Johnston and his council colleagues are considering a beefed up graffiti ordinance that would...require property owners to remove the graffiti in a timely fashion or face fines..Yeah, that'll stop the problem!
Just like requiring gun owners to report stolen guns under penalty of law will put a stop to gang killings. Just ask the X-Men.
As for the "program [that] puts kids convicted of tagging walls to work cleaning up their handiwork," I'd want to first make damn sure the city had appropriate liability insurance coverage and some mechanism to keep anyone claiming an on-the-job injury from suing me.
[Via Jeffersonian]