To the editors of Brick:

Below is a letter I am sending to the Mayor, the Governor, the city police Style Weekly and the RTD, but I thought I’d send it to you first. I just want to raise awareness and maybe get somebody locked up or preferably, CANED! It has to do with graffiti on Belle Island. I love Belle Island and ride my bike and run the trails down there or just hang out on the rocks and look at girls. But I F-ing hate graffiti and it is all over the place!

Some of it could be eliminated by closing the park at 7 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. Limiting access by building a fence between the railroads and the foot bridges would be another way to keep undesirable elements out of the park. I would also ban all alcoholic beverages and glass containers in the park.

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy a beer or two on the river, but I am willing to give up a couple of cold beers to help keep the place clean. If you eliminate alcohol and glass of any kind, you will greatly decrease the amount of trash and bad behavior down there. 

There are buildings down there that really should be demolished. They serve no historical value and they are a substrate for graffiti. It is one of the things that I truly hate about Richmond. (Though, I actually kinda like the Greatful Dead Steal Your Face logo which has had several manifestations in the same place over the past many years. I consider that art, but that’s just my opinion.)

Thanks for your time. I’m not giving my name because I don’t want any gangstas coming after me. 

–Anonymous