Tuesday Tidbits...

Life IS better with coffee.

Well, I think I'm sufficiently recovered from all the "fun" of the 4th...and back to a calmer version of my irascible self.
I managed to "work off" some of the "pissedoffedness" yesterday by mowing the front lawn.
If nothing else, it made the palce smell a lot better - nothing like fresh-cut grass in the morning.
Our Hoosierland weather today will find us with a good possibility of rain showers and even a "storm" (I'm guessing that "God's Fireworks"?) and it might be heavy at times...okay, no mowing for this boy today. Save that for tomorrow. - take a day off.
Temps will be into the upper 70s and plenty of cloud cover to go with that incoming rain.
A good day to kick back, take things a bit slower, and get that morning beverage parked alongside.
You go get yours and together, we'll sneak a peek at some other items of note...
*** First out of the meadow is our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
July 7 -
---Today is CHOCOLATE DAY

(not to be confused with NATIONAL chocolate day in October...)
They didn't say WHAT KIND of chocolate...must be a generalization thing...ANY kind if fine, which works for me well enough.
---And, it's NATIONAL STRAWBERRY SUNDAE DAY.

Hmm, seems we COULD kill two birds with ONE stone...if we have a mind to.
Strawberries - chocolate - sundaes - sounds like a REAL plan.
*** Next up, some crime briefs, as if you thought we wouldn't HAVE any...nope, we always do..
---Another dollar store holdup in Fort Wayne.

Here's the story link:
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Discount-store-heist-follows-earlier-pattern-7585515
This took place Sunday morning at the Dollar General located at 6101 N. Clinton St.
And, by the M.O., (to me), it's either the same two black assholes that robbed a dozen other stores, OR, it might be the work of a copycat, because only ONE armed bandit was on scene.
(maybe his partner was in a getaway car...or slept in?)
---And an armed robbery at the Sherman Blvd Speedway earl;y this morning.

Here's THAT story link:
http://wane.com/2015/07/07/man-robs-local-gas-station/
---A Dairy Queen also got held up last week and we have a video of the perp..

This took place back on 29 June, and police finally released video of the perp.

He must LIKE wearing stripes...got another place he'd fit RIGHT in
--- Now, some "updates" on the shooting on Mc Culloch St that left NINE shot.
1) First, a story from the J-G about the "tenants":
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Day-after-9-get-shot--tenants-win-praise-7583921

Notice how the landlord is from AUBURN, and has FORTY properties in Fort Wayne. Wonder if he vets those he rents to well enough?
The tenant supposedly lived there for FIVE years, and no problems, but neighbors stated that recently, they noticed people moving OUT.
Many rentals like this "change" occupants regularly, and there is no way to keep accurate track of WHO is living there, or how many (like the "Boyfriend of the Month Club" subscribers)...no watchdog on duty there, and THAT alone causes problems.
2) Here's another related story about the area where the shootings took place.
http://wane.com/2015/07/06/neighbor-i-wasnt-scared-until-now/
Wow, one neighbor is admitting to being scared NOW...I can understand.
FWPD "spokesguy" Mike Joyner again overstates the obvious, like "the shootings were CARELESS" ('ya think?), or that Ozie Dates, age 94, who has lived in the house next door to where the shootings took place, spoke out about recent shootings, and how her window was hit around 6 months ago (a local church has finally stepped up and will fix it for her).

What about HER "quality-of-life", Mr Mayor?

I featured this woman in yesterday's post, and you can find the link there, if you want to re-read it.
Aside from a few individuals, most of them tend to be up in years,who WILL speak up, there are few (if any) people who will say damn near ANYTHING about all this shit that's been going down in the city, and that specifically occurs on the SE side, where this is the ONLY time such people, usually involved to some degree with all the criminal activity, who are the noisiest assholes in the entire Midwest are strangely QUIET
It's the only time they actually shut the f$ck up and say nothing...

Now, that's damn near epiphanic in nature, don'cha think?
Moving on...
*** Since it's a Tuesday, let's see ALL those shots fired and armed robbery calls that went out the the FWPD over the past week that media sources DON'T tell you about.

