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Walla Walla resident admits chalking over hateful sidewalk graffiti, urges council to act
Walla Walla City Council · December 4, 2024
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Summary
A Walla Walla resident told the council he covered racial and gender slurs chalked on downtown sidewalks and asked the city to clarify enforcement; council members described legal limits and pledged continued review of options.
David Schmaltz, a Walla Walla resident, told the City Council on Dec. 4 that he spread garden lime on sidewalks downtown to cover racial and other invective he said had been chalked near Colville and Maine.
"My granddaughter's afraid to go downtown," Schmaltz said. He described the messages as "racial slurs common to the Jim Crow…
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