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Graffiti to be erased quickly Craig Spence the chronicle
Marty Borsboom of SEI Chemical Canada pressure washes away graffito in the skate park at Frank Jameson Community Centre. Craig Spence
“What’s the difference between graffiti and art? All it is, is permission, that’s all, because some of these taggers are really talented.� Coming from Darren Stackhouse, whose newest job is to find and eradicate graffiti wherever it may be found in Town of Ladysmith public spaces, that may sound like a case of ‘love thine enemy,’ but perhaps it could be thought of more pragmatically as knowing graffiti well. For 10 years or more Stackhouse, whose company SEI Chemicals Canada has been working with municipalities from Campbell River to Nanaimo and Victoria blasting away graffiti before the taggers’ paint really gets a chance to dry. Now he’s the frontline guy
implementing the Town of Ladysmith’s new policy of removing graffiti within 24 hours. The hope is taggers will be discouraged if they know their works are not likely to be seen. “Ladysmith has said they are going to be more proactive,� Stackhouse said. It’s a policy that has worked elsewhere. “We’ve promised we’ll be here within 24 hours to remove any graffiti, Stackhouse said. “The more they know that, the more the taggers will go someplace else.� He added that removing graffiti quickly is also more economical. “The longer it stays on, the longer the sun has to bake it,� he explained. And once the paint gets deeper into the concrete canvasses taggers prefer, it drastically ups the time and cost it takes to remove it.
People have lots of misconceptions about graffiti. For instance, many young people are as annoyed as adults by what taggers consider ‘art.’ He used skate boarders as an example. “They hate taggers, because the latex the taggers use is slippery,� Stackhouse said. Or the notion that there must be an army of taggers out there. “One tagger could to all this in a single night,� he said, looking around the Frank Jameson Community Centre skate park. He classifies tagging as a ‘recognized addiction.’ Part of the kick is anonymous notoriety. Take that away, and for many the thrill is gone, too. In other jurisdictions Stackhouse has worked it has taken a couple of months to sink in, but graffiti artists get the message that their moment of notoriety is going to be too short lived to be memorable.
Cowichan-Malahat-Langford candidates square off Craig Spence the chronicle
Contrary to polls and pundits, who have been saying the federal election is all about the economy, questions and answers at Chemainus Secondary School, where a Cowichan-Malahat-Langford candidates came together Sept. 29, zeroed in on other issues, particularly the environment. The central debate was on how best to avoid a two degree increase in global temperatures – which many scientists have flagged as a global warming
tipping point – without deflating the Canadian economy. Even when the candidates addressed other issues the answers often turned back to the environment, and how to deal with it. Conservative candidate Martin Barker said his party has done a good job addressing climate change under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He warned that the other parties want to curtail the extraction and export of Canada’s ‘black gold,’ a course that would damage the economy. See Candidates, Page 3 Cowichan-Malahat-Langford candidates met at Chemainus Secondary
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