Posted on 07/13/2009 10:42:54 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
As tourists lined up to snap photos of the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign Monday morning, many noticed something amiss.
Red graffiti was scrawled on the famous landmark, defacing the main face and one of its structural legs.
Cameron Randall and friend Kevin Daniels, visiting from North Carolina, noticed it right away and were disappointed someone would damage the popular tourist attraction.
"It's kind of sad someone would vandalize something like that," Daniels said. "It's the entrance to the city and everything."
The Young Electric Sign Company owns the sign and leases it to Clark County, county spokeswoman Jennifer Knight said. A red Sharpie marker was used to scrawl the lettering, said Russell Davis of the county's Department of Public Works.
If the company can't restore the sign to its original condition, the county will call in its own contractors to remove the graffiti, Davis said.
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Thanks for posting the photo Jet Jaguar.
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Looks more like a tagger than a gang-banger...I could be wrong. Watching for updates.
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LOL!
Or Joe Isuzu got out of the asylum.
Obama supporters...
That looks like it could be cleaned off with some strong soap and elbow grease. If not, repaint the sign. No biggie.
Judging by the penmanship, I’m guessing alcohol was involved.
Or paint sniffing.
Drum roll please.....
There I said it, and that's my story, and I'm stickin to it
My proof you ask?
Easy, only teachers are allowed to use red for marking purposes! hence and err go it was a teacher!
Eat your heart out Shear~luck Holms.
Sure looks like you’re right, but I humbly submit, that in my opinion it’s a tagger posting his/her tag and/or a message.
Actually, you can’t paint over that type of sign. A beautiful monument to over-indulgence and 99 cent breakfast special. The perp needs to be hung out to dry amongst the desert cactus...
I still think it could be cleaned off relatively easily. I know there are commercial graffiti removers out there because I have seen them used.
I do agree with your idea about the perp, though.
That would have happened in the old days.
Rubbing alcohol will take Sharpie off of glass or hard plastic, which is what the sign looks like it is made of.
Before they hang him out to dry, they should grafiti their home & everything in it.
Then they should be made to clean their mess up, fine them, jail them & demand restitution.
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