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The city is cracking down on tagThe city is cracking down on taggers. gers. City council agreed to send a letter council agreed to send a letter to City Crown council asking for tougher to Crown council asking for tougher penalties for those convicted of tagpenalties for those convicted of tagging. ging. Coun. Ron Kerr, chair of the city’s Coun. Ron Kerr, chairRecreation of the city’s Community Services, Community Services, Recreation and Culture Commission, said the and Culture said the group hopes Commission, stiffer consequences group hopes stiffer consequences will be a deterrent. will be acommittee deterrent. felt the court’s “The “The committee court’s level of reprimand isfelt notthe sufficient level of reprimand is not sufficient enough to deter graffiti,” Kerr said. enough to deter graffiti, said. “It felt community work” isKerr a more “It felt community work is a more appropriate response. The commitappropriate response. Themay committee is certainly hoping this suctee isascertainly hoping ceed a deterrent. ” this may succeed as a deterrent. Convicted taggers”are traditionally Convicted taggers slapped with fines andare intraditionally some cases, slapped with fines and in some cases, banned from possessing graffiti banned from possessing graffiti
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equipment such as paints and sprays. equipment such4asmeeting, paints and sprays. At its March council At its March 4 meeting, council wanted the punishment to go furwanted the punishment to go further. ther. Council is asking the Crown to Councilrequiring is askingconvicted the Crown consider tag-to consider requiring convicted taggers to complete volunteer or comgers to complete volunteer or community service hours as part of their munity service hours as part of their sentencing. sentencing. Coun. Ryan Mennie, though, Coun. Ryan Mennie, though, wanted some clarity. wanted some clarity. “Wouldn’t this change be a moot “Wouldn’t be a grafmoot point as some this of thechange folks doing point as some of the folks doing graffiti have gone through the restorative fiti haveprogram gone through restorative justice whichthe keeps them justice program keeps them out of the courts?”which Mennie asked. out of the courts?” Mennie asked. Coun. Claire Moglove said restorCoun. Claire said ative justice is anMoglove alternative to restorgoing ative justice isContinued an alternative to going on Pg. 3
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