HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Giving real Vandals a bad name

Written August 8th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

On a bike ride Monday, I came across this scene at the entrance to Albany’s Simpson Park and Talking Water Gardens, and it leads to this conclusion: People who overturn portable toilets or commit other acts of vandalism are telling the world that, unlike the historical Vandals, they are really, really dumb.


 
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