Graffiti Artist Uses NSFW Way to Get City's Attention to Fix Potholes

This guy must be yanking his city's chain.

wanksyCity governments aren’t usually the best at realizing the value of PR and reputation maintenance. In fact, most of them suck.

Perhaps it’s the inability to figure out what constituents really need or the fact that people are just naturally polarizing. Poll anyone about city government and he/she will get on that soapbox faster than a troll on Justin Bieber’s Twitter account.

Meet “Wanksy.”

He’s a talented graffiti artist (otherwise known as a “writer” in 80s hip-hop circles) who has a certain panache for city advocacy.

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