partying in portland...

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[damnit]

[Bert]

Woopsie daisy, thats a misspelling if I ever saw one.

[Francis Dolarhyde 36]

LOL "Herion" good job.

[slobberface]

fuck i just spit beer out my nose. fuckin funny.

[slobberface]

spraypaint kills brain cells haha! looks good tho.

[i<3reefers]

spelt it correct on the right side

[beeerz]

[fun haver]

that bats is fire. also bump mah nigga sk8

[elRey]

[so what man]

[rites1]

[RECNEPS]

^so clean^

[NUMSKUL]

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GMER

RAER

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WHYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[damnit]

'Tagger' tries to erase the damage

 

Sara Fisher's required apology leaves some Hawthorne

merchants skeptical

 

Thursday April 8, 1999

 

By Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian staff

 

The only things sizzling Wednesday morning at the

Burgerville in Southeast Portland were the emotions of

about 20 residents and merchants, who faced off with a

young graffiti vandal who had damaged their property.

 

Sara J. Fisher, a 21-year-old Reed College senior,

hugged a friend for support before she entered the

fast-food restaurant. Fisher, under a court order, had

come to apologize for scrawling her four-letter graffiti

signature, "Maul," on property throughout Portland.

 

"I know that I can never justify why I did what I did,"

Fisher said, addressing members of the Hawthorne

Boulevard Business Association. "It was never my

intention to hurt anyone. I wasn't thinking about the impact

I'd have around the community. I think I idealized graffiti

as a way to put art on the streets."

 

Fisher, whom prosecutors described as one of the most

prolific graffiti vandals in Portland, remained composed

through the 30-minute meeting that at times turned

confrontational.

 

She said she didn't realize the hardship she had caused

until after she was caught and arrested. She said she was

sorry and would not do it again.

 

Fisher, who faced 44 counts of unlawful applying of

graffiti, pleaded guilty to 20 counts under a negotiated

deal.

 

Wednesday's was the first of four community meetings

that Fisher must attend to apologize for her crimes. To

avoid prison, she agreed last month to pay nearly $3,000

in restitution to property owners, spend 400 hours on a

graffiti cleanup crew and wear an electronic monitoring

bracelet for 30 days to ensure she adheres to a night

curfew at her Southeast Portland apartment. She also

donated $5,000 to the city's anti-graffiti trust fund.

 

Property owners at Wednesday's meeting tried to make

Fisher realize the damage and distress she had caused

them and the city. And many tore into Fisher's description

of graffiti as an expression of art.

 

"The one thing I want you to realize is when it's on my

property, it's vandalism. That has no art value to me," said

Jerry Otto, general manager of the Burgerville on

Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard.

 

Terre Macris, who owns an art gallery on Southeast

Division Street, demanded to know why Fisher had to

leave her mark on buildings under the cover of night,

instead of on canvas.

 

"You know how many gallons of paint have been on my

building because of people like you?" Macris asked her.

 

Police contend Fisher was painting graffiti from August

through Oct. 13, when she was caught scrawling "Maul"

on a Union Pacific Railroad utility box under the Morrison

Bridge. Removing graffiti from railroad boxes and cars

costs thousands of dollars, said Tom Morrison of Union

Pacific. It also endangers train crews who may interpret a

railroad signal incorrectly because of the colored paint,

Morrison said.

 

"Do you realize the potential danger?" Morrison asked

Fisher.

 

"No, I didn't realize that," she said. "And, I didn't realize a

lot of other things. That's why I'm here today to apologize.

I'm sorry."

 

Some merchants were skeptical that Fisher was sincere,

and Fisher admitted it was not her choice to address

them.

 

"Getting caught allowed me the opportunity to look at

what I've done from an outsider's perspective," she said.

"If I hadn't gotten caught, I probably wouldn't have been

sorry."

 

Fisher, a psychology major, derived her four-letter

signature from Southeast Mall Street, where she lives. She

left it on buildings, bus stops, traffic signs, railroad cars,

trucks, phone booths and trash bins. People responsible

for graffiti are called "taggers."

 

Alyce Cornyn-Selvy, who teaches at Pacific Northwest

College of Art, said Fisher's apology seemed scripted.

 

"You're a psychology major, so you should understand

my question. What conversations were going on inside

your head while you're doing this? What age were you?"

she asked.

 

Fisher responded, "I know you want me to say I was 12

years old, and I was being silly. And I'm not going to say

that."

 

By the end of the session, Cornyn-Selvy was more

frustrated.

 

"I'm all for artistic expression. I teach it, for God's sake.

But where is her thinking of what's right and wrong? She

doesn't get it."

 

Court-ordered public apologies are becoming more

popular, but they still are rare for more violent crimes, said

Dick Ashbaugh, chairman of the criminal justice

department at Clackamas Community College.

 

"I think when you're talking property crimes, the public is

way more acceptable of getting an apology and getting

paid back for their losses," Ashbaugh said.

 

But there's a down side.

 

"The value of an apology when you make them do it is

less than when they do it on their own accord," said

Portland Officer Daniel Liu.

 

Fisher is scheduled to speak to the Pearl District

Neighborhood Association today at 6 p.m.

[SHORTY DVS KREW]

i was just talkin about this chick to someone...trip

[Mr.H.Caulfield]

Maul killed it. Reedies can suck it though.

[Super/Bored]

starvin marvin

[THEVANDALISINGKID]

THAT OGER..

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[2dolrhoe]

 

 

this is how you walk the walk.. while the rest of you talk and talk.

 

gosip is for little girls..

[mosthatedpdx]

"herion" how cute. LOL... Fuck koer, jus for the record. Knew he'd be a talker..loose lips

[mosthatedpdx]

at least he entertained ya'll for a while, jus hope he didnt get to close to ya and spill your life story to Matt