Littering Butts???

Someone is a little pissy about the cigarette butt litter on our downtown streets. I noticed this stenciled sidewalk graffiti by the Union Depot several weeks ago and now there are several more around town. This one is labeled 1.1 so maybe others are 1.2 and so forth. I was contemplating the cigarette butt issue myself about a month ago as I was entering a door on Minnesota Street leading to the skyway. There are always folks smoking there since we turned them out of buildings a few years ago. There is no receptacle there for butts and I doubt that many smokers feel compelled to hang on to it until one can be found. Some businesses put out containers and I wonder if their outside areas are a little cleaner. One winter at this same skyway entrance I came across someone urinating on the sidewalk where I wanted to walk. As I recall I made somewhat of a negative comment to the gentleman and he responded "well....ah, you're fat". I guess he told me. Perhaps this downtown artist whom I shall call "The Squirrel" also does not want to risk direct confrontation by the offending butts in town.