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WITH A RENEWED EFFORT
ONE CITY COUNCILOR IS
SO DETERMINED TO
HE'S PUTTING HIS OWN
MONEY TOWARD THE
CAUSE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
ADAMSON IS IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
POLES, YOU NAME IT. GRAFFITI
IS ALL OVER THE PLACE IN
PROVIDENCE'S 6TH WARD AND
RESIDENTS ARE SICK AND
LEADERS ARE DOING THEIR
STOP THE TAGGING.
GRAFFITI HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
PROBLEM AROUND THE
CENTER ON ACADEMY DRIVE,
BUT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AISHA DESINCE SAYS LATELY
IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.
struggle on
a day to day basis just to keep
off our signs."
DESINCE THINKS IT MAKES THE
BUILDINGS LOOK UGLY. BUT NO
TO HELP, SHE FEELS
POWERLESS TO STOP THE
TAGGING.
"We had a community outreach
where we just went around and
cleaned them, but they're gonna
too long."
CORREIA REPRESENTS THE
SIXTH WARD. HE SAYS HE'S
PROMISED RESIDENTS TO CUT
DOWN ON THAT TAGGING. HIS
FIRST STEP- A GRAFFITI TASK
"I send them a list, within 48
neighborhood
TO PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS
MOUTH IS, CORREIA JUST
INTRODUCED A NEW POLICY. HE
REWARD GIVEN TO ANYONE
THE ACT IN HIS WARD IF IT
LEADS TO A CONVICTION. IN
SOME CASES, THAT COULD BE
UP TO $500.
that's
community meetings. So therefore
part. I
would
THE COUNCILMAN IS
BE SUCCESSFUL. HE SAYS THAT
BY USING HIS OWN MONEY, HE
HOW SERIOUS HE IS ABOUT
GETTING RID OF TAGGING FOR
GOOD. WITH THE PROVIDENCE
MOBILE NEWSROOM ANDREW
ADAMSON EWN.
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