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                                                     1508 Avondale Avenue
                                                     Richmond, Virginia 23227
                                                     April 19, 1998

Mr. Mark Thomas, Manager
CVS
1205 Bellevue Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23227-4001

RE: Graffiti

Dear Mr. Thomas:

This week the Bellevue Neighborhood Patrol reported graffiti on the back of your store. This morning Winnie Cobb, the captain of Team A of the Patrol, and I verified the presence of graffiti on the loading door and on the cinderblocks of the west wall of the store.

The Richmond Police have told us that the only sound policy for graffiti is to paint it over, immediately. If graffiti is left in place it serves to encourage both the same and other persons to vandalize the same place, and it further encourages the vandals to spread their handiwork elsewhere in the neighborhood.

I know you do not want the graffiti on your store to have this effect, and I assure you that your neighbors feel the same way. I hope we can count on your cooperation in dealing with this problem.

With kindest regards, I am

Sincerely,
John Butcher

cc: Winnie Cobb

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