Letters to the Editor

Updated April 20 2017 - 10:04pm, first published 4:47pm

A simple solution to an old problem of drawing boundaries on graffiti

In view of recent reporting by The Courier, I cannot imagine a more inappropriate, more naive and a more seriously conflicted message on street art than the comments attributed to Councillors Coates and Hudson over the past couple of days. Just recently, The Courier ran a story on a local graffiti problem that is costing ratepayers a quarter of a million dollars a year. While not mentioning the perpetrators - who have anecdotally been known to police for some time - the story referred to the unsightly and persistent tagging that continues to plague the city and to distress residents and businesses who are understandably fed up.

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