Waldos are apparently popping up around Boulder…
Where’s Waldo?
That’s a question a lot of Boulder residents are asking after paintings of the iconic children’s book character has popped up in recent weeks along trails, roads and on the walls of local businesses.
But what many people described as good clean fun may be short lived, as the city plans to take action to have all the Waldos removed.
Of course the lone party pooper in this whole episode is the City of Boulder government…
Jody Jacobson, a city spokeswoman, said that a city maintenance crew on Monday morning spotted a fresh Waldo on Foothills Parkway. It was painted over almost immediately.
She said the city now plans to send letters to the businesses that still have the paintings, asking them to remove the Waldos within three days. If the businesses don’t comply, the owners could be ticketed.
Jacobson said the city has not received any complaints about the paintings and officials were not aware of the extent of the paintings until Monday. But, she said, the city has a responsibility to remove unsanctioned images.
“If it’s illegal graffiti, we have to abide with the laws that are in place,” she said.
Ms. Jacobson, take a chill pill or two. Why don’t you go through all the thousands of pages of City’s rules and regulations and I bet you can find thousands of rules that either aren’t inforced or are inforced by complaint. Certainly many of the County land use regulations are inforced only by complaint. Go find somewhere else to be important. It’s almost enough to make one wonder if the City’s funding Waldo so Ms. Jacobson can go on a power trip or simply to raise revenue from business owners.
