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Daniel Pearson's avatar

Great post, Jeff. On our block, in a safe and relatively suburban pocket of Northwest Seattle, we've had numerous car and/or mailbox smash and grabs this year.

In a separate incident this year, our security cameras recorded police chasing a mentally ill man sprinting down our cul-de-sac until he was brought down by a taser. He had apparently just assaulted someone a few blocks away.

The absurdity the work being placed on regular people is not something we should accept as city dwellers. It simply cannot continue and we need to replace every public official who allows it until it ceases to exist again.

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Jeff Morris Jr.'s avatar

100% agree that cities should be more livable, especially for kids. I'm sorry to hear that your neighborhood is going through this.

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John Yedinak's avatar

My sister and her neighbors are having to do this in Lakeview — one of the nicest neighborhoods in Chicago, things have to change.

I'm sorry you're having to go through this.

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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

Taxes are up, public services are down. Communists steal, then let criminals loose to conduct anarcho-tyranny. Your neighborhood watch sounds like South Africa’s private security forces, sad that voters will keep electing the destroyers of civilization.

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