More Capitol graffiti, huge cost

In addition to the holiday displays going in at the Capitol, there was considerable effort in removing some unwanted decoration in the form of yet more anarchist graffiti from the sandstone building.

The figures, including a peace symbol and an anarchist symbol, were painted next to the big bronze doors on the north entrance. Indeed, state workers walked by the taped-over marks as they shoved the holiday tree into the building this morning.

The Department of General Administration puts the cost repairs at $16,000, three-quarters of it in labor.

You may recall that this is the third time people have defaced the Capitol this year. First the columns, then in May, the interior marble and the wall near the north entrance, and now near the doors on the same entrance. The state says the latest incident occurred just after the close of business Wednesday – as everyone was heading home for the Thanksgiving holiday.