A Wallaceburg man is upset by the increased amount of graffiti he is seeing on his daily travels around town.
“I walk uptown every morning and recently started going around and taking pictures of the wildlife in and around our area and it makes me so mad that some people feel the need to spray paint graffiti on things,” Rob Hastings told the Sydenham Current.
“A bridge, a historic building and now, while at the park on Running Creek, a beautiful old tree that’s been there forever.”
Hastings said he wants to see something done about the problem.
“What as a town are we doing to prevent this?” he said.
“It has to stop. These people need to be caught and punished. We have such a beautiful town and this needs to stop and now. More people need to be aware of this problem so something can be done.”
Wallaceburg Coun. Jeff Wesley said the Municipality needs help from the public to help curb the issue.
“Graffiti done properly in a sanctioned spot can be art, however indiscriminate graffiti is a blight on our community and a large expense to remove or cover up,” he said.
“If you see someone doing it report it as it needs to be stopped. We need the publics help.”
People can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) with any information.
Here are some examples of the graffiti around Wallaceburg:
Why does this not surprise me. Crime rates are only going to get worse in the years to come because of our new generation that the children’s aid is creating. The children grow up thinking it’s okay to threaten their parents during punishments with the fact that we can’t punish them to a point. Most laugh at getting grounded or things being taken away. Police state we can spank but tge other states do it and lose your children. My grandchildren thrive on this and use it against the parents. Another is if the child lies alot but people don’t know them they can tell lies to the society and bam they are involved. What happened to evidence first before blame. This is not helping our new generation of children but adding fuel to the rebellious.As I age I see the young generation in alot of children changing for the worse. We have both good and bad. I was raised up with spanking. Today I respect and honor everyone.Just my thoughts but put badly to some point in words
Agreed with what you said , when I grew up and got in trouble my parents would punish me like old days it taught me a lot of respect and made me a good person that I am today
I think we need to go back to when I was a teenager in Wallaceburg! We used to have police on foot walking around town and you never knew when one was going to come walking around the corner, why can’t they do that again instead of sitting in their vehicles on some back road or sitting in a business driveway having naps or who knows what else…….and yes I agree, if my kids did something like that they would have for sure got a whooping as I did when I was young and we all turned out fine! Alot of the ones who are doing this are kids with no curfew—in which maybe we need to have a curfew put in place?….I mean face it, after 9:00pm there really isn’t much for kids to do in town! Maybe some of those parents of the kids doing this should be made to clean it up WITH their kids then they may realize they need to keep a better eye on them! I think police should be able to check the kids backpacks and if they find spray paint or what ever else they all delivering around town HINT HINT then they should be charged!
There is a very disrespsctful one by the Walking Bridge I would love to see cleaned up its on a Canadian Flag and says ” STOLEN LAND”
I actually Volunteer to help clean up these things if there is a way can contact me
Many of the new generation have no respect for anything, including themselves. When I was growing up I knew better than to do something like this because if my parents ever found out, they would make sure I would never do it again. These days many parents don’t have control over their kids. I can remember back when my son was in grade 4, he came home from school and told me that if I were to touch him (meaning smack him) he could call the police on me. I told him I would dial the number for him if need be, LOL. I know that too often many kids get battered and abused and I think that’s what society is trying to avoid but in the end has created a lot of disrespectful kids. I don’t agree with kids being battered and abused, but I do agree in reasonable punishment.