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Re: Eyewitness Report
Eyewitness Report
As an attendee at last week's Greater Camp Concerned Citizens meeting, I have to agree with John's assessment. I was dissatisfied with the Lt's reaction to our concerns about the open air drug market we deal with at the Crossroads. To say that the area is not the worst in the city and saying that drug dealing occurs even on Blackstone Blvd. is not the answer we expect from the police. It is the same as saying, "Well, everyone's doing it. You have it good here."
I have signed on as a member of the group's Transition Committee even though I have my condo on the market and intend to leave the neighborhood as soon as it sells. My rationale: At least perhaps the neighborhood will be better after I leave if we take action to demand the elimination of drug dealing, which is responsible for the increase in break-ins. It certainly will make it easier to sell the place if the drug dealing is eliminated.
And, it looks like the graffiti has returned to the Cypress Street underpass. Can't they put a graffiti-resistant paint on the underpass so that it would be easier to erase it?
Or do we have to go all out to get the city to remove it every other week?
Peter Cassels
Posted at October 23, 2005 02:17 PM