I just want you to know that you sound so stupid. If you don't want to deal with crime (not that there is much here) I suggest that you move to a small town in Nebraska or somewhere like that where you won't have to deal with people. If you live in a city where there are people there will be crime. You can't just run everyone off that you don't like. There are teenagers everywhere and they are not a waste of air. You just sound so ignorant.

So let me see if I got this right..... teenage crime is the norm, and we should just accept it? Which middle school are you in?

"If your neighbors have teenage boys it will lower your property value, because they are so DESTRUCTIVE!!!!!! Let's pressure these kind of people back to the trailer parks where they fit in.!!!"

Two of my immediate---black---neigbors have boys in their teens, and I have no idea what you are talking about. I've been here for nine years and these families were here before me, so I've known them, if casually, since they were in grade school. They have always been friendly and respectful. They've asked to fish in my pond and even borrow my boat, and, with their parents' permission, I've allowed them. So far as I can tell, they're just good kids.

Sounds like you've had an entirely different sort of experience, but the generalization fails.

Why haven't you arrested them? Citizens arrest is your friend.

....lets lose them.!!! .... -snip- .... unless we chase them or pressure them out of our city...

Sorry, but I feel you're going a little bit overboard with your comments. What do you suggest, we torch their houses?

Sheesh, this is still the US of A last time I checked, as long as other people's choices do not directly impact your freedoms you need to take a chill pill.

I do agree that we should give the PTC PD enough funds to stand on equal footing with similar size towns, though. Seems we are pinching dollars in the wrong places.

If we had the right number of police officers for a city this size, we could maybe crack down on the crime. Eventually these kind of people would move on.

Keep in mind that the PTC Police Department is staffed well under national averages. Chief Murray has been asking for more officers and City Manager Bernie McMullan has been consistently not approving expenditures.

It is my belief that we are seeing the beginning of a trend with higher crime. I believe that we should approve the additional officers and support the Police Department so that they can keep crime as low as possible. Waiting until the criminals are here and in control makes it too late.

One of our beloved features, the cart trails, will certainly be enticing to some of the criminals and having more officers would allow a higher presence on the trails.

Dana Kinser

It is the city council. Get one or more of them focused on the problem and Bernie will change sides.

Judi is the best bet. Get her understanding how crime works. Cyndi can be converted as well.
meow

But Council's objection to this would be that it is Bernie's job to present them the budget. Yes, they can; and probably should be giving input, but since the Department Heads reported to Bernie, the council is "screened" from their budget requests.

If our police department doesn't meet national standards and we have all seen the writing on the wall, then now would be the time to increase Public Safety and give both Chief's Murray and Lohr what they need.

We don't have to go overboard, but at least get to acceptable standards.

Despite people like Highgreen's tirades against the PTC Police Department, I for one feel that we get a great value for our money. I would just like to know that our future is going to be as well protected as our past.

Chief Lohr and his staff do a wonderful job despite being considerably short staffed. Give them the manpower to do what needs to be done.

Dana Kinser

If Bernie does not present it in budget then the Council is probably not going to consider it.

Now we are getting back into issues of the last election. Does the Mayor and Council base day to day on the Manager, thus being truly only part-time. Or, do they do their own research and get out their and commit the 'sins' Brown was condemned for?

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Keeping it real and to the core of the issue, not the peripherals.

If we need them we need them.

Not an item to skimp on.

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Keeping it real and to the core of the issue, not the peripherals.