This means war

There is a graffiti was going on across the street from my apartment. I went to school a couple days ago and the wall separating a vacant lot from the street was decorated with the name of a candidate for vereador (city councilor) who lost. On my way home that night, three guys were slapping white paint up over the design and outlining letters and numbers for their candidate Joao (Joao and Pinheiro are in a runoff for mayor.) When I stopped by the pharmacy later on, the wall was covered in JOAO JOAO 15 JOAO 15 JOAO JOAO written in four foot tall letters. This morning on the way to the bus the JOAO (pronounced Jo-ow-o) was as proud and clear as ever BUT (duh duh duh) when I arrived home after class today there was a crew of two guys slapping white paint over JOAO. They were working pretty quickly, and literally slapping paint on...I had to dodge droplets as I walked along the sidewalk. One guy had already started outlining giant stars with the number 13 inside of them (Pinheiro's symbol) while the other manned the white. About a half hour later they were done. And Pinheiro takes the win (for tonight.) Who knows which one will adorn the wall by the time I make it back from school tomorrow.