Letters to Editor
Let’s not get tagged
“The standard you walk past is the standard you accept” is a principle emphasising that failing to correct poor behaviour or low quality is equivalent to endorsing it.
Recently, Te Awamutu has become a target for taggers. There is recent tagging at Albert Park, one of the chemists, a couple of businesses in town and various other places. There is not so recent tagging on the Postie Plus building and the Variety Store. On approaching these businesses to ask who would remove the tagging I was told “we’re working with the owner” or “we’re working with head office” or “it’s not our responsibility, if we clean up they’ll only come back”.
This type of defacement is ugly and detrimental to Te Awamutu’s environment giving it a rundown, uncared for atmosphere.
As a Te Awamutu resident who cares about the way our town looks, I would like to urge building and business owners and the local community to take responsibility for the look of our town – clean the tagging. Don’t let it be the standard we accept.
Paula Walsh
Te Awamutu
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