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See also the betaShockwave frames version of the Anti-Graffiti Web best viewed at 1024 x 768 resolution on a 17 inch monitor. I'm working on a version more suitable to the 640 x 480 format.

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This page was originally created to chronicle the efforts of our community's graffiti abatement efforts. I had no idea The Anti-Graffiti Web would be of interest anywhere else. There was a tremendous amount of material on the World Wide Web that was pro-graffiti. Graffiti advocacy was blatantly everywhere and that concerned me. Expanding the The Anti-Graffiti Web to have significance for any community where graffiti is a concern seemed the right thing to do. If you read the Anti-Graffiti Web on occasion send me comments with ideas I can use to make the pages more informative.

My town's graffiti problem is relatively new. The problem is serious but in no way compares to the problem seen in our inner cities. Our greatest efforts continue to be getting our volunteer program started, building awareness in the business community, and arranging for a cooperative and swift response to abatement from all graffiti victims. We confront the same or similar problems of other towns associated with the tragedy of graffiti. Please share with me your comments about the Anti-Graffiti Web. Check back because it is always changing. Thank you for stopping by.

• The Graffiti Abatement Effort in Pleasant Hill
  Neighborhood streets held hostage. Residents fight back!
• Pleasant Hill Graffiti Abatement Telephone Numbers
  Numbers Pleasant Hill residents can call to abate graffiti.
• Graffiti Abatement Tools & Techniques
  My first shot at meeting requests for a how-to-do-it on-line instruction manual. Please send me your ideas to improve and expand this page.
• Graffiti in the News
  References to local stories as well as links to news sources around the world.
• Caltrans and Graffiti
  Abatement around California's Highways
• The Anti Graffiti FAQ
  The truth has a way of making itself obvious.
• Graffiti Abatement and Gang Links on the World Wide Web
  A collection of links to cities, neighborhoods, and organizations dedicated to abatement.
• Alternative Approaches
  Do we give in to the vandals or do we discover ways to help them understand there is more to life than aerosol paint, hate, and, victimizing others? This page lists local abatement projects, community beautification efforts, and alternative activities for vandals.
• Study the Art Crimes Web
  The graffiti advocates leading voice at a leading technical university, Georgia Tech.
• I get letters about this page.
  The pro, the con, and the hateful...(and my responses)
• The Ogontz Avenue Art Company
  Art for the kids. Beauty for the community. The best approach for a mural program.
• Graffiti abatement shows and conventions.
  Places to get more information and meet people dedicated to abatement.
• Graffiti Abatement Technologies & Vendors
  Ways to remove the graffiti blight and companies that can help.
• A U.K. Point of View on Graffiti Abatement
  Mike Scane's company specializes in graffiti abatement and abatement strategy and technology.
• In their own words
  Eye opening opinion from the graffiti advocates in alt.graffiti
• Who's Who in Graffiti Abatement
  Email contact information for community abatement activists, organizations, vendors etc.

Free Simon Sunderland Campaign

A prison sentence was a simple response to a simple concept. The difference between graffiti and art is permission. Graffiti is not art, graffiti is a crime. So if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

Wall-scrawler David Bender gets 310 Days in Jail!

The judge thought it was fair for the vandal to go to jail! Three hundred ten days in the slammer and $1500 in restitution. Wall-scrawler David Bender was convicted. Read about it on Philadelphia On-Line!

• Previous Special Links and Graffiti Penalties

Best of the Web: Philadelphia On-Line
and the Philadelphia Daily News

Contain urban scrawl. Fight vandalism.

Every once in a while you run across a media organization that does a bang up job reporting on community problems and issues. The above link to "Contain urban scrawl - Fight vandalism" at Philadelphia On-Line is an excellent example of a local news organization making an issue out of graffiti vandalism. The news took that extra step to make the story even more accessible via the web. The presentation of this timely topic is terrific. Good job Philly On-Line! Thumbs up from An Anti-Graffiti Web Page!

Kudos

Thank you Observer

I would like to extend my thanks to reporter Anne Merriman of the U.C. Berkeley School of Journalism OBSERVER for the article she did about this page and the Unofficial Home Page of Pleasant Hill.

Thank you POINT "The Top Sites of the Web"

On February 9, 1996 POINT "The Top Sites of the Web" notified me that the Anti-Graffiti Page was, in their opinion, deserving of Point's Top 5% of the Web standing. The Anti-Graffiti Page proudly displays the POINT Top 5% symbol. The POINT review was quite good. Thank you POINT!

Thank you Take Back New York!

Take Back New York honors the Anti-Graffiti Web with a link on page one of the TBNY home page. Thank you TBNY! (Who says New Yorkers like graffiti vandalism!)

I reserve the right to publish on the web email sent to me regarding the content of this graffiti page. The pros and cons of any argument make interesting reading. Presenting both sides of an issue is also in the highest of American traditions and good journalism. At least one person thought I was not ethical in making my e-mail public. (A graffiti advocate.) This paragraph serves as official notice there is a strong likelihood I will publish Email I receive. I may publish messages of anonymous individuals, or I might eliminate or keep intact the identity of the writer of messages that are not anonymous. Those who insist on anonymity should not expect me to respond to their e-mail.

Last updated August 1, 1996