Clark County Graffiti Abatement painted the walls on either side of Hacienda a few weeks ago to cover graffiti.  They thought everyone would be happy with the improvement.

“Here we’re out here trying to clean up the neighborhood and here a citizen is unhappy with the job we’ve done,” Chief of Code Enforcement Joseph Boteilho said.

Even though the Clark County has few complaints when it comes to graffiti cover-up efforts, one resident is “mad as hell” and has been fighting since the moment he came home and found that his walls had been painted. 

Joe Holmes lives on a corner lot, and the walls he battled the water district to paint in 2005 had no graffiti, but the county said they had the authority to paint it without notifying him first because of a permission slip signed in 1995.

“If (they were) concerned about the paint being the same on both sides of the street why did they not paint the portion of the wall in front of the water district, which is also on this side of the street? 

His explanation to me was that they did not have the authority to paint the wall belonging to the water district and I asked him what authority did he have to paint my section of the wall without my permission?” said Holmes.

To the untrained eye the difference is small.  The color difference is drastic enough to Holmes though, and Clark County has offered to repaint his walls with a color that almost matches the former color.  Holmes isn’t happy though.  He wants the same type of paint, in the same exact color. 

After talking more with Clark County Graffiti Abatement, Holmes is willing to look at a sample again.  Until he approves a new color, his walls will remain mismatched.

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