SHOTS FIRED and ARMED ROBBERIES - 6/29 -7/05
===========================================
JUNE 29 -
15F083185 19:40:47 113 SHOTS FIRED 3500 COLISEUM BLVD W
15F082922 11:28:15 53 ARMED ROB 200 PETTIT AVE E
15F083255 22:24:49 53 ARMED ROB 1800 COLISEUM BLVD N
JUNE 30 - 
15F083309 01:12:00 113 SHOTS FIRED 300 BUTLER ST E
15F083345 04:10:48 113 SHOTS FIRED 2700 INWOOD DR
15F083815 22:24:51 113 SHOTS FIRED 4500 WINSTON DR & SCHAPER DR
15F083852 23:17:47 53 ARMED ROB 2400 CALHOUN ST S
15F083540 13:31:09 58 SHOOTING 700 BROADWAY
JULY 1 -
15F083900 01:56:12 113 SHOTS FIRED 1100 VAN BUREN ST & WILT ST
15F083924 04:06:06 53 ARMED ROB 4600 ARLINGTON PARK BLVD W
15F084291 22:13:11 53 ARMED ROB 1200 LEWIS ST E
15F083892 00:50:32 58 SHOOTING 4000 BOWSER AVE & BAXTER ST
JULY 2 -
15F084355 00:18:37 113 SHOTS FIRED 2300 FAIRFIELD AVE & PIERCE AVE
15F084404 02:34:01 113 SHOTS FIRED 3900 STATE BLVD E & COLISEUM BLVD
15F084418 03:22:26 113 SHOTS FIRED 1200 CALIFORNIA RD E
15F084419 03:23:55 113 SHOTS FIRED 1900 FOREST DOWNS DR
15F084832 22:06:55 113 SHOTS FIRED 4400 WARSAW ST & CONGRESS AVE
15F084836 22:13:35 113 SHOTS FIRED 4500 SPATZ AVE
15F084873 23:23:55 113 SHOTS FIRED 1300 COLERICK ST & HOLTON AVE
15F084554 12:40:56 53 ARMED ROB 3300 ACADEMIC PL
15F084861 23:03:34 53 ARMED ROB 900 WASHINGTON BLVD E
15F084875 23:25:30 53 ARMED ROB 1400 WASHINGTON CENTER RD W
15F084879 23:35:15 58 SHOOTING 400 RUDISILL BLVD W & FAIRFIELD AV
JULY 3 - 
15F084925 01:06:29 113 SHOTS FIRED 3000 BARR ST S
15F085173 15:42:18 113 SHOTS FIRED 2100 OAKLEY ST
15F085344 22:10:28 113 SHOTS FIRED 2800 LILLIE ST
15F085380 22:58:40 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 FAIRINGTON DR
15F084992 07:24:54 53 ARMED ROB 2300 CLINTON ST N
15F085337 21:59:13 53 ARMED ROB 10200 ILLINOIS RD
JULY 4 - 
15F085532 02:53:27 113 SHOTS FIRED 1400 LILLIE ST
15F085792 18:27:52 113 SHOTS FIRED 4400 SPATZ AVE
15F085960 23:42:36 113 SHOTS FIRED 1000 HOME AVE
((NO armed robberies))
JULY 5 - 
15F086008 00:53:54 113 SHOTS FIRED 2400 FAIRFAX AVE E & CASCADE DR
15F086038 01:42:16 113 SHOTS FIRED 2300 JOHN ST
15F086068 02:23:21 113 SHOTS FIRED 2000 HOBSON RD
15F086431 22:01:20 113 SHOTS FIRED 3400 PLAZA DR & OXFORD ST
15F086462 22:40:36 113 SHOTS FIRED 6600 FERNWOOD AVE
15F086145 08:26:36 53 ARMED ROB 6100 CLINTON ST N
15F086358 18:46:11 53 ARMED ROB 4800 HOLTON AVE
15F086032 01:25:04 58 SHOOTING 2200 RANDALLIA DR
================================
FIREWORKS CALL - 6/29 - 7/05
JUNE 29 -
15F082778 00:20:33 44FW 800 MADISON ST
15F082792 01:09:21 44FW 700 JACKSON ST & MAIN ST W
15F083001 14:09:23 44FW 5500 MASON DR
15F083101 16:59:29 44FW 1000 MONROE ST S & JEFFERSON BLVD
15F083113 17:23:26 44FW 2800 BROKEN ARROW DR
15F083271 23:04:00 44FW 800 MAPLE GROVE AVE W
JUNE 30 -
15F083303 00:54:46 44FW 2200 JULIETTE AVE & HALE AVE
15F083602 15:21:03 44FW 1900 MAIN ST W
15F083778 21:04:33 44FW 1900 ARDMORE AVE
JULY 1 -
15F083904 02:34:45 44FW 5300 ST JOE CENTER RD
15F084216 19:24:49 44FW 2300 JULIETTE AVE
15F084286 22:05:41 44FW 6600 bluffton rd
15F084299 22:18:18 44FW 6500 BLUFFTON RD
15F084302 22:31:13 44FW 1900 RIEDMILLER AVE
15F084334 23:21:37 44FW 6800 WOODCREST DR
15F084349 23:33:29 44FW 2400 FAIRFIELD AVE
JULY 2 -
15F084377 00:56:37 44FW 2800 KOONS ST & ELZEY ST
15F084605 14:29:00 44FW 4200 ANTHONY BLVD S & MCKINNIE AVE
15F084665 15:45:25 44FW 3400 WALDEN RUN & CHANTILLY DR
15F084682 16:25:14 44FW 2700 BROKEN ARROW DR
15F084688 17:27:17 44FW 3300 SANDPOINT RD
