To the public.
Man identifies crap roads with paint and is being sued by the grubberment.
He would have to buy bulk paint for the Central Coast.
The M1 or old F3 would be painted bfrom Newcastle to Gosford.
Pothole painter to fight case
EXCLUSIVE
JACK MORPHET
Mick Crump has been charged for spray painting potholes.
A PILLAR of the community in country NSW will face court this month for spray-painting cracks in botched roadworks that forced council workers to fix the road.
Michael Crump spent 20 years paving roads for Griffith City Council and now sits on the council’s traffic committee responsible for the state of local roads, but he will face court for spray painting marks next to holes in a main street that he believed needed fixing.
Griffith City Council is seeking $5000 in compensation for
“repair work” to remove the spray paint, which ironically involved filling the dangerous holes just as Mr Crump hoped they would.
Police will allege the spraypainted markings required council “to expedite the repair” of Yambil St.
Police have charged Mr Crump with the criminal offence of “destroy or damage property”, which will go before Griffith Local Court in a fortnight.
Mr Crump, who suffers from terminal metastatic prostate cancer, will fight the charges.
In the meantime, Mr Crump will be honoured in NSW parliament next week when Murray MP Helen Dalton will praise his tireless contribution to the Griffith community as part of a Community Recognition Statement forever inscribed in Hansard.
“The charges are so petty, it’s pathetic,” Ms Dalton said.“Mick is a terrific member of the community.”
Griffith City Council did not respond to requests for comment. The case is set down for mention on June 16.