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Steve Mueller anticipated construction of the new Highway 90 could bring some traffic headaches to the area.

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What the leader of the Songwood Civic Association’s Civilian Patrol never imagined was graffiti. “I’ve reported this to TxDOT. I’ve emailed pictures to the mayor’s anti-gang office and also reported it to neighborhood protection.”

He has gotten, what he calls, the run-around for the last two months.

A spokesperson for TxDOT said it is the contractor’s responsibility to get rid of the graffiti, not the state’s.

Mueller feels that everyone he’s contacted is passing the buck and possibly danger to residents.

What concerns him more than anything else is that graffiti at that construction site could spread throughout the Songwood neighborhood where gang activity in the mid 90s was out of control. “They were very evident out here. Drive-by shootings, all kinds of stuff going on. This is just marking their territory. ”Meanwhile, Mueller and his neighbors are marking their territory before the paint, and the problem spreads, once more.