Graffiti fines backlash BRIAN WARD | August 11, 2010 12.01amGLENORCHY residents have slammed a plan to sting landowners who don't remove graffiti from their properties.
Glenorchy City Council was reeling yesterday after a public backlash over proposed graffiti bylaws.
The Mercury website was bombarded with comments from readers who were disgusted by the proposed fines, many who couldn't understand the need for them.
Glenorchy aldermen were also overwhelmed with the response from the community yesterday, which viewed the plan as extreme.
Under the proposed bylaws, property owners and occupants could be fined up to $220 if they fail to remove graffiti on their property from public view..... read more here
So you do not live in Glenorchy and you think this doesn't impact upon you? Well do we have some news for you. A while back the Gestapo at Launceston City Council were proposing to fine people if the didn't take their rubbish bins in on time. They were also proposing to fine people who failed to put their rubbish and recycling bins 1 meter apart. In every bureaucracy there is some little guy who wants to be a bigger one.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance
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Wow! Does that mean that if graffiti appeared on Council walls they would fine themselves - or would it be the public?
Doesn't that mean that businesses could try to put each other out of business by graffiti attacks?
Who ARE these people?
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