Comments on: No Formal Study Committee for Germantown http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/12/17/no-formal-study-committee-for-germantown/ it's like being there Sun, 27 May 2012 01:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steve Bean http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/12/17/no-formal-study-committee-for-germantown/comment-page-1/#comment-2820 Steve Bean Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:20:17 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=10091#comment-2820 On the graffiti ordinance, I tried to leave the following comment on the News web site in response to their editorial, but the attempt (once again) failed. Could the city split the fine revenues with the victimized property owners so that such money could be used for the cleanup (or to reimburse them after the fact, since the cleanup is best done immediately)? Of course, not all perpetrators will be caught and fined, but it might be the best we can do. If tagging is reduced as a result of the ordinance, that would affect both the potential size of such a fund, but also the negative impact of the graffiti that's done, including inducement of followup tagging. If so, a longer grace period and/or lower fines for non-compliance might be reasonable. On the graffiti ordinance, I tried to leave the following comment on the News web site in response to their editorial, but the attempt (once again) failed.

Could the city split the fine revenues with the victimized property owners so that such money could be used for the cleanup (or to reimburse them after the fact, since the cleanup is best done immediately)?

Of course, not all perpetrators will be caught and fined, but it might be the best we can do. If tagging is reduced as a result of the ordinance, that would affect both the potential size of such a fund, but also the negative impact of the graffiti that’s done, including inducement of followup tagging.

If so, a longer grace period and/or lower fines for non-compliance might be reasonable.

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