Why we have an ugly green mailbox

Our mailbox was attacked on Friday night. Molly (the dog) found it laying on the grass when she went out on Saturday morning. Jerrod walked around the block to see if any of our neighbors had been victim to a mailbox assault, but it seems our mailbox was the only one. This has happened to other neighbors in the past. We heard fireworks going off late Friday night (Molly was going crazy), so we assume that it was probably just some mischievous kids. Jerrod did inform me that when he was in high school (in CA), he (and a friend of his) got in big trouble for destroying mailboxes, so I guess this is payback from @ 15 years ago. Luckily we did have a spare mailbox in our garage (it was from our first house). The mailbox had a golden retriever and our old address printed on it so Jerrod spray painted it with the only color he had. So if you come to my house any time soon and you see the ugly green mailbox, you know the story behind it. We don't plan on keep the mailbox this way. I'm just not sure when Jerrod will get around to changing it. I'm hoping soon, because it is really hideous looking.