Cleanup of Watermelon Rock was not a waste

I am surprised at the fact that people are upset at the city of San Luis Obispo for cleaning up the graffiti that was done to the rock on the Bishop Peak trail. The city did not waste time and money cleaning up the damage done to the rock on the trail; the person who painted it did.

No, the workers were not able to restore the mold and dirt that was on the rock, that was lost the minute the vandals applied their paint to it. If you want to recoup the tax dollars lost restoring the rock to its more natural state, then help catch the person(s) responsible for the damage so they can be fined.

We have rules and laws for a reason. If you want to see what these trails would look like without them, do a simple search on the internet for “graffiti on rocks” then click on the “images” tab. Who will decide what is graffiti and what is art?

This story was originally published November 17, 2017 at 9:05 AM with the headline "Cleanup of Watermelon Rock was not a waste."