THE SCOURGE OF UNRESTRAINED GRAFFITI FROM SEATTLE TO TACOMA
King County prosecutors recently filed more than thirty criminal cases against some sixreen graffiti taggers who together have caused upward of $100,000 in property damage. They have done it by scrawling their names in spray paint and defacing billboards, murals and walls in the dead of night. Graffiti taggers have caused more than $500,000 in damage in the Seattle and Tacoma areas according to the King County prosecutor’s charges. Last year, Seattle worked to remove graffiti at 23,117 locations covering…