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Yes, the sheriff's office has the sandblasting...

2011-08-26T20:16:15.502-04:00

Yes, the sheriff's office has the sandblasting machine and cleaned up pretty quickly after I called into the DPW hotline. Sorry you have had a less satisfying experience. Mine was gang graffiti though and I made a point of that; perhaps, that made them get out faster. It seems to me that the sheriff's office should be able to clean MBTA property.

Why is it always the arrogant real estate develope...

2011-08-26T16:29:09.895-04:00

Why is it always the arrogant real estate developers that bring down the neighborhood! Clean it up Mayo!

I am not advocating graffiti but I dont understand...

2011-08-26T16:02:02.596-04:00

I am not advocating graffiti but I dont understand why after your property is vandalized the gov finds the need to extort money from tax paying, land owning, voting citizens??? I agree it needs to be cleaned up but is the city cleaning its properties of any graffiti? and accepting fines for not doing it in a timely fashion? citizens get sick of covering up the graffiti because it keeps coming back and then the gestapo comes and extorts money from you on top of the property being vandalized..... amazing system

Great idea... showing these photos. We've all ...

2011-08-26T15:18:33.651-04:00

Great idea... showing these photos. We've all seen it in Central Sq. but with your influence, maybe we can bully the Mayo group to start respecting Lynn.
Regarding the tagging removal: I'm sure that the Sheriff's office would love to have a meaningful task for community service.

Good stuff on this site.

Thanks Eclectic Prune, I called the MBTA and they...

2011-08-26T12:37:33.039-04:00

Thanks Eclectic Prune,

I called the MBTA and they're looking into it. They usually respond by creating a fresh new canvass for more, but they do respond. I'd like to see a mural or rotating art in that corridor between Central Sq and Washington.

I called the graffiti hotline. It's for city property only, such as parks, schools etc. At least that's what the recorded message says. One also has to go through two confusing layers of phone prompts to reach it. I'm going to talk to Paul Crowley about this. A hotline should be a direct line. It took persistence just to figure it out.

I have experience dealing with the Mayo Group. I have gone the above-board route. Other neighbors have as well. Their usual practice is to play nice and "yes" you to death and do nothing, or, to not return phone calls, or, to not tell you your contact no longer works for them and that your voicemails and emails will never be heard. Rinse. Repeat.

I even went through a Councilor at Large who has a connection to the owner of Mayo Group. Nothing.

There are other Mayo stories I can share with you offline, if I know who you are. And I hope to share them online, sometime soon. In the meantime, look up what they were indicted for in Worcester and let me say I'm glad that material isn't one of the problems we have here.

I digress.. but there's a Mayo rage going around.. and the last mayor's administration thought they were heroes.

And meanwhile, ironically, they have a sign in the beautifully maintained Central Square island. I'd rather the neighborhood association care for the island and Mayo care for their storefronts. At equal expense, they could probably could have fixed up most of them by now with the years they've been doing it.

And they shouldn't even have to be told the condition of their properties, when they have a regularly staffed office right here!

Have you called the Graffiti hotline on the DPW we...

2011-08-26T07:20:27.437-04:00

Have you called the Graffiti hotline on the DPW website. They're usually good about getting the offending tags sandblasted. I would also bring it up with Councillor Paul Crowley as graffiti removal seems to be one of his pet projects.