This happened in Arlington to the a new sidewalk put in for the County's "neighborhood restoration project." There were people complaining about it on the listserv. I'm not sure the construction crews fixed the sidewalks (large sticks had been dragged through them as well initials, pictures drawns, and hand/foot prints.) I haven't walked up that way to check the current status. At the time, neighbors did try to get parents to make their kids confess as to who did it. Of course they wanted to know who did it so they knew who to bill for new sidewalks, so no one came forward.

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed at the low standards of people on this board. Where do you live that this is acceptable? It can't be in a nice neighborhood.

Relax. OP just revised her account and it isn't nearly as bad as you assume.

Anonymous wrote:I am amazed at the low standards of people on this board. Where do you live that this is acceptable? It can't be in a nice neighborhood.

Okay, writing their names in huge letters is not okay, but everywhere I've ever lived, in the forty years I've been alive, kids wrote their initials in wet cement. Technically, it's vandalism, but I've never known anyone to get upset about it. I think OP is right to be upset if they went beyond their initials or something equally small.

Anonymous wrote:You've squashed their imaginations. For shame.

We made our own concrete stepping stones which they were allowed to decorate any way they'd like. They may also use sidewalk chalk anywhere they'd like, even on the public property.

I am amazed at the low standards of people on this board. Where do you live that this is acceptable? It can't be in a nice neighborhood.

You've squashed their imaginations. For shame.

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Anonymous wrote:It's all fun and games until a blind persons cane gets stuck in a crevice caused by the graffiti. Or someone's heal. Where I'm from its illegal to draw on wet cement and people are fined for it. Plus property owners have to pay for the sidewalk themselves so there's an extra motivation to keep kids off it. It really does have the potential to create a safety hazard.

Where are you from?

Everywhere! It's illegal everywhere if it's public property. You people are idiots if you think this is a legal act. It's vandalism.

OP here. I did not expect this thread to get this far. I'm not going to post pics because it does have the actual names of the kids in a few places (including one last name). I'll reduce the number from 30 feet to 20 feet because the last 10 feet only have some initials on the corners and I wouldn't have complained about that. I don't think it's a safety hazard, it's just ugly and permanent. The crews are still in the neighborhood and I wonder it they'll do anything about it (probably not). I asked my own kids not to do that and I don't think it ever occurred to them that it was an option.

Anonymous wrote:Let me be clear that these weren't dainty little initials in the corner of a square. It is a LARGE portion of the sidewalk. If I had done that when I was 12 my father would have spanked me with a belt.

that explains a lot!

There is therapy for childhood abuse.

Anonymous wrote:It's all fun and games until a blind persons cane gets stuck in a crevice caused by the graffiti. Or someone's heal. Where I'm from its illegal to draw on wet cement and people are fined for it. Plus property owners have to pay for the sidewalk themselves so there's an extra motivation to keep kids off it. It really does have the potential to create a safety hazard.

Where are you from?

Pics or it didn't happen.

Anonymous wrote:It's all fun and games until a blind persons cane gets stuck in a crevice caused by the graffiti. Or someone's heal. Where I'm from its illegal to draw on wet cement and people are fined for it. Plus property owners have to pay for the sidewalk themselves so there's an extra motivation to keep kids off it. It really does have the potential to create a safety hazard.

OP said it looks bad. Zero about being dangerous. I bet OP would have led with that if that was actually the case.

It's all fun and games until a blind persons cane gets stuck in a crevice caused by the graffiti. Or someone's heal. Where I'm from its illegal to draw on wet cement and people are fined for it. Plus property owners have to pay for the sidewalk themselves so there's an extra motivation to keep kids off it. It really does have the potential to create a safety hazard.

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Anonymous wrote:If this were done on front of my house I would sue the parents.

For what? Please - I'd love to know what you'd sue the parents for?

My lawyers would come up with something, don't you worry.

Sounds like you need a new lawyer.

Nah - stupid clients pay for a lot of private school for lawyers' kids.

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Anonymous wrote:If this were done on front of my house I would sue the parents.

For what? Please - I'd love to know what you'd sue the parents for?

My lawyers would come up with something, don't you worry.

I'm really embarrassed for you. What a life you must lead!