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Warman mayor says graffiti, vandalism at skate park is 'disheartening'

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Warman's skate park was closed earlier in the week after it was hit by graffiti and its washroom was vandalized.

"I was very disheartened to see the graffiti in a few different places that happened … and one of the places was the skateboard park," Mayor Gary Philipchuk told CTV News.

A photo shared on social media by the City of Warman staff shows damage to the community's skate park. (Facebook/City of Warman)

Photos posted on social media by city staff also show a sink torn off a wall in a washroom at the skate park.

"We're all in this together as a community and we will not accept this and we just want to be on the lookout as a community to try and have this stopped," Philipchuk said.

He said city workers have removed the graffiti and repaired the washroom. The park is now reopened, he said.

(Facebook/City of Warman)

The help wasn't needed in this instance, but Philipchuk said the fact a local company reached out and offered to fix the washroom for free shows how Warman "comes together as a community."

While the graffiti is gone, Philipchuk said he can't help but feel the time spent cleaning up the mess was a waste.

"You're spending a lot of money and effort and time to really get back to just where you were, instead of improving," Philipchuk said.

"It's an unfortunate burden that a lot of times the taxpayers have to pick up and hopefully it ends up being the people that were responsible that end up having to cover that."

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