【SpecialPublicBudgetGraffiti（涂鸦）Vandalism（故意破坏公物的行为）inAdelaidecoststhepublicpursemorethantwomilliondollarsayear，which（33）___（reveal）．Ratepayersandtaxpayersfootthebillforcontinualclean】

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　　Graffiti （涂鸦） Vandalism （故意破坏公物的行为）in Adelaide costs the public purse more than two million dollars a year，which （33）___（reveal）．Ratepayers and taxpayers foot the bill for continual cleanups of graffiti from metropolitan bus shelters，public buildings and reserves，TransAdelaide alone spends about one million dollars a year （34）___（remove） graffiti from buses and trains．And Adelaide's 27metropolitan councils expect to spend at least one million dollars this financial year on graffiti clean-ups．

　　However，costs would be hundreds of thousands of dollars higher （35）___ councils did not rely on volunteers or criminals serving community service orders to do the work．Glenelg Council，for example，has a Correctional Services Department team which removes graffiti from the foreshore area at least once a week．Other councils，（36）___ Elizabeth，Noarlunga and Payneham，have employed special anti-graffiti officers．Salisbury is among those councils （37）___ call on a data bank of volunteers to immediately paint out graffiti"tags"．

　　Despite the"tagging"of the War Memorial on North Terrace （38）___ （follow） by the public outcry 18months ago，several councils have reported a significant increase in graffiti attacks．

　　"Wehavebudgeted53，200forclean-upsthisyear，butwewillgooverthat．Eachyearthebudgetgoesupby15or20percent，"anElizabethCityCouncilspokesmansaidyesterday，"Itreallyis（39）___enormoussocialproblem．"

　　AspokesmanforStirlingCouncilsaidhiscouncilcouldeasilyspend20，000ayearongraffiti，butcouldnotafford6，000forthemostoffensiveorobviouswork．"It'snotamatterofhowmuchgraffitiyouhave，（40）___howmuchyoucanaffordtocleanup，"hesaid．