A neighbor writes...
Speed bumps will lower property value!
A neighbor writes...
Speed bumps down Davies Manor and St. Philip sound like a great idea. A splendid idea actually.
A neighbor writes...
The idea of speed bumps along Davies Manor and St. Philip is a great one, I heartily affirm that proposal and suggest that DPHA look into proposing that to the city of Bartlett. This would indeed cut down on the dangerous speeding though our neighborhood
A neighbor writes....
I am all for speed bumps especially on roads leading in and out of the Neighborhood. I live on Patches and there is a Red Motor cycle and a Black Mustang that truly believe this is a speedway. There are others but these seem to be the most frequent ones. The majority of them are teenagers. If I can catch them slowing down enough I will write the tag down and turn it over to Bartlett Police. I would be willing to chip in on speed bumps.
A neighbor writes....
Regarding the vandalism question:
Some years ago I was director of a brain injury rehabilitation
recovery program in Nashville, TN. One of our clients was a Navy
pilot who was wheelchair bound. He caused a stir in the house by
dumping his laundry in the washing machines and washing it,
often ''coloring'' white laundry. The staff responded by placing a
lock on the laundry room door (read it as ''speed bumps'') - keeping
every other resident out because of this one problem, inconveniencing
everyone. I refused - took the lock off the door - and had them
solve the problem instead. One of out therapists put mirrors above
the washing machines so the client could see if laundry had been left
in a washing machine. It worked like a charm.
I agree that this vandalism problem needs a solution. The solution,
however,should not be accomplished by punishing everyone else - like
speed bumps in the road. Speed bumps destroy cars and ruin the
quality of life in our neighborhood. We have been dismayed that local
merchants have been using them - and have told several we will take
our business somewhere else. Why not solve the problem instead of
putting up a defensive barrier for everyone? Why not do like some of
our neighbors have done and