Perpetrators of graffiti must be dealt with severely. Graffiti is the best indicator there is that society is sliding into chaos. A small segment of society is telling the rest of us that they have no respect for anything.

Wow Rod, if graffiti is the best indicator that society is sliding into chaos, than what about teen pregnancy? How about the fact that people don’t care about one another anymore? You guys are all against graffiti and getting it taken care of, but have you gone out of your way to do anything about it? boisecynic has, but I bet you haven’t done a single thing other than complain on this forum. I don’t know about you guys, wait yeah I do, but some graffiti are beautiful works of art. Society isn’t crumbling because of someone spraypainting a wall. Society is crumbling because people don’t care, as well as people care about too much stupid stuff to see what’s really important.

My favorites this week are the Gollyfornia transplant dude who’s thinking about going back due to the vandalism of his vehicle. While I’d encourage him to return to Gollyfornia, I can reassure him that like vandals everywhere, Boise’s vandals aren’t smart enough to distinguish between different license plates. (Besides, half the cars with Idaho plates are driven by people who moved here from Gollyfornia in the last 5 years or so.)

Lori Tarte – the gal who got a ticket for parking in a handicapped spot – is prolly from Gollyfornia, too.

And – I’m 100% with the people who want Team Dave to do something about Global Warming!!! Criminy – most of it originates within Boise’s city limits. (Particularly the hot air eminating from City Hall and the Courthouse.) If he’d just sign the paper, the problem would go away! (But seriously… do the hand-wringers realize that IF humans are contributing to global warming, it’s mostly caused by driving internal-combustion vehicles and manufacturing stuff? Are they ready to give that up? Are they willing to pay the price? I’m betting 95% of the people who went to see “An Inconvenient Truth” arrived in their gas-burning automobiles.)

What is this “graffiti team” listed as the forwarding recipient at the end of every transcripted graffiti complaint?

I’ve offered up some solutions several times now and I’ll do it again:

1) Look at the Reno program and copy it

2) Pass an ordinance requiring property owners to clean it up within 72 hours or else a fine. Now that will raise some hackles, won’t it?