15F084726 18:25:29 44FW 600 JEFFERSON BLVD E
15F084788 19:23:53 44FW 6500 BITTERSWEET DR
15F084782 20:07:38 44FW 6400 COVINGTON RD
15F084831 22:02:17 44FW 3100 PORTAGE BLVD
15F084833 22:07:40 44FW 1600 REED RD
15F084857 22:49:56 44FW 600 STATE BLVD W
15F084884 23:23:07 44FW 1100 TULIP TREE RD
15F084883 23:24:39 44FW 6600 AZALEA DR & BAYBERRY DR
15F084878 23:31:37 44FW 7500 DECATUR RD
15F084882 23:39:08 44FW 6100 RODENBECK DR & PELHAM DR
15F084897 23:50:43 44FW 1100 HIGH ST & FRANKLIN AVE
JULY 3 -
15F084898 00:02:12 44FW 7800 COLDWATER RD & RILEY DR
15F084907 00:27:52 44FW 1500 WINDSOR RD
15F084908 00:36:23 44FW 2300 VERSAILLES VILLAGE PL
15F084965 03:52:55 44FW 3200 ST JOE CENTER RD
15F084972 03:59:54 44FW 6900 PLUMTREE CT
15F085120 13:29:46 44FW 800 ANDERSON AVE
15F085137 14:34:21 44FW 2600 FAIRFIELD AVE & PONTIAC ST W
15F085343 22:10:57 44FW 1400 AVALON CT
15F085349 22:20:11 44FW 6200 ST JOE RD
15F085365 22:30:33 44FW 3900 BEAVERBROOK DR
15F085377 22:50:18 44FW 6500 ST JOE RD
15F085420 23:09:59 44FW 200 PASSIER CT
15F085402 23:20:43 44FW 2900 STARDALE DR
15F085409 23:22:10 44FW 1500 VENTURA LN
15F085404 23:23:23 44FW 4100 PATRICK LN
15F085412 23:26:01 44FW 1500 LAKE AVE & MORTON ST
15F085428 23:30:26 44FW 1800 GRAHAM DR
15F085421 23:33:44 44FW 5000 BROADMORE CT
15F085414 23:34:39 44FW 300 STATE BLVD W & WELLS ST
15F085424 23:45:43 44FW 2100 SHORT ST
15F085427 23:47:07 44FW 2800 PRAIRIE GROVE DR
15F085444 23:49:06 44FW 2100 ST JOSEPH BLVD
15F085433 23:50:27 44FW 5600 ALLENDALE DR
15F085436 23:50:34 44FW 7100 DENISE DR & KAREN CT
15F085435 23:50:46 44FW 200 WILLIAMS ST E
15F085434 23:53:44 44FW 1800 STATE BLVD W
JULY 4 -
15F085440 00:01:27 44FW 700 ARCHER AVE
15F085449 00:06:20 44FW 3600 AVONDALE DR
15F085459 00:19:12 44FW 1600 WELLS ST & HUFFMAN ST
15F085455 00:22:22 44FW 2500 DREXEL AVE & FRUEHAUF DR
15F085465 00:34:30 44FW 1600 WELLS ST
15F085486 01:02:50 44FW 4500 COLONIAL AVE S
15F085499 01:21:14 44FW 500 HUFFMAN ST
15F085497 01:24:15 44FW 6200 PRESTWICK RUN
15F085516 02:08:17 44FW 7200 BRADBURY AVE
15F085533 02:53:19 44FW 500 HUFFMAN ST & SHORT ST
15F085701 14:12:40 44FW 2700 STATE BLVD E & BEACON ST
15F085727 15:20:28 44FW 3500 MEDA PASS
15F085774 17:33:36 44FW 4800 HANNA ST S
15F085789 18:07:54 44FW 4700 DOENGES DR
15F085872 21:31:36 44FW 300 FIELD ST
15F085937 22:14:18 44FW 500 JEFFERSON BLVD E
15F085919 22:20:58 44FW 200 MABRY CV
15F085915 22:29:50 44FW 2900 KOONS ST
15F085932 22:36:44 44FW 4500 ALBERT DR
15F085936 23:09:50 44FW 2500 CLE ELUM DR
15F085954 23:21:28 44FW 4000 OLIVER ST
JULY 5 -
15F085974 00:16:32 44FW 2400 ISLAND CLUB DR
15F086002 00:44:57 44FW 2400 ISLAND CLUB DR
15F086006 00:48:15 44FW 600 THIRD ST
15F086003 00:48:40 44FW 1700 THIRD ST
15F086011 01:00:57 44FW 4300 HIGHWOOD DR
15F086037 01:22:00 44FW 7600 ST JOE CENTER RD
15F086132 06:58:35 44FW 2800 WHITE OAK AVE
15F086220 13:02:53 44FW 6200 REVERE PL
15F086290 15:38:01 44FW 6200 REVERE PL
15F086427 21:49:10 44FW 7300 MAYSVILLE RD
15F086442 22:04:48 44FW 7200 NORTHRIVER RD
15F086468 22:09:39 44FW 3500 REED ST
15F086451 22:10:53 44FW 2500 EADE AVE
15F086450 22:20:53 44FW 3500 SHOAFF PARK RIVER DR
15F086488 23:28:57 44FW 5800 ROTHMAN RD
15F086495 23:48:55 44FW 1100 ST JOSEPH BLVD
15F086498 23:55:04 44FW 5900 STELLHORN RD & OAKHURST DR
============================
Now THAT is some serious shit going on...
*** Last back to the cornfield...if it were not for the people causing all this stuff...the number of police calls would be a LOT lower.

