Someone stated, correctly, it will be covered with graffiti. Yep, MIS-SPEND the taxpayer money again.
Instead of spending tax money on NECESSARY things like policing the area, the Dems decide to spend tax money on things UNNECESSARY - just like the UNNECESSARY and stupid "fancy lighting"
I hadn't heard about the wall until tonight.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
... The Letter a) reiterated my point that .... Bridge were built in such a way as to obstruct the view of the river, b) that motorists should be paying attention to WHERE THEY ARE DRIVING and not to the view ...
So it is a necessity that a big wall be erected right through downtown for the same reasons!
The one who supports the obstruction of viewing anything while driving WILL NOT COMMENT about the excellent suggestion that a wall should be built to obstruct the view of downtown while driving through downtown!!!!!!
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Put the wall downtown, AN ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT IDEA.
Put the wall right down the middle of the street on State St, separate the lanes, from Veteran's Park all the way down to the WG bridge.
Remember the following statement
So it is a necessity that a big wall be erected right through downtown for the same reasons!
The one who supports the obstruction of viewing anything while driving WILL NOT COMMENT about the excellent suggestion that a wall should be built to obstruct the view of downtown while driving through downtown!!!!!!
.......and put cameras on it for monitoring. I am sure that the "art" can be matched with other "art" in the city.
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I want the wall downtown! I hadn't realized until the new bridge was built, how dangerous it was to glance to the side while driving, even without turning one's head. In fact, DMV should be alerted to this, because if you don't have any peripheral vision, they won't give you a license. Don't they know that the drivers who stare straight ahead are safer drivers? Yes, a wall is absolutely necessary. Something to pee on besides the entryway to Proctor's Arcade.
LOCAL DEMS to H.H.: "WE KNOW YOUS FOLKS LIKE TA PAINTS YA SOMES GRAFITTI SOS WES GONNAS PUTS YAS UP A NICE GRAFITTI WALL! JUST TELL US WHAT CHUS LIKES ANS DONTCHA ALL FOGETS TA CALL US MASSA!"
I am surprised that the democraps don't bring a pink Cadillac down to Hamilton Hill and offer free fried chicken and watermelon to the people there, while wearing blackface and 90's era sweatsuits with gold chains around their necks. They are so racist and pandering. I love how the people are so pissed off that they want to do this. The people are tired of this criminality going on and here the dems want to encourage it, mistakenly believing that the bread and circuses will keep them happy. What a pile of BS!
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"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Communities that have tried "legal" or "free walls," or areas that permit graffiti, typically find them ineffective, including over a dozen cities in California, Illinois, Connecticut, and other states.
While well intentioned, legal walls often cause more harm than good, and tend to attract graffiti vandals from outside the city. They may appear to work at first, but after a period of time, the surrounding areas also become covered with graffiti.
With a legal wall, governments or businesses essentially sponsor graffiti in an effort to rid a community of graffiti. This sends a mixed message. Data also shows no decrease in arrests for graffiti in cities where there are legal walls.
Communities that want to create a "legal" wall should be ready to take responsibility for any number of adverse effects, or liability and negligence issues. Following are just a few to consider: Who will monitor the wall? Will it be repainted regularly to provide a fresh "canvas"? What if someone writes obscenities on the wall? What action would be taken? What if the graffiti moves to walls nearby or surrounding the "legal wall"? Who will pay for removal? Who will ensure the safety of those removing graffiti? Who is allowed to use the "legal wall"? Will they be required to wear face masks? How will any "rules" be enforced? Are there laws in place that restrict possession of graffiti implement by minors? Who will enforce these?
What Constitutes Vandalism? Vandalism is a broad category crime that is used to describe a variety of behaviors. Generally, vandalism includes any willful behavior aimed at destroying, altering, or defacing property belonging to another. Common behaviors that may lead to a vandalism charge include: Spray painting another's property with the purpose of defacing; "Egging" someone's car or window; Keying (or scratching) paint off of someone's car; Breaking someone's windows; Defacing public property with graffiti and other forms of "art"; Slashing someone's tires; Defacing park benches; and Altering or knocking down street signs; Kicking and damaging someone's property with your hands or feet; and several other behaviors. In addition, a person who possesses the means to commit vandalism, including possession of a drill bit, glass cutter, or other substance, may also face vandalism charges under certain circumstances (for example, a person under eighteen who carries a can of spray paint at a park or on school grounds). - See more at: http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/vandalism.html#sthash.foLhk4ha.dpuf
People do not seem to understand that defacing something that does not belong to you is the intent behind these acts, which are largely committed by grown men, not children. Why not also provide one of those towers like they have over on Golf Road so arsonists will have something to set fire to, and maybe some machine guns that spray rubber bullets to lesson the chances of death, for those who like shooting one another?
They could put up a wall for "artists", throw down some cardboard for break dancing, provide some boom boxes, and call it a 1984 theme park. Our leaders love to come up with stale ideas that were discredited decades before, for Schenectady.
Notice how in Stephentown, where those kids really wrecked that man's house, nobody is proposing that the kids just need a wall to vandalize so they won't have to destroy other people's property? You know why? Because those kids are white. People who propose these wall "solutions" are really racist and believe 1) that is how black people act and they can't help it and 2) the people who live in places like Hamilton Hill aren't as deserving of a clean safe neighborhood as anyone else. I'm down for the wall, as long as it is along the side of the house of the person that came up with the idea.
They may appear to work at first, but after a period of time, the surrounding areas also become covered with graffiti.
It's called the broken window theory.
If a broken window in a vacant building remains unrepaired for any period of time, it's sends the signal that that is how it's supposed to be, and "sets the norm"
After a while, a second window is broken, and then a third, etc, and once that happens, vandals figure 'well, there's already 3 windows broken, what's one more? The building is probably slated for demolition anyway'.
It's then only a matter of time until the surrounding buildings are damaged as well, because the first one 'set the norm' for that neighborhood.
After a while of being open to the elements, the buildings are ruined. All due to one neglected window.
That's how the NYC subway system got rid of their graffiti problem. The minute a subway car was 'tagged', it would go back to the yard for a complete cleaning, making the graffiti seem like more of a curiosity, rather than the norm, because when a train is covered in 4 layers a graffiti, what's one more?
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