This seems like a great place to do a mural. Would folks be interested in some help fundraising to pay for paint?

LCI Watcher assigned this issue to Parks Department

All set. Thanks

Any update on this issue? Has cat been reunited with owner?

Megan,

The cat had been clean and healthy, and I was guessing owned by someone nearby who didn't have the sense to tag him. I took RK's advice and put a note on his collar last week. Haven't seen him since but am waiting to see if he shows up agin with a tag.

Put a message on his collar which I think his owner got. He hasn't been around fior some time now so hopefully he's living a new life as an indoor cat.

TREEHUGGER2011

A bit of namecalling to publically shame the numbskull is appropriate...they tagged a private family house for Petes sake!...and who knows...maybe the person will feel guilty and make amends. Or maybe someone will recognize the handwriting and turn the person in. I hope its the former.

Owners had spray paint removed. Tagger should fess up.

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Clean Team,

Can you remove this?

This has been removed. Thanks!

Closing.

This is the email I received from the woman with whom the dog belongs:
Dear Lisa,
Thank you so much for your prompt action. Lucy is home on Eld Street safe and sound thanks to your efforts...many people helped, especially Barbara who ran out with me with a piece of chicken that Lucy was unable to resist. Tennis balls no longer do it for her.
Lucy lives in Alexandria, Virgina and is visiting while her parents are touring Thailand and Bali. She has tags but pulled her leash off her collar one day causing the tags to bend ;and go flying...I need to get them reattached. Lucy is adorable but quite rambunctious and she loves to escape!!! Unfortunately, a gardener moved all the junk I had stuffed into the one hole in the fence between my backyard and the Giampietro's house and Lucy found this route to freedom before her Grandma knew it existed.
I am so greatful to Block Watch and SoHu for your help!!
Please forward this note to the group.
Ruth Maye

I know I had it up on facebook...she is to cute!

Great news! Thanks for sharing Ruth's email. Glad Lucy is home.

The policy of the City is to clean streets to a level necessary to protect the environment, public safety and neighborhood cleanliness standards with the least disruption possible. In some areas with fewer cars on the streets, we are able to sweep without towing cars. In other areas, we have to tow in order to get the streets cleaned. Contrary to what most people believe, the City loses money on street sweeping tows and only tows when it is absolutely necessary to clean the streets. We have significantly increased our notifications both by paper-posting all routes in advance and by using our "reverse 911" call system, and have reduced annual tows from 20,421 in 2006 to 4,237 last year because of these changes. We really would prefer not to tow cars - it is costly for us and obviously a big nuisance for those who are towed - but we need to clean the streets.

Interestingly, the most tows of any route occur in East Rock by a large margin. The next most tows are in Dwight, particularly on the heavily student streets. For whatever reason, Yale students seem particularly bad at remembering to move their cars.

- Rob Smuts, Chief Administrative Officer

this is the type of ludicrous post on SCF that I can't get over. The purpose of SCF is to report issues that need fixing. Sukima posts Graffiti, and then comments that they actually like it? This isn't your facebook, Sukima. This isn't instagram or twitter or any of the numerous other sites you can share "very tongue in cheek humor" on. This is you alerting the municipality that there is graffiti on the road and you want to see it fixed.

C'mon Guest, back down. True, it's not Sukima's instagram, but it's not your soap-box, either. It's a civic forum, so let's be civil.

@Guest - While I can understand your point of view, Dan has it right: there's no need to get up in arms here. A respectful reminder or comment is always more productive since we are all here for the same reason, after all.

Thank you.

The graffiti was removed this morning. Thanks for the heads up. Christy

Thank you again. A number of neighborhood children use this playground, including my own. Appreciate the care and the speed with which the issue was resolved. Lee

The graffiti is still there. Why has Parks Department closed this issue twice without removing the graffiti?

Completed 1/28/13 if issue at this location still exist please call 203-946-8004, thank you.

A lot of the paint has been cleaned off, but some is still visible. Thanks for addressing the problem.

Such a shame to have to deal with such sensless acts of STUPIDITY. Suggest to your neighbor one way to remove spray paint they could use WD40 spray lubricant as a good cleaner. Try a small spot to see if it will harm the siding. It should work on aluminum,vinyl,and wood sidings. Some of these "CANNED NEAT ARTIST" show great potental s as artist and they would be off channeling their skills to canvass in stead of on private property, train boxcars, bridges, ect.

"Sorry" for the double comment on this issue

Closing this!

Woot woot.

Downtown Aambassadors removed this tag. Closing out.

Thanks guys!!

Downtown Ambassadors power washed this tag off. Closing out.

We are looking into this and hope a new art project will happen in the future.

These have already been removed.

no danger