But, let's take it one step further...if it were not for people making all those BAD CHOICES, we'd have fewer calls.
Now, you can talk about gun control until you're blue in the face, and you're not going to change MY mind on that...we have laws NOW that are perfectly fine...but criminals don't follow the LAWS...do they?
Same with fireworks, although THOSE particular laws need to be revisited (before we, in Fort Wayne wind up with someone like that dumbass who was killed when a mortar went off in his face (when he looked in the tube)...not gonna have an open casket service THERE, are they?

It's "a work-in-progress" thing...

There always NEEDS to be laws, because man in basically lawless by nature.
We're all just animals, who would act upon instinct at the drop of a hat, but we have CHOSEN to educate ourselves, and thereby adhere to certain principles and values that set us all apart from the rest of the mammalian world.

And, we SHOULD!

And that's where our religious beliefs come into play...like those Ten Commandments.
For others, not as high on the evolutionary scale (but high on other addictive items), there is no choice for them, other than to choose where to get some money to get more poison to put into their bodies.
Make no mistake...there is plenty of guilt to go around when it comes to those who break our laws, and we start with the politicians who find ways to make us think we need MORE laws all the damn time, when in fact, all we really need is proper and strict enforcement OF the ones we already have.
There is a change coming...you can almost feel it around this nation, and I hope it is for the better.
We need to reclaim our country before the lawless make it their sole domain.
I always believe we can do better and become better.
We have before, and we need to once again.

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.

Monday Musings - The Aftermath Edition...

"Okay, Fort Wayne...BATTER UP!"

