Canberra Times throws fuel on the graffiti fire

Whats the old thread revisited record ?

Santa (or the artist formerly known as Santa) – The leaves need to be cleaned regularly as they often are diseased and pose a bigger threat to our parks and gardens than anything else others can think of – ummm Drought would be a bigger threat to our parks and gardens ???

Well, I did notice the other day that the piece near Blades had been repainted. So thom is topical, if nothing else.

Paraphrased from John 11:

Thom, once more deeply moved, came to the thread. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Thumper, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odour, for he has been there three years.”

Then thom said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Johnboy, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

When he had said this, thom called in a loud voice, “Aidan, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Thom said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

Graffiti can’t be stopped

i thought local govt was for esoteric human rights legislation, lecturing to federal govt on any issue that thaes their fancy and ensuring that they get returned for a second term by commissioning grand plans which are sustainable and green and community oriented with a social rights and equity agenda.

The suggestion that it looks like a third-world country is bewildering and boridering on offensive. How many third world countries have you been to, John Hanna? And might I suggest that if “the environment that you choose to trade in” doesn’t suit your clients and their comfort zones, then maybe you should move?

Well as a community we’d appear to be at a crossroads, do we consign civic to be an urban wilderness? or do we turn it into a place where people will choose to do business?

Off the top of my head the nightclubs and landspeed are the only businesses that won’t be directly hurt by an increasingly filthy city, and while I always buy at landspeed when in Civic I would find myself in civic less often if the other businesses were to flee.

as a customer service focussed kind of fellow I always prefer to hear a complaint before I hear the cutomer is taking their business elsewhere.

And I’m disturbed our government is confortable with a situation where business owners need to pay professional grafittists to keep the amateurs away.

*THIS* is what local government is supposed to be doing.

Yep, I pick up litter everytime I go for a walk too, but most people don’t. I can understand the reasons behind the litter on Northbourne, but I just think that City Scape could pay more attention to it to stay on top of it. First impressions last and all that…

What I’ve never understood is people who leave litter to gather on their front lawn/side garden. They’re happy to prune leaves and mow grass, but don’t give a rats about Maccas’ cups, etc sitting in the middle of their lawn for days on end.

The leaf blowing I was referring to was on footpaths – and they blow it into gutters.

Northbourne Ave is actually managed by CityScape, who have were awarded that area through a tender process. The biggest problem with Nirthbourne is that rubbish is thrown from vehilces and blown down there by prevailling winds in Civic. My suggestion to you, is to pick up a little piece of rubbish as you walk along. I do that everytime i woalk to the local shops and chuck it in the bin when i get there. Every little steps counts as they… as for leaves, Autumn is an annual thing, therefore deciduous tress drop their leaves and diseased branches once a year. There has been a large amount of tree discards due to the draught conditions we have been getting lately. these have pushed many of the trees in stress, which again forces them to throw away the odd limb in an effort to survive. The leaves need to be cleaned regularly as they often are diseased and pose a bigger threat to our parks and gardens than anything else others can think of.

nice diversion

i dont think mr prufrock or vandal criminal graffiti morons are responsible for the change of seasons.

I don’t graffiti is as much a problem as litter. Northbourne Ave is a disgrace. It’s supposed to be the gateway to the city and yet it’s a disgrace. Do parks and gardens ever do anything other than blow fallen leaves (the natural bi-product of trees!) from footpaths? I couldn’t give a rats about walking through leaves, but that’s about the only thing I ever see them do.