Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Crime - The Scourge that no official ever talks about

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Hate to burst the bubble as the City Commission focuses on "shiny objects" and they wonder why people bypass our city when it comes to investment. They ignore what's really going on and sort of sweep the whole idea of crime under the PBSO rug saying, "They are doing a phenomenal job eradicating crime." We even get to see presentations by them helping school kids at South Grade Elementary before they turn into gang bangers. The city never talks about the tremendous amount of crime. PBSO does its job in arresting criminals in our city but scum bags are attracted to Lake Worth because of its very affordable housing that seems to end up as slum and blight in many of the neighborhoods.

One thing the commission has done to their credit, and thanks to William Waters head of Community Sustainability, is to pass 49 ordinances over the past several years with many over the last several months that give "teeth" to the code enforcement department in what they say will help to get rid of chronic nuisances. Code is now working with the PBSO and the commission is looking to have a "three strikes you're out" when dealing with these nuisances as well as going after businesses without licenses.  Fines now can be tacked on to the property owner's tax bill for easy collection.

Concentrating on the basics and cleaning up this city should be the primary goal before ANYTHING else. Last year, one of our owners sold his place after gun shots rang out at Orange Grove trailer park on 6th Avenue South. Wait until the Villages are built...we will be surrounded by crime out here in an area that has been occupied by Seniors for 47 years that has been virtually crime free.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's why cpt. silva went to Quantico. We have shootings and breakins all the time around here.

Anonymous said...

It's an improvement. In 2010 we were #35!!

Anonymous said...

How can you be sure that the apartments being built on Lake Worth Rd. are going go result in more crime in that area? You say this all the time.
What are you basing your information on?

Anonymous said...

Didn't William Waters also work with the "best commission ever" and "best city manager ever" too? During the time they worked together he NEVER came up with any new ordinances. Yet you single him out as doing this on his own. It's clear to see you're trying to slight the electeds that you hate but couldn't find anyone to run against. boo hoo boo hoo

Lynn Anderson said...

Actually, William Waters started on these ordinances about 4 years ago when Stanton was the CM. I don't "hate" anyone. I just don't agree with many of their decisions that are all featured on the right side of my blog. You, as usual are reading something into something that is not there. I have a different opinion than do you---that's about all it is.

Lynn Anderson said...

@ 3:46...sorry I missed your question. Thee are a lot of studies out there that prov3e/suggest that affordable housing breeds crime.
IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University — Purdue University, Indianapolis. Both found that rates of violent crime are generally higher in areas with high-density residential developments. “There seems to be something about (high-density residential) units that is associated with all types of serious violent crime, even controlling for the other factors in the model. Apparently, high-density housing units promote serious violent crime,” their report stated.