Welcome to the start of another ghettoesque week...well, for US anyway, and you'll pardon me if my post tends towards more "piss and vinegar" than you could imagine - (WARNING - you might want to cover your ears when reading...lol)
More on that anon, but first, our Hoosierland weather...
Supposed to be fair today, highs in the 80s, partly cloudy skies and no rain to speak of' .
Gonna going to feel a touch on the humid side, too.
So let's get that morning cup or glass of out favorite drink poured and parked close by as we set about seeing what's been on my angst-ridden mind of late...
*** First out of the maelstrom is our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
July 6 - 
---Today is NATIONAL FRIED CHICKEN DAY

AND..it's "SNAP-eligible".

We beat them to the punch - had ours Saturday...so THERE.
(guess that means ALL my "neighbors" will be AWAY from home for a while...and the local KFC will NOT be the "best" place to grab lunch today...lol.)

A good way to keep the "rodent" population down.

I'm sorry...am I categorizing the ETHNICS in our area?..tough shit...that's the way they shake, people.
(I warned you I was feeling just a wee bit PO'ed today)
*** Next up, an early Sunday morning "party" turns nasty as NINE people are shot, with one in critical condition.

Here's the story link (so far):
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/9-wounded-in-shootings-7564044
When I saw the headline, I was thinking "Chicago...again?" 
(they had EIGHTY-TWO shooting over the weekend)
Nope...the other nine were capped right HERE in the SUMMIT CITY, folks.

McCulloch and Eliza streets.

This took place around 0111 hrs Sunday morning at the house located at 1415 Mc Culloch St (make sure the spelling is as I typed it here, otherwise Google Maps won't show it - the city can't even spell correctly, it seems).
This is "officially" noted as the EAST CENTRAL area of the city, but geographically, it is TECHNICALLY on the SOUTHEAST side (upper SE if that).
Police are doing the USUAL "we have no information" BS-line...far from the arrest made in Kosciusko County on the man who shot and killed his FATHER last week...THOSE police know how to provide INFORMATION, unlike the "gag orders" we seem to have rampant in Ft. Wayne and it's police department (blame the TOP BRASS, and not the officers).
And here's a story about an older neighbor that has both a ring of TRUTH and FAMILIARITY to it:
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Neighbor-sees-rising-gunplay-7565572
I will say one thing this police department is GOOD at...INVESTIGATION, because not a helluva lot of CRIME PREVENTION has been going on for over a year here (Thanks, Rusty and Garry...damn fine job you're NOT doing).
Moving on...
*** And now, to the wonderful world of social Darwinism, otherwise know as OUR NEIGHBORS and hoe they tend to "celebrate thje 4th of July".

Dumbassery at it's loudest.

The "pyrotechnic extravaganza" started around 2000 hrs and went on LONG after Midnight (when it was SUPPOSED to cease, according the news stories and city ordinances).
We had mortar rounds going off in literally "360 degree SENSURROUND"...you remember THAT at the movies, right?

And we certainly DID...for HOURS.

These f$cking morons were blowing off HUNDREDS of dollars of aerials and for the first time, we had a small picture fall OFF OUR DAMN WALL...!
Wifey commented "How can they afford all this shit?"

NOT exactly cheap

I said "Probably the EBT cards or at least the taxpaying public".
Our house SHOOK...no lie there, and the worst part, is that the Latino and black shitheads across the street were setting them off in the MIDDLE OF THE DAMN INTERSECTION.
One car was almost TAGGED by one of these when they went off (and up).
The acrid stench of spent CHINESE fireworks (used to celebrate the creation of AMERICA) filled the air...which you actually SEE, because the "fog of war" hung like a pall around the neck of our neighborhood for hours.
I'll wager that NONE of these f$cking assholes knew or cared about the HISTORY behind any fo this...to THEM, it was all about hoopin' and hollerin', trying to OUTDO the other as far as NOISE was concerned.
Plus, they were all too DAMN lazy to go see a REAL fireworks show (all of which were FREE, I might add). That's too damn pathetic.
But, I digress...

Dealing with DISPATCH is another matter...

