Graffiti Art and Tagging all over Town

Look around many streets in the city and you will see random letter and illustration spray painted in tunnels.  Some are vulgar, tagging as in marking walls with gang signs.  Others are a beautful expression of communication that is calm and inviting.  Near Greenlake and in many neighborhoods, you will see this.  It is almost as if the vibrant rainbow of colors is telling a poetic story for all to hear and see. 

On the opposite spectrum is the annoying and ever present gang-related and other illegal graffiti or tagging.   In the City of Seattle, there is a new law being enforced called the Graffit Nuisance Ordinance. Business and private home owners who have been designated as having graffiti nuisanced properties are cited by mail and given 10 days to remove or repaint their buildings.  If they don’t, there is a daily fine that ranges from $100 per day to a maximum penalty of $5,000.  The main purpose of this law is to discourage the presence of gang related signs and to beautify the community.  This will in turn help to give minimal exposure to local organized crime teams.

Working together to clean up our neighbohoods is a common goal that will benefit us all and make Seattle more beautiful.  And let’s enjoy the modern art that we have and appreciate the expressions of our local artists.