Defending the Truth

You think this justice because this woman wants to clean up her neighborhood and return it to the nice place she remembers it used to be? This is commendable; A1. You and I have disagreed many times;usually on illegal immigration and/or race- but I have to agree with Ali. I've also stated this before in another thread: my friend ,you seriously need some therapy. Almost every post you make is spitting forth some kind of vile hate intermingled with your political categorizing and blaming of such problems that America faces.
I remember that you have sons that you are raising. Do them a great favor, A1. Show them that a real man solves problems peacefully if possible. Get rid of the hate in you. An ulcer or stroke will be your future if you don't.

Nope, it's nowhere near as bad and never was.

There is a huge difference between two drunken football fans starting a fight, and maniacs with guns driving round shooting innocent people.

Apart from Iraq, I don't know of any other country where that happens on a regular basis

Well, there's been an interesting development in regards to our neighborhood's recent shootings. It also reminded me, it's great having friends in high or influential places who share one's concerns...

After the shooting, friends of mine from the religious tolerance group contacted us to see how we were. Told them the situation, of how those in our neighborhood were afraid to get involved, etc...

Also made a call to our congressman Friday, to see if he could help once a member here told me about our enacting a curfew like they did. We were set up an appointment with our congressman this morning...

Well, between my group's intel and my congressman's people, we've got a solution to ensure our neighborhood is not only saved, but that will help return it to what it once was. I didn't realize just how much all the past work we did in trying to keep the neighborhood safe made an impression.

The landlord has to evict any all tenets that were involved in the origional conflict or will be heavily fined. Furthermore, he's agreed to lease one of his places out to a guard service for the benefit of the neighborhood. He'll pay half the security costs, while the rest of us will pay $25 a month extra for this security service to patrol our street, enforcing the county laws in regards to curfew, loud music, traffic, etc. Basically, we've become a 'gated community' of sorts.

Also, the city itself will be providing extra back-up to the county police and security officers. The reason being that the city is planning on developing a city street and 'shopping complex' that basically runs up to our back doors. So, as they're trying to bring the city back to life, they are interested in peserving the quality of family life our area once stood for. It makes them look good if we look good, bringing in good buisinesses, jobs, and income to our area basically.

By the time we got to talk to our congressman, he had the ball rolling. He'd had his staff checking in on the situation as well as my group had contacted him earlier in the week asking for these changes. The security company will start patrolling end of this week, and till the landlord has a house ready for them, they'll be sitting at the entrance and throughout our neighborhood. And checking all vehicles coming in as well as any pedestrians?

A few of the people in our area are a tad upset since they got the 'new rules and regulation' notices this morning. But tell you what. I'd rather live in a gated community feeling safe, then having to lose our home or the great neighborhood we did have in the past.

And I feel even more blessed knowing that it was my friends who are ensuring our neighborhood gets that chance to thrive and maintain those goals of safty and neighborhood pride.

This sounds like a story from the Wild West! I had no idea that things were this bad in parts of America

Ali - you need to move!

I agree with Gary

Alicorn : Is it safe to assume that the people you are talking about who are turning your neighborhood into a warzone are black? It's not that I'm racist, it's that I'm a realist, and as soon as black people start moving into a neighborhood generally it immediately begins to turn to shit. And then of course all the pussy ass white people are afraid to say or do anything, lest they be called a racist, or shot.

Garysher: There are some places like this in America, but they are almost always black neighborhoods.... sorry , but it's true. Poor black people do things like that while poor white people tend to stick to abusing people they know or love e.g. domestic violence and child abuse and drug related beatings. In America black people comprise 12% of the population but cause 60% of the crime, but we aren't allowed to talk about it because it isn't politically correct.