I called the FWPD because you're SUPPOSED to set off such devices ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY, and the CITY owns the damn streets...as least I think they still do (the local gangs would argue that point, especially with law-enforcement).
Well, dispatch TRIED to tell me that "setting off fireworks was legal today", and I snapped right back saying "NOT in the middle of an intersection , tying up traffic and almost hitting vehicles!".
They "said" they would send a car...never saw one, and the fireworks continued, so I can only conclude that NO police cruiser came by to make the idiots take the shit on their OWN property.
So, we can say that the LAW that states you HAVE to set fireworks off on your OWN property is NOT ENFORCED...nor is the LAW about NOT setting them of AFTER MIDNIGHT...(two strikes against the FWPD, and counting).
Now, I said all that to say this...

RED dots = street fireworks

There is a PERFECT location at which EVERYONE around here, who ss breaking the laws, and annoying the hell outta everyone (as well as knocking pictures off walls) can go to set off such high-end fireworks.
The EMPTY lot at the old Scotts Grocery (the BLUE dot) location along Decatur Rd...it's VERY close to our neighborhoods (a "spit and a slide" as we used to say), and that vacant parking lot is HUGE...and lit well enough.
Everyone takes the kids and fireworks over there, they keep children t a safe distance and then ALL the idiots can set off ALL the damn fireworks until hell freezes over, without being a bother to normal, law-abiding citizens.
No property damage, no "middle of the street" bullshit to worry about, and NO traffic holdups. Hell, you could even have a FWPD car there to monitor the activities...a fun time for everyone.
But NOOOoooo, that would make TOO DAMN MUCH F$CKING SENSE, wouldn't it?
Personally, I think it shoudl be made MANDATORY, and anyone who sets this stuff off in a residential area like ours GOES TO JAIL and pays a HUGE FINE...period.
Or, the city could just BAN the damn aerials and bombs OUTRIGHT within the city limits (with the same citations imposed).
F$ck that damn tax money you're getting  from the fireworks sales...and screw all of you for allowing good neighborhoods to decline as a direct result of your ignorant mindset.

I could learn to like THIS...a lot.

If people are not going to act in anything CLOSE to a RESPONSIBLE manner, either change the dam laws, or let me go out and "take better care" of  the f$cking bastards...either way, we get SOME peace and quiet (and the children might get better parents through a foster agency.
Yeah, that's extreme, but it would be URBAN RENEWAL at it's finest.
*** Next up, aside from the MAJOR FAIL that I just have to hand out to the FWPD "capos" for their "diligence and persistence to ignorance", let's move on to Sunday morning...when the paper wa (again) NOT on the step at it';s appointed time.

And when it DID arrive (after 0700 hrs), it a tossed along the walkway, in a haphazard manner, rather than placed on the TOP STEP, where we have told the newspaper time an d again (and is noted on our account information).
The driver looked to be lost, as well, came over one street, pulled an illegal U-TURN, backing on to someone's lawn in the process, before finally arriving at our house, music playing LOUDLY from his newer Asian import...gotta love DEVOTION to one's JOB, right?
So, again, I sent a nastygram to the J-G, and then called on top of that...JUST to be a bigger burr under their saddle.
I've said here often, that over the past several years, the newspaper carrier service has been "spotty" at best, and that tels me they'cannot seem to find ANYONE with a sense of ETHICS when it comes to something AS EASY as delivering a damn paper in the morning.
Hey, I'm not responsible for how LATE the carrier stays up, or even how HUNGOVER he might be...that's HIS job, not mine.
*** And that brings me to the focus on this post...

There is this STONE COLD IGNORANCE that is alive and well in this city, particularly on the SE side, but initially emanates from that main building in the DOWNTOWN area, where all the suits spend OUR money.
In fact, I know I'm not the ONLY one that feels this way.
In Sunday's paper there was a letter to the editor, from someone ELSE that sees a problem.
(( Southeast city suffers from being ignored
In reference to “Retail vacancy rate on the rise in the city” (June 26), I have lived on the southeast side of Fort Wayne for 53 years. This is the worst it has ever been.
As if it isn’t sad enough we are not involved in any economic development of consequence, we are losing the few retail businesses we already have, based on the Zacher Co. report of January 2015. The southeast side vacancy rate for January 2015 is 34.4 percent, up from 2014.
As a tax-paying citizen living on the southeast side of Fort Wayne, I am very upset. The worst indignity known is to be ignored.
We citizens are willing to make improvements where there is a need to our quadrant. However, we need businesses, and we need the city to assist with information so we can compete with northeast, northwest and southwest.
We are not seeking charity. We just want a level playing field. My prayer is that the silence of the south side of Fort Wayne is not due to a lack of hope. It is a call for action.
I promise the citizens of the south side of Fort Wayne: We will be great again.
ROBERT WAFFORD - Fort Wayne))

