Mayor not keen on rate rise to pay for vandalism
A high country shire Mayor says he will resist any moves to recover the costs of antisocial behaviour from ratepayers.

The Local Government Association wants to increase rates to pay for cleaning up graffiti and vandalism.

Vandals have hit the Snowy River Shire hard over the ski season, with the public property bill reaching up to $6,000 a month.

But Mayor Richard Wallace says the problem is better solved through education.

"I believe it is more of a social issue and maybe we should be looking at educating younger people, that it is just not the done thing to go around damaging other people's properties," he said.

"I'd rather see the emphasis put on that rather than just solely collecting more money off the ratepayers."