I'm trying to get a British tabloid headline quality to the titles of these posts. To be frank, every time someone says "graffiti murals" I reach for my gun, but I realize that in free society certain people like graffiti murals, and they should be able to enjoy them, hopefully in a place where I don't have to see them. Given my general loathing for this kind of art, I'm still grossed out by County Supervisor Gloria Molina puritanism as she shows how very, very upset she is over the suggestion of a nipple on a scantily clad lass painted into one of the murals that was permitted in advance by the city. The County Supervisor wants to force the Friends of the Los Angeles River to whitewash it themselves or pay $70,000 for its removal. The river organization is happily balking.
The other half of her argument that it's attracting gang culture to the river is perhaps valid, I haven't seen the proof, but that she couched in such silly way, makes me shake my head a little in shame. This person is supposed to represent my interests. Sigh.
Full story here.
The artists even have permits. Anyways art breaks boundaries, and it makes people think...Politicians need to chill, if they took better care of the riverbank then there wouldn't be a need to draw on it.