Eloy Gonzalez has formed a committee to address the issue of graffiti in Rocky Point. The first meeting was impressive in that about 40 people from all walks of life attended. English and Spanish-speaking alike. Claudia Garduno graciously translated, and there was an active exchange of ideas and suggestions afterward with most of the people in attendance making concrete commitments as to what they would do between now and the next meeting.
Anyone who hasn’t noticed the increased graffiti in Puerto Peñasco is simply not paying attention. Taggers, as they are sometimes called, have no qualms about ruining the walls of even the nicest developments and homes. This reflects horribly on us as a community, and of course does little to inspire confidence in prospective buyers of real estate.
So many of us who are Uncommon Women on Common Ground have business and homes here, so obviously it’s important for us to keep our community looking good. And, anyone who ever saw one of our meetings would have to agree that we are an extraordinary-looking bunch of women. This just underscores that graffiti doesn’t suit us. We look to good to have to live and work in graffiti-ed environments, right? Are you asking yourself what you can do? Well, in anticipation of that question we have prepared a list of suggestions for you.
1. Eloy has prepared a detailed presentation that is well-done and informative. If you are a member of any groups or organizations, please do invite Eloy to come and give you a presentation. You will be glad you did, and the more people get behind this issue, the better.
2. Come to the next meeting. Tentatively scheduled for mid-August. One of the side-benefits of this is the opportunity to meet people we wouldn’t ordinarily run across. And this truly is a problem that will be easier to solve if we have more people involved.
3. Donations of “anti-graffiti paint”. Who knew this even existed? Sure, if you want to donate funds, no one will turn it away…but isn’t the idea of bringing down a can or two of paint even better?
Research shows that if a community is quick to paint over graffiti, eventually the taggers get tired of their “art” not being seen, so they move on to somewhere else. For this reason, if the paint is handy, and we have volunteers ready to run out and paint over last night’s handiwork, we might actually win this battle against ugliness. Stranger things have happened…
***Thanks to Rosie Glover for writing this update and to Phyllis "the Information Station" LeFevre for forwarding this to me!***
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