Nope. They made Taco Bell pay for it. ;p No seriously though, they did. Turns out it wasn't built in respect to applicable scenery codes and a decorative wall was the solution.
LOL I would like to go there and contribute some artistic graffiti. I wonder if Marguerite would be up for the trip. We will come and visit and buy you a cup of coffee. (the good kind)
Please don't. I personally wouldn't be bothered by it, but the clean up is mandatory and it is carried out by the town. So it just comes out of the tax revenue as a public service.
A nuisance done by me would only increase it's value.
Salvatore Dali once had an ocelot that pissed on some priceless lithographs. The owner went bonkers. He screamed at Dali, your pet just made a nuisance on my priceless lithographs!" and Dail came back with that priceless comment. "A nuisance of Dali's will only increase their value."
I think the same of my artwork. They will say "THANK YOU" to me.
You don't know how stuffy and uptight our local authorities are about this stuff. They make a big a stink about what people park i their driveway even.
Dali was a great artist and I love his. Yet it can't be denied he became a swindler resting on his laurels later in life. He fell off and just sold his name after awhile.