Whittier Wag - Beyond the Letters to the Editor

The Whittier Wag is the conduit for my opinions, ideas and thoughts on the goings-on and issues of Whittier, SoCal, The State of California and the USA. I am a 45 year resident of Whittier, graduate of the US Naval Academy, Surface Warfare Officer, small business and property owner, husband, father of two boys, Boy Scout Asst. Scoutmaster, Rotarian and concerned citizen. I have my opinions, and I am not afraid to share them. Onward and upward!

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

More graffiti, all from the same guy.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006




It must be a "Back-to-School Special" or the last hurrah of summer, becasue we really got hit over the weekend. In fact, the negatively industrious little buggers vandalized along Whittier Blvd. from at least Mar Vista to at least Philadelphia Street. Please, someone catch them and punish them, so they will stop wasting our time and resources, and littering up our property with their vandal's marks.

Regarding the Fred C Nelles property across the street,
I think they should reopen it as a prison just for graffiti vandals. I am sure we could fill it up if we put more effort into catching these miscreants.


Friday, September 01, 2006

Once again, I hadn't planned on using this blog just to vent on the ills of graffiti, but a bright ray of sunshine in the war on vandalism shone on Whittier today. At Californian High in unicorporated Whittier, LA County Sheriffs deputies caught an 11 year old and two 14 year olds tagging. Three others ran away, but the caught three fingered them. Read the http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9775582/detail.html

Note that this occurred at 2 am. What is wrong with the parents of these six kids that their little darling are out vandalizing government property in the wee hours when they should be home sleeping? Slam the parents. Prevent the kids from getting drivers licenses until they are eighteen, and put the parents on probation. If the kids are caught tagging or vandalizing again, then take away the parents' licenses until their kid is eighteen. Perhaps staring at the prospect of being without the ability to drive legally for seven years will force them to take responsibility for their children. Also, put the kids into child protective services, because if would then be obvious that the parents are not acting in the best interests of their children to let then break curfew and vandalize.

Get tough if you want change. The same thing goes for the border situation, Iraq and the global war against Islamic Facism. But those are topics for another day.


Onward and upward!