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American Legion Park vandalized |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
 SENSELESS VANDALISM – This slide in the playground was just one piece of equipment that was spray painted this past week costing taxpayers over $500 to clean up. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Earlier in the week, under cover of darkness, more than one individual saw fit to make their mark on the art world by writing vividly unfit graffiti on the playground equipment, benches, and two picnic tables.
And, as if that wasn’t enough to fill their lust for sharing their crude art with the public, their attention was turned to the men and women’s public bathroom.
The floors, walls, and bathroom stalls, inside and out, received samples of their graffiti work. Then to make a punctuation point they defecated in the urinals and sink in the men’s room and wiped the end result on the walls.
Mayor John Shevlin was upset. “This is an ongoing thing. It’s irresponsible. We have better things for our crews to do than clean up somebody else’s mess.”
Councilwoman Wendy Judisch who lives across the street from where the incident took place noted that she didn’t notice any unusual activity or vehicles at the park.
“It’s sad,” she said after going over to view the mess. There were little kids from the library playing on the other side of the park and Judisch noted, “They aren’t going to be able to use the restrooms, they will have to do something else.”
She went on to echo the mayor, “It’s going to pull a crew off their normal routine for a day.”
It cost the taxpayer $538 in materials and labor to clean up the offensive graffiti.
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