By Mark Squibb
Mount Pearl councillor Chelsea Lane says the City has received multiple complaints about graffiti in recent weeks.
“We take a lot of pride in our beautiful parks, our benches, and trailways here in Mount Pearl, and it’s really disheartening when we get more and more messages of graffiti with slanderous words all over the city,” said Lane, who herself had a recent run in with fresh graffiti.
The councillor said she had brought her children to the playground at Pine Bud Crescent and came across some fresh graffiti.
“Max was playing on the slide, and he came over and his hands were all white,” said Lane. “I said, ‘My gosh, what have you gotten into?’ And someone had spraypainted the whole slide white and wrote slanderous words over the rest of the equipment. And that’s just one example we’ve heard of in the last couple of weeks.”
Lane said City staff made short work of the graffiti, but it’s disheartening they have to deal with graffiti time and time again.
“If you’re the one who is doing graffiti, please cut it out and take some pride in where you live, and have some respect for the people utilizing our facilities and our equipment,” said Lane.
The councillor also asked parents to talk with their children about graffiti and its impacts.
“It’s not just a Mount Pearl issue, but we certainly have it here, and given the current weather, it’s happening more and more,” said Lane, who also made a plea for people to report graffiti when they see it.