Fresh Friday

I hope Arthur Agency folks will place an ad in "On the Square" since their office is "a stone's throw" from the wood frame Pavilion that marks the visual centerpiece of the area, and speaking of which . . . couldn't some additional statuary be installed around 'the square' to make it look more like a square and improve the aesthetics of the area?

And speaking of aesthetics, the anti-graffiti ordinance in Carbondale is under-enforced. No ticket has been issued to two years. The reason, according to Tom "Groundhog" Grant, the City official in charge is it penalizes the wrong person, since the owner of the building is not responsible for the graffiti. Maybe cleaning could be a sanctioned Community Service activity. Grant thinks a public graffiti wall might be a good idea, but would it eliminate graffiti?

There are some recurring words and symbols on the C'dale graffiti scene. "Nothing is New" is one, and remember the Brad Cole silhouette? How about Tofu? FINK? According to current law, an owner is given a week to clean it at his own expense. If the wall gets tagged again, tough luck; so the enforcers have have been lax. Clearly some implementable law should be on the books so Carbondale's cityscape can look fresh.