Heh...leave it tio someone named ROBERT (or BOB) to be able to point out that which teh city has been blinded to for ages...
Damn shame this Robert didn't go far enough in addressing the CRIME that is preventing the businesses from coming back here...guess that''s ALSO my job now...lol)
Guess we can add this to Mary Kay Matasky's letter about changing the fireworks ordinance to this pile...
Yes, we DO have some MAJOR problems on he SE side, and now, we clearly see those same problems are creeping into OTHER locations around the city...and to what end? SO we can have a great "downtown"? Doesn't seem an equitable exchange rate there.

But I CAN See why the city wants decent people CHASED AWAY from their homes down here...that's as plain as the noses on those city leaders' pudgy little primate faces.
Hell, chase the BAD GUYS away...NOT all the damn GOOD ones, you f$cking idiots.
Try some common SENSE for a damn change...you city hall bottom feeder-lovers might like it.
Basically what we find ourselves entrenched in NOW, is a city WAY too busy building a legacy for the Democrats and their downtown/riverfront agenda, and a police department that is WAY too busy investigating (after the fact) to commit to the matter of REAL policing.
Maybe THAT'S why all these laws on the books NEVER get enforced, such as the NOISE ordinance, or FIREWORKS ordinance (which I would love to see a city-wide ban on for citizens).

Sorry, but it's NOT enforced.

Down here, everyone;'s louder than hell, more disrespectful than the day is long, and given to bouts of violent behavior over the most trivial things.
THIS is what an entitlement society looks like, people...take a GOOD long stare at it.
*** Last back to the domicile...there are days where you WANT to hope for the better...and then watch the result of hope and prayers dashed to the ground.

Less in the heart, more on the chest?

I always say that living among the heathen and barbaric animals in this part of town does NOT instill in me ANY sense of "Hoosier Pride".
If anything, and being from the East coast as a "transplant", it demonstrates to me how MUCH the "quaintness" of the Midwest has been supplanted by the big-city amalgam of ethnic ghetto dwellers, replete with their own brand of violent behavior and criminal activity.
I don''t think that's what many other Indiana natives think about when they refer to their state or city.
But, it is, if nothing else...FACT.
When you allow such people to pervade the serenity YOU Hoosiers have worked so long and hard to achieve and maintain...well the results are telling for sure.
What YOU have hear now is what we USED to have twenty years ago in Philly.

But we DO tell the TRUTH...

It's gotten much worse back there over that time, and you can expect the same to occur right here in "River City".
People CAN (and will) behave themselves...IF they are held accountable for the bad behaviors they have been allowed to thrust upon everyone else.
It's not an easy task, but it IS an achievable one...if people are willing to work at it.
There are several futures that can be ours...let's work to make it the best choice of the lot.

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.

Independence Day...
  And this nation isn't looking that bad for being 239 years old.
  If there is one word that should stand alongside the usual one we think of (FREEDOM) when we celebrate our independence,( to me), it's the word APPRECIATION.

  We need to appreciate more as to WHAT was done by those desiring to be free...HOW we created a new nation...WHY it had to be done...and WHERE it all began.

  It's perfectly fine to remember this day in celebration, but if we are to give this day the meaning an understanding it truly deserves, then we MUST acknowledge those who paid the price FOR our freedom...and are still paying...

  History needs to be our guide, and we all need to learn the lessons that the past has taught, and can still teach us, so that we can CONTINUE to celebrate and appreciate our nation and those who made this day possible for "We, the people"...

  Let's not forget those who first fought for our freedom, but those who have done so ever since, such as our firefighters and law-enforcement officers.

  Let us come to a better knowledge of WHAT our flag represents.

  Our country's Founders took an IDEA...and made it REALITY.
And they called it THESE...UNITED... STATES...

  Now THAT seems to say it ALL.
  Have a great 4th and do stay safe out there, America!