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Saguaro
10-14-2007, 09:45 AM
NEW YORK - Chalk it up to New York City's crackdown on graffiti.

A 6-year-old child's chalk sketches on her family's stoop brought her parents a graffiti-removal notice that threatened a $300 fine.

First-grader Natalie Shea said her mom got a ticket for graffiti and it wasn't even graffiti.

"It was art, very nice art," Natalie said.

But a neighbor in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood saw it differently and dialed the complaint line.

The family was sent a form letter of complaint giving the family 45 days to clean up the graffiti.

Natalie's mom said she'll act more quickly to wash off the doodles in the future.

As for the offending blue flower, it was erased by a heavy rain.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21282568/
Kurtz
10-14-2007, 09:51 AM
:roll

:bullshit

What a bunch of shit! :mad
patriotsblade
10-14-2007, 09:58 AM
Some people really need to GET A FREAKING LIFE
sparks
10-14-2007, 03:00 PM
Some people just have a stick up their butt! :roll
Coco
10-14-2007, 04:43 PM
How sad kids can't even stay out of trouble and get in trouble.
Kurtz
10-14-2007, 05:01 PM
How sad kids can't even stay out of trouble and get in trouble.


And sad that some adults act like spoiled brats. :lol

I bet the complaintant has 'problems.'

Cops probably got pissed they had to answer this call, use time on it 'n issue the citation.
Trueblue
10-14-2007, 08:59 PM
A blue flower does sound like very nice art. Or any color flower.

http://www.bgassociates.com/images/Chalk%20Flower%20on%20Brick.jpg
The Q
10-14-2007, 09:02 PM
OMG. That reminds me.
When I was about 5, I loved drawing with chalk on the sidewalk. So one day I did all kinds of drawings out in front of my house. And the neighbor kid who was much older (probably 9 or 10) told me that he was going to call the police on me. I was SO SCARED I went in the house and cried and cried. My parents finally calmed me down enough to explain to me that little kids can't go to jail for drawing on the sidewalk. :lmao

That was back in the good ol' days of 1979 when kids were still able to be kids.

ADQ
Saguaro
10-14-2007, 09:14 PM
It was so sad,this weekend, when my 6 yr.old grandaughter said to me "I still like Dora,but don't tell any of me friends 'cuz they will laugh at me "
Saguaro
10-14-2007, 09:15 PM
Peer pressure at 6 !
cassandra
10-14-2007, 10:11 PM
Our HOA can be like that. One of my neighbors was sent a letter and told them if they did not clean it that they would have to pay to have it removed. How much can spraying some water on it cost?!?!?!? :lmao
Saguaro
10-14-2007, 10:13 PM
Adults can be such asses !!!
patriotsblade
10-14-2007, 10:30 PM
OMG. That reminds me.
When I was about 5, I loved drawing with chalk on the sidewalk. So one day I did all kinds of drawings out in front of my house. And the neighbor kid who was much older (probably 9 or 10) told me that he was going to call the police on me. I was SO SCARED I went in the house and cried and cried. My parents finally calmed me down enough to explain to me that little kids can't go to jail for drawing on the sidewalk. :lmao

That was back in the good ol' days of 1979 when kids were still able to be kids.

ADQ

Yep, better times.

BTW, I think we're the same age.