Found this headline at DrudgeReport.com:

Vegas Mayor: Those who deface freeways with graffiti should have thumbs cut off...

Well! I had to read that! Curiously it linked to a UK rag http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5390726,00.html and was about The Mayor blathering on a Reno TV show. The last part of the article is worthy of note also:

Another panelist on the show, Howard Rosenberg, a state university system regent, responded by saying that cutting off the thumbs of taggers won't solve the problem and Goodman should ``use his head for something other than a hat rack.''