We heard back from BJ's law enforcement connections and our fence graffitti was not random hooliganism, but a tag from a specific gang. We were told that we should remove it (which we were planning on doing anyway) and BJ is out with the belt sander as we speak.
Apparently gang activity does not simply live in the traditional "ghetto" parts of town given that the gang bangers of twenty years ago are now raising their families in safer, more suburban communities. Which who can blame them? If I had a decent job or decent money from my nefarious activities, I would want my kids out of the projects. Not that there is necessarily any violence around here ... it's actually a very safe neighborhood ... but obviously there are some portions of that element, or that wannabe element living around here. Either way, the police like to track where these things turn up, we will let the home owner's association know, and when we see our neighbor's we will let them know as well. I guarantee that our neighbors would be just as surprised and disturbed as we are to know that this looms somewhere in our midst.
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