A retired Marine colonel, Smith once was responsible for waging war on graffiti in the city. Appointed to the post by then-Mayor Alfred Hopkins in 1996, he would patrol town, painting over graffiti, usually on businesses or public buildings.
The problem waned, but now seems to be returning, he said. Last month, Smith said he saw scribblings on his neighbor's home on Cornhill Street. And there's graffiti on another house down the street, on Hyde Alley, he...
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