. That is part of democracy.”
Posey said campaign signs represent more than a financial expense. Volunteers and supporters spend time acquiring, installing and maintaining campaign materials, she said.
“But destroying or stealing campaign signs is not political debate,” Posey said in her statement.
She is asking anyone who witnessed suspicious activity in the area, has surveillance-camera footage or knows who may have removed the signs to contact her privately. The campaign has offered a $100 reward for information leading to identification of the person or people responsible.
No suspect has been publicly identified, and the circumstances of the reported theft have not been independently confirmed by law enforcement in the sources reviewed for this report. Posey’s statement is therefore being reported as an allegation by the candidate, rather than as an established criminal finding.
A closely watched District 4 race
The reported theft comes during a consequential election year for El Dorado County’s 4th Supervisorial District.
District 4 includes Shingle Springs along with Rescue, Georgetown, Garden Valley, Pilot Hill, Cool, Coloma, Lotus, Volcanoville, parts of El Dorado Hills and eastern Cameron Park.
Posey advanced from the June 2026 primary along with Ted Gaines. Certified election results reported by The Ballot Book show Gaines received 47.1% of the vote and Posey 24.8%, with Greg Clark and Robert Deitz II also competing in the primary.
The Sacramento Bee likewise reported that Gaines and Posey emerged as the two leading candidates in the June primary and would face one another in the general election.
Posey has campaigned on issues including county budgeting, development, wildfire preparedness, insurance reform and protecting the rural character of District 4. Her campaign identifies Shingle Springs and Rescue as communities where she has lived and says she has spent more than 20 years in El Dorado County.
Campaign-finance records also show that signs and campaign materials have been a documented part of Posey’s campaign spending. Earlier campaign filings reported expenditures for signs and printed outreach materials, along with an in-kind contribution of campaign sign supplies from a Shingle Springs resident.
‘Debate me. Vote against me.’
Posey framed the reported theft as a matter separate from the political disagreements that naturally accompany a contested local election.
“We should be able to have a spirited local election without resorting to this kind of behavior,” she said.
Her message to whoever may have taken the signs was blunt:
“Disagree with me if you want. Debate me. Vote against me. But don’t destroy someone else’s property.”
For residents who may have witnessed activity along North Shingle Road near the signs, Posey’s campaign is asking for information that could help establish what happened and identify those responsible.
The episode also underscores a basic reality of local elections: In a county where campaigns often depend heavily on volunteers, neighborhood visibility and roadside signs, even a relatively small act of vandalism can become a direct confrontation between political competition and criminal conduct.
For now, however, the central question remains unanswered: Who removed the two signs, and where did they go?
