A big eyesore in one of Omaha's busiest parks.

Graffiti vandals are at it again --- this time targeting the swimming pool at Elmwood Park.

It's a growing problem across the city and people have had enough.

Thousands go by it daily.

Either by car, on foot, even while pushing a stroller.

The Elmwood Park swimming pool --- a popular place on a hot summer day.

But also apparently popular with the night-time criminal element.

Graffiti vandals got loose inside the fenced in area, causing severe damage inside the pool.

The front of the building was hit as well.

The criminals brazenly crossed out Omaha on one sign and scribbled in their own name.

"It's kind of a shame buildings like this, there's no need for that, it just makes the city look degraded and stuff, brings it down,"
said Adam Vinter of Papillion.

"I see it every single day,” Kayla Erk of Omaha said. “I look at it every single day. It's not something that doesn't catch my eye."

"I think it represents Omaha badly and I think they need to clean it up," said Marcie Sinn of Omaha.

But it's not that simple.

A city spokesman tells Channel Six News special treatments need to be done to properly cover up this mess on the pool's surface.

In addition, heavily damaged children's slides could be costly to cover up.

"And money's tight everywhere and then the money the city spends fixing something like that diverts money from something else that might be needed so it's a tough situation all the way around I think," said Mary Pat Paul who lives near the park.

"Any time I see graffiti in the park, it's troubling," said Tina Franklin who also lives near the park.

She adds that we all need to report graffiti as soon as possible.

Franklin hopes the city gets around to cleaning up the pool area quickly.

"You have to prioritize and I suppose other things are getting the priority treatment and maybe this is falling by the wayside, but I hate to see that," she said.

And no one likes what vandals left behind.

"It makes us all look trashy," said Marcie Finn.

The city is aware of the problem at Elmwood Park's pool and plans to address it as soon as possible.

The city's graffiti van has a summer-time backlog of about 50 calls --- highlighting the need for a second graffiti removal van.

A city spokesman tells us another van should be ready to hit Omaha streets later this fall.