Comments on: Vallone Jr.’s “vendetta”

by: gin

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:24:56 +0000

my nephew doesnt deserve to do jail time with these harsh criminals. specially with rikers fame!..i hope vallone doesnt ever have to send one of his own family member to rikers, just to justify that hes actually doing something for the city!!..theres alot of worse people out there that need to b incarcerated, like child molesters, and rapist, now those are the people he should really go after if he seeks fame!!…

by: joanne niekrash

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:10:02 +0000

if you think this is bad what about his new vendetta against all “pit bull” dogs. if it is up to him they will all be euthanized. he is trying to outlaw owning or adopting these beautiful innocent dogs(resolution 156) instead of doing the more challenging thing and going after the irresponsible and cruel people who abuse these animals. the funny thing is he calls himself an animal activist……

by: NeaTo 1

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:43:50 +0000

i think he got off ok…

by: raisedinQueens

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:48:38 +0000

I ran into Kiko a couple times… 1 time was on 30th ave, saw him high up, tagging a billboard on a busy evening. real nice kid (looked like a kid)… lotta people who’ve met him say hes good guy. he just happens to like graffiti. he chooses his spots well i think… doesnt write on churches or anything. though i think he did the infamous “brooklyn bridge spot”. thats what i hear, and if its true, it could partly be what brought the attention to him. also, since Vallone lives in Astoria, im sure Kiko wrote near his house somewhere, and a lightbuld went off in Vallone’s head. but honestly, he really isn’t different from any other graffiti writer in NY. damage wise at least… there’s much worse.

Vallone’s just trying to get cheap publicity… most politicians do to get more attention and be well known with voters.

by: » Blog Archive » ::Vallone Threat - Animal Magazine::

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:52:29 +0000

[…] As reported in today’s NY Daily News, KIKO, a 28 year-old graffiti writer, was sentenced to 6 months in prison and forced to pay a $25,000 fine for his recent tagging spree in Astoria. Fanatical anti-graffiti critic and name recognition councilman Peter Vallone Jr., who once proclaimed, “I want this punk, and I want him bad… Catching this guy has been a personal vendetta of mine for a few months now” is credited with supporting some of NYC’s harshest graffiti laws ever, some of which were recently struck down as unconstitutional. He has used this issue as his personal soapbox for the past year or so, totally generating more press for himself than anything else he’s done. Although we do think KIKO should be punished in some form or another, specifically public service, we don’t think that any graffiti writer should ever have to serve jail time. In the long run this hurts the community more than any tag could. If anybody wants to do any peaceful renovations demonstrations, we suggest they travel to the belly of the beast. Here is Peter Vallone’s home address, 21-46 19th St. as provided by his own district office and press hack, Andrew something or other. So stop by, check out the lovely views of the Triborough Bridge and the massive Con Ed power plant, plus exercise your 1st Amendment writes. Crack dealers are never prosecuted with the same vigor that has been given to this kid KIKO Six months is a hard sentence for writing on a wall. This kid might as well have been writing on a bathroom wall, because we never heard of him until the news got hold of this story…. Explore posts in the same categories: General Interest, Artists, News, Design […]

by: Kendra MacLeod

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:17:59 +0000

Hey,

I am doing a piece on the precieved difference between graffiti and street art- I’m looking to talk to Oliver about his situation if anyone can forward my email/contact to him. We’ve heard Vallone, we need the other side- Peace, Kendra callitastyle@yahoo.com

by: galaxia

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:51:51 +0000

Ok so they caught one out of a million out there… seriously i dont think my
cuz to be the worst of the worst. I mean if u really travel around queens u
would see many more tags out there lets say i.e. : Nato, and Bruce, and Teaz
now THESE GUYS are literally all over for years they been out there, and
vallone is going after ollie as if he was the king of all graff lol… But hey wasn’t
vallone the one who didnt want ecko to do his block party and almost had
mayor bloomberg change his mind about it too? Vallone is just trying to get
votes that he shouldn’t get he is a hater that is all… what ollie should get is
crazy community service lol and not harsh time.

by: Concerned

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:22:09 +0000

I think KiKo should go free with harsh bail but the Dirty Harry Bullshit of 100,000 dollars damage is BS. As an officer in the system, the kid had his fun and i think he is done. Free speech right?

by: Oliver Siandre

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:28:57 +0000

kiko shouldnt be guilty! graffiti writers consider this an art and so do i!
The city doesnt know shit about art. Gradditi writer express their
feelings and thoughts on walls and nothing is going to stop them!