$30,000 political collectible gets missing provenance

Brookfield GOP State Rep. and savvy office decor shopper Dale Kooyenga continues to keep this story alive.

Wisconsin Rep. Dale Kooyenga says he will pay $30,000 for taking protester's sign

No doubt the release of security video showing the moment Kooyenga decided to expropriate the sign - - sure to show up in campaign ads coming to TV screens near you, in perpetuity - - helped determine that today's the right day to promise to pick up the tab.

But given Kooyenga's uncanny ability to keep the story alive, I doubt this is the end of it.