Six-year-old Natalie Shea got a threatening letter from the city demanding the removal of “graffiti” she drew with chalk — with chalk! — on her front step. Here, Shea shows her defiance to the warning letter by creating a new work with the supposedly illegal medium. A 6-year-old Park Slope girl is facing a $300 fine from the city for doing what city kids have been doing for decades: drawing a pretty picture with common sidewalk chalk.
Obviously not all of Natalie Shea’s 10th Street neighbors thought her blue chalk splotch was her best work — a neighbor called 311 to report the “graffiti,” and the Department of Sanitation quickly sent a standard letter to Natalie’s mom, Jen Pepperman.
Can somebody stop these bureaucrats before they Kafka again?
“PLEASE REMOVE THE GRAFFITI FROM YOUR PROPERTY,” the Sanitation Department warning letter read. “FAILURE TO COMPLY … MAY RESULT IN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST YOU.”
Oh -- this must just be a snafu ... a communications breakdown. It's the only possible explanation for nothing could be this stupid on purpose -- right? Once someone gets hold of a real person this will all go away -- right? Think again -- you're dealing with the geniuses of Brooklyn.
“The report came in as ‘graffiti,’ and, as you know, the city is trying to crack down on graffiti on private property,” said agency spokeswoman Cathy Dawkins.
“It’s a standard warning letter,” added Dawkins. “The property owner has 45 days to remove it or ask the city to remove it. We’ll inspect after that, and if the graffiti is still there, the property owner has another 60 days before we’ll write a summons.”
For sidewalk chalk that would dissolve at the first rain? Dawkins said the law is on her agency’s side.
“The instrument used — whether it’s paint or chalk — does not matter,” she said.
Obviously not all of Natalie Shea’s 10th Street neighbors thought her blue chalk splotch was her best work — a neighbor called 311 to report the “graffiti,” and the Department of Sanitation quickly sent a standard letter to Natalie’s mom, Jen Pepperman.
Can somebody stop these bureaucrats before they Kafka again?
“PLEASE REMOVE THE GRAFFITI FROM YOUR PROPERTY,” the Sanitation Department warning letter read. “FAILURE TO COMPLY … MAY RESULT IN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST YOU.”
Oh -- this must just be a snafu ... a communications breakdown. It's the only possible explanation for nothing could be this stupid on purpose -- right? Once someone gets hold of a real person this will all go away -- right? Think again -- you're dealing with the geniuses of Brooklyn.
“The report came in as ‘graffiti,’ and, as you know, the city is trying to crack down on graffiti on private property,” said agency spokeswoman Cathy Dawkins.
“It’s a standard warning letter,” added Dawkins. “The property owner has 45 days to remove it or ask the city to remove it. We’ll inspect after that, and if the graffiti is still there, the property owner has another 60 days before we’ll write a summons.”
For sidewalk chalk that would dissolve at the first rain? Dawkins said the law is on her agency’s side.
“The instrument used — whether it’s paint or chalk — does not matter,” she said.
Pressed further she continued to defend this idiotic behavior. How can complete morons continue to find their way to positions of power in government??
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“The instrument used — whether it’s paint or chalk — does not matter,” she said.
I suggest that it DOES matter. I further suggest that we hit her with a roll of paper towels and then a roll of nickels and ask her then if it matters. If she answers in the negative, we continue with the nickels until she comes to her senses.
Better yet, let's break one leg and tickle the other and ask her if she can spot the differences.
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