City Fights Graffiti

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Its on businesses, homes and even churches. University District leaders say graffiti plagues their neighborhood.

Theyre taking the fight against tagging to the next level by teaming up with another community.

Clintonville Area Commissioner Dave Southan has led the attack against graffiti in his community.

He proposed teaming up with the university district to get rid of graffiti together.

Southan has a $1,500 graffiti arrest fund that pays tipsters if a tagger is convicted.

If the University District can match the funding, theyll combine resources.

Southan says the fund has been effective so far. Two taggers on Indianola and Oakland Park were recently caught and sentenced.

It gives us more power, and its going to let people know that were not going to stand for this, Southan says.

For me—and for anyone whos struggling to pay a mortgage—when you come out and see graffiti on the side of your property, on your garage or even on the dumpster behind your house, its a real problem, says Ian McConnell with the University Area Commission.

McConnell also hopes to create micro grants to help residents and business owners pay for graffiti clean up.

Both Southan and McConnel say if you come across graffiti, take pictures of it first then get rid of it immediately and be sure to report it to police.

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[TheMado61]

GRAFFITI ALL DAYY

[mannyahner123]

when u bitches complain about shit like this it make me wanna fuk ur shit up even more wait y am i on here i have a city to vandleize.....

[M1st3rm1g00]

Cover it all im excited to re plaster my shit stay up fuckas. Bigs

MR

SheilD

[lokoff4loko]

Hahaha TKO will kill all these hoods fuck yall

[PIE9850]

ok first of all people would bitch if toys didnt tag all over houses and peoples property cars and shit tag a sign rail road or a legal wall or an under pass or anything abandoned

[gillamfarms]

If you want to spray paint somthing spray paint you're own property not others .

[fr8ARTruleZ]

This is truly a fight that will never be won by the stupid, pathetic haters of graffiti ART. Sure, much of what was in the video was not art but there is other stuff like a good throw up, a good tag, or a dope piece for example that should be considered art. Either way, covering it up will NEVER, EVER be the answer. If you tried getting some artists do a graffiti mural then yeah you would be getting somewhere. Ohter then that, forget it. Graffiti will never end. Period.

[1I1SH0RTY]

Fuck dem dumbass snitches.lol.i need crew members in kolumbuz!.anybody interested?.if soo "Liljeez_170@yahoo.com

[relza100]

they were sentenced and out bombing later that night no doubt

[NORTHSIDEVANDAL1]

im from columbus and im in the (graff scene)my opinoin is the fucking gangs and major toys wasting paint making shit look bad to everybody its just an eyesore...stop doin shit on cars houses and private property we are supposed to get back at society!

[ILikeToMong]

"Graffiti breeds crime"

Because art makes people cause trouble =S

[Dolle28]

There should be no laws against graffiti. i dont care, u should be allowed to write on evry wall in town, but staying away from windows and private houses.