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6-Year-Old Girl Facing $300 Fine for Chalk Drawing on Sidewalk
A 6-year-old Park Slope girl is facing a $300 fine from the city for doing what city kids have been doing for decades: drawing a pretty picture with common sidewalk chalk.
Obviously not all of Natalie Shea's 10th Street neighbors thought her blue chalk splotch was her best work - a neighbor called 311 to report the "graffiti," and the Department of Sanitation quickly sent a standard letter to Natalie's mom, Jen Pepperman.
Can somebody stop these bureaucrats before they Kafka again?
"PLEASE REMOVE THE GRAFFITI FROM YOUR PROPERTY," the Sanitation Department warning letter read. "FAILURE TO COMPLY
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Posted in: News on October 12, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
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Seriously people....
Omg, how fuckign retarted can people get?
/facepalm
wtf is going on these days!?!
IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY GODDARNIT!
All I have to say.
The idiot that called must have been on crack or something
Another fine example that society is turning into shit.
Why aren't we dead yet? It seems that we should be dead now due to the fact that our society is collasping.
I hope her family sues that neighbor and the city.
WHAT THE F**K Whats wrong with chalk it's not like she did it at 12 am at night wearing all black using spraypaint.
well our society sucks balls and is as crappy as crap can be but it will get crappier if we arrest and charge fines first and ask later f***in retards
ITS CHALK RETARDS IT COMES OFF WITH WATER RETARDS ITS LEGAL RETARDS (or at least it used to be)STUPID RETARDS!!!