The SAME Old, Same Old...

Once upon a time there was a tagger who used the tag SAME. Originally SAME seemed to tag the same old targets - mailboxes, green bins, alley walls etc...

Unfortunately for Halifax, SAME seems to enjoy vandalising private property most of all lately. Just drive anywhere on the peninsula and you will be hard pressed not to see SAME on every street. (At least it has a bit of style in the curlicue "E")

Sadly the police seem stymied. All those surveillance cameras are impotent, unable to spot the act of graffiti in action.

I suspect that even among those who tag - SAME has crossed a line. Hopefully it will not show others that they can cross the line with equal impunity - if it does - we may be in for a nasty summer of vandalism...

SAME is a vandal, pure and simple. Given his apparent need to paint every surface in town, you would think it might be possible to catch him. We need either some peer pressure, or some policing.

The tag actually says SIAME, I think, with the I hidden under the A, and the halo being the dot on the I. Given the stylistic similarities, I suspect that SAME is the same guy as SIAMER, and SAME seems to be a member of the VA Crew, though the private property vandalism rarely credits VA.