Graffiti. The coward's way to express himself. Hit and run markings by misguided people who vandalize other's property with their unintelligible scrawls. The cost ever increases as we constantly cover it over, creating a patchwork of covering paint, reluctant to fully repaint for fear that it would just be a fresh canvas for these uncaring thugs.

As a public service, I will post the graffiti the day that it occurs at my family's business (Rasmussen Gas Logs & Grills, corner of Whittier Blvd. and Philadelphia Street in Whittier). Because of the time stamp ability of the blog, I submit that the police can use these postings to compound the charges against the graffiti vandals when they are caught, with the hope that the result will be a felony charge.

Here are the fresh graffiti markings from today, August 28, 2006. I estimate the cost to cover over these markings was $25.00 in paint and labor and would testify under penalty of perjury to the same.

Onward and upward!