Letters to the editor: Graffiti; Affordable housing; reparations

Our Bend City Council needs to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards graffiti. Recently, I was walking through our downtown area towards the Post Office and saw sprayed graffiti on one of our large downtown maps. After finishing my business at the post office, I strolled along Tin Pan Alley and saw even more. If this is tolerated, Bend will decline by degrees. Graffiti leads to more graffiti. Graffiti makes any area appear to be rundown and unsafe. People start to go elsewhere.