{"id":727257,"date":"2010-04-30T17:06:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T21:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2011748485_graffiticomeswithaheftypricetag.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2010-07-19T20:23:22","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T00:23:22","slug":"graffiti-comes-with-a-hefty-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/727257","title":{"rendered":"Graffiti comes with a hefty price tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Same hits, different day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reading \u201cGraffiti Vandals Cost Public Millions\u201d left me thinking: Here is the manifestation of the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Why would any taxpayer want his or her money spent on such a \u201cprogram\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>It has been proved time and again that a reactive stance does not begin to approach solving the problem. A proactive program has been proved over time to be the most cost-effective, long-term solution that would reduce graffiti and improve the quality of life for our citizens.<\/p>\n<p>I am a taxpayer, property owner raising a family in Seattle. I hate seeing waste and mismanagement. I know the intention is there, but the delivery is misguided.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Laurie Rasmussen, Goodbye Graffiti, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Same hits, different day Reading \u201cGraffiti Vandals Cost Public Millions\u201d left me thinking: Here is the manifestation of the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Why would any taxpayer want his or her money spent on such a \u201cprogram\u201d? It has been proved time and again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1735,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-33bX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}