Graffiti Fairy

Alderman Fioretti is more reliable than a tooth fairy and faster, too

10/16/2011 0:28 AM

By Bonnie McGrath

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See the picture at right of the electrical box on a pole at 9th and State? Less than a few seconds before this picture was taken it was covered in scribbly, ugly and irritating graffiti. I was waiting to cross the street there this afternoon and Alderman Fioretti happened to sneak up with a little spray can (kind of like a can of WD-40) and he sprayed away for about three seconds. The white mess disappeared.


"Spray it again so I can get a picture!" I cajoled. But the alderman was too shy and modest to have his photo taken in action. So all I could get was the after. Wish I could have gotten the before.

"No one believes I go around doing this," Fioretti said.

Well, he does. I can attest to that. And he's pretty good.


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By 3rd Ward resident from South Loop
Posted: 10/17/2011 4:13 PM

I've seen Fioretti buy the spray cans at the Ace store in South Loop. Good for him. The graffiti is getting out of hand in Chicago. Seems like a turn back to the 70's and 80's.