nine years

Boston police think they have finally caught a graffiti artist named 'Spek,' whom they had been chasing for nine years. This is the stuff people make movies about--I wonder if Spek could option his story (Massachusetts doesn't have a "Son of Sam" statute).

There is good graffiti and bad graffiti and lots more that falls somewhere in the middle. It inspires varying degrees of rancor and awe amongst the public and, most of the time, it's considered vandalism.

I'd like to know how much money was spent chasing Spek and I wonder how much money was spent removing his works. There's also the question of how much money is spent on graffiti prevention and what types of prevention there are in Boston.

But why stop there? I also wonder how much time Spek spent creating his works and I wonder how much time people spend looking at them. The word on the street is that he was a decent 'writer,' and he'll be missed.