Slog - Comments on Chalk It Up to Graffiti http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti After Jobdango advertised on the streets of Portland using—the horror—sidewalk chalk, the city had to clean it up because sidewalk chalk, see, is apparently graffiti. Portland is now suing Jobdango. The city is suing the online job classifieds company for $5,446, claiming that's what it cost to remove hundreds of chalk advertisements drawn on city streets one night last September…. Though one might expect the rain to wash the chalk away in this soggy city, the graffiti was applied in September, one of the few months in which Portland enjoys steady sunshine. The cleanup crew spent several hours removing hundreds... Copyright 2008 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:03:04 -0800 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:11:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by w7ngman I saw the Jobdango chalk here in Seattle about a year ago. It looked like it was handwritten by 8th grade girls. If there were an "i" in Jobdango I would have expected a tiny heart.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074132 City Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:34:10 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 yay finally seattle is being cooler than PDX

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074140 City Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:57:13 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Jobdango is the most shite name for a business I think I've ever heard. I suspect it's affiliated with that horrible Fandango, that ran the insufferably unwatchable adverts in the cinemas a year or more ago?

In fact, that whole "dango" suffix makes me break out in a maculopapular rash and causes my eyeballs to bleed. Profusely.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074152 City Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:31:05 -0800 Comment by Ameliadango Given that in Seattle you're not supposed to look people in the eye because that means you're one of the crazies about to spare change or Tim Eyman initiative them, it really really sucks that marketers are starting to ad up my sidewalks.

]]> Ameliadango http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074211 City Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:48:10 -0800 Comment by kinaidos It's dangerous to have sidewalk messages in the NW. You are walking along with your latte in one hand and your iphone in the other, talking away on the phone, and you see the sidewalk message and look down to read it. Then boom, you run into someone. Your latte and iphone go flying. His latte and iphone go flying. Worse yet you have that awkward moment of explaining that of course you really weren't that interested in AIDS testing, not that you aren't gay, not that he is, not that there's anything wrong with that....

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074213 City Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:49:00 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Could someone print the address of the CEO and head VPs of the firm that decided to spray paint it, so we can go tag their homes?

It's only fair.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074233 City Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:30:14 -0800 Comment by Greg It's not like chalk is going to hurt anything when it gets into the storm sewer. This is really dumb.

But wait, can I sue the city for putting those little chalk marks on my tires when I park on the street?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074311 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074311 City Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:10:14 -0800 Comment by Vince Just think how much money the city could make selling space on sidewalks for chalk ads.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/chalk_it_up_to_graffiti#c1074312 City Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:11:08 -0800