In case you forgot Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. hates graffiti, the New York Times reminds you and highlights a few moments in his war on graffiti.

• Insane Twon paints “profanity-laced epithets” on a billboard off the Manhattan Bridge.

• Incensed subway riders target Vallone with fake subway signs. “It would say something like, ‘N service is suspended this weekend and Peter Vallone is a punk,” recalls Vallone. (Lucky for you, the MTA Service Notice Generator still works)

• Animal New York publishes Vallone’s home address. “The councilman forwarded the posting to the police.”

Probably most sensible of everyone in the article is Marc Ecko, who Vallone unsuccessfully tried to stop from holding a street fair with graffiti on fake subway signs in 2005:

“Vallone has created a persona as this guy who’s righting the wrongs in the city. I’d like to see him address issues that are harder to clean up, like violent crime and education.”