Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles City Council has passed a law requiring all new buildings and homes in Los Angeles to be coated in a special anti-graffiti coating, it was reported today.
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The unanimous vote requires that the clear coating be placed over existing paint up to a height of around 3 metres, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The impermeable coating means that graffiti can easily be wiped off with a cloth within minutes.
Until the passing of the new ordinance, city laws had required the coating only on commercial buildings. Homeowners can opt out of the mandatory anti-graffiti coating if they sign a commitment to remove any graffiti within one week or within 72 hours of being notified by city inspectors.
Teflon?
This thing has been around for years. Under hot water it washes off. You wait until the surface dries and than reapply. Viola! no more graffiti. We should get the stuff for New York too. While I don’t like government telling me what to do I think that we should start using it in NYC.
I much prefer the Singapore method. Give the perpertrators 40-50 whacks with a good stiff heavy-duty cane. A lot cheaper than the coating!
Typical liberal thinking, punish millions of law abiding citizens by requiring them to pay big bucks (The manufacture is probably a big contributer to the DNC) not by punishing the perpetrator. I’m in agreement with #3. And I’ll add, if you televise it it would help offset the cost.