The title of this blog has been painted over with white paint … just like the street curb address numbers in one part of Willow Glen. Seriously. Someone covered over all of them — or at least almost all of them.

In the latest twist in the exciting curb number painting industry, all – well, all but one – of the curb numbers on one stretch of Nevada Avenue (west of Bird Avenue) have been painted white. As announced by a mysterious flier offering to paint residents’ numbers, home owners were told they could opt-out of a coming painting opportunity by posting the flier in their window.

Since governments across California recommend home owners avoid outright scams and unlicensed painting businesses, most neighbors ignored the fliers. But by Tuesday morning, someone had carefully painted over most of the 40+ curb numbers with shiny white paint.

As of yesterday afternoon, the “opportunistic” businessperson had yet to return to charge for having the numbers repainted. At least one industrious neighbor wasn’t interested in being forced to purchase the service … she grabbed a bucket of paint and her own brush to replace a few of the numbers … even though she’s supposed to have a permit, too.