Mr. Clean.

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  • Source:
    People. 11/11/2002, Vol. 58 Issue 20, p95. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      GRAFFITI; NONPROFIT organizations; GANGS; PERSONS
    • Subject Terms:
      LOUISIANA; NEW Orleans (La.); UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Profiles Fred Radtke, a self-employed special-events producer from New Orleans, Louisiana, who paints over graffiti on public surfaces in New Orleans. How he organized Operation: Clean Sweep, a nonprofit volunteer group; His pledge to remove within one week any graffiti reported to a 24-hour hot line; Percent decrease in the amount of graffiti in the city; Amount of money Radtke has invested in the cleanup; Nickname 'the Gray Ghost' that graffiti gangs gave to him.