The group was there to learn from a Crown’s representative what the courts are doing about graffiti vandals, and what they heard left many there dissatisfied and angry.ĭuring the Community Centre 55’s recent Graffiti Removal & Information Program (GRIP) workshop, residents learned that the act of defacing or tagging homes and businesses, using spray paint, bingo dabbers, black permanent markers or shoe polish dabbers is seen as no more than a nuisance in the eyes of the law. In a small room inside a building that began its life as police station, concerned Beaches-East York residents and their local city councillor gathered to get tips on graffiti removal.
