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NewsSome Graffiti Is Worth PreservingAustin’s graffiti landmarks are a source of pride for many locals. Though it's illegal, many budding artists use empty walls as their canvases. And some street art is even commissioned. But what happens when graffiti itself is graffitied?
Morning commuters headed north on Guadalupe Street often get a glimpse of an iconic frog at the corner of 21st Street. But this week, the drawing, known as the "Hi, How Are You Frog," was defaced. The frog was drawn by Austin musician Daniel Johnston.
Rodney Ahert, executive director of Keep Austin Beautiful, a group that helps clean up tags, says cleaning graffiti can build community.
“When people see the graffiti that’s on a fence or a home, your community has been kind of violated,” Ahert said.
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NewsRomney Booed by Texas NAACPPresidential candidate Mitt Romney addressed members of the NAACP today in Houston.
“I’m running for president, because I know that my policies and vision will help millions of middle class Americans of all races, will lift people from poverty and will help prevent people from becoming poor in the first place.”
Romney told the predominantly black audience that they had been let down by the Obama administration. He also singled out the Affordable Care Act.
“If our goal is jobs, we have to stop spending over a trillion dollars more than we take in every year,” Romney said. “And so to do that, I’m going to eliminate every non-essential, expensive program I can find. That includes Obamacare. And I’m going to work to reform and save...”
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