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FOX 23 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS
RIGHT NOW.
BUDGET CUTS FORCING THE CITY
OF TULSA TO FIND A NEW WAY TO
CLEAN UP GRAFFITI.
NEW AT 5:00, FOX 23'S HECTOR
MEJIA IS LIVE NEAR 23rd AND --
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CLEANUP IN
Reporter: THE CITY SAID THEY
HAD TO CUT THE POSITIONS TO
SAVE $87,000.
AND NOW THE SECURITY SERVICES
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANUP AND
THEY WERE HERE YESTERDAY AND
FOUND THIS.
THEY COULD NOT PAINT OVER IT
BECAUSE IT WAS TOO FRESH.
AND THE CITY OF TULSA TOLD ME
THEY HAD TO SLASH CLOSE TO
$50,000 FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL
YEAR.
THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A
BACKLOG.
I TALKED WITH ONE MAN WHO SAID
HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS PAINTED
OVER SOME GRAFFITI THEMSELVES.
WE'LL TAKE OUR OWN MONEY AND
DO IT.
IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR ANYBODY TO
HAVE TO SIT THERE AND LOOK AT
IT.
Reporter: THE CITY ALSO TOLD
ME THEY'LL ONLY RESPOND IF
SOMEONE REPORTS THE GRAFFITI.
AND THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE CLEANUP ON CITY PROPERTY