The Not-So-Pretty Side of Ballard
yuma2seattle August 16th, 2009
There are many beautiful sights in Ballard. However, I have noticed that their seems to be an unfortunately large amount of grafitti damage to apartments, businesses, and abandoned buildings alike – and it seems to be increasing in prevalence. It is rather disheartening when I think about the cost of removing these scratches and taggings imposed on the community and small business and property owners.
In addition, it is just ugly to look at, and doesn’t instill a sense of community pride. Recently, I had someone tag my apartment under my window while i was sleeping. The question remains who are these individuals doing these taggings. What can we do to reduce this? The day after the tagging, our local handyman was scrubbing away at the mark. “I wish I could find the kids that did this,” he sighed, “and make them clean it up.” The problem seems to be that we can never catch them doing it – but we all must live with the result.
The best thing to do is to remove it immediately. If the tagger can’t come back a couple days later and see it they’re less likely to tag that spot again. If you leave the tag in place, other taggers are invited to respond with their tags and next thing you know you will have tags all over the place.
This should not be tolerated by any of us. This costs us so much money annually, costs homeowners/businesses, and ruins the feel of our neighborhoods. These guys are punks, plain and simple, and deserve to be punished with maximum severity.
Suprised ? You shouldn’t be. We don’t enforce our immigration laws. Enjoy
ms-13
WTF does immigration have to do with this? Are you saying that it’s immigrants who are scrawling pot leaves and penises on the Ballard Bowl?
We all know that it is bored kids. If the kids knew that they would be held personally liable for the thousands of dollars in removal costs and not just given a warning, I doubt that they’d be out there doing this.