Rosa Bobbio said she\u2019d fight the city of Anaheim rather than pay a graffiti-related fine. Now city officials say she won\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n
After taggers scraped into the windows of her upholstery shop in late 2009, Bobbio was told by Anaheim to get her windows fixed.<\/p>\n
Bobbio, who takes a bucket and brush to cover the spray paint that taggers regularly scrawl across her walls, said she couldn\u2019t afford to replace the windows. After the etchings remained for months, the city sent Bobbio fines and fees of $466.66. Bobbio rebelled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told them, ‘I\u2019m not gonna pay this fee. I do whatever it takes. It\u2019s not right. If you want to take me to jail, I go to jail.’ That\u2019s what I told them,\u201d said Bobbio, who has owned Century Custom Upholstery on South East Street for decades.<\/p>\n
But then officials of a Tustin-based graffiti removal business heard about Bobbio\u2019s plight. On Tuesday, WKRP Services began sanding the graffiti off the glass and polishing the windows to sparkling new, and is set to place protective film over her windows Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The job, estimated to cost about $1,000, will be performed for free, said Mike Speakman of WKRP Services.<\/p>\n
Now that the windows are being fixed, the city has waived the fine. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just glad that we could help Rosa with this issue,\u201d said Anaheim spokeswoman Ruth Ruiz, adding that it is not uncommon for the city to waive a fine once the offending damage has been cleared.<\/p>\n
The improvements and protection will make dealing with future glass vandalism easier and cheaper, Bobbio said, but it won\u2019t address the root of the problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is my guarantee that [the taggers] are not going to come back? \u201c she said. \u201cThere\u2019s no guarantee.\u201d<\/p>\n
— Amina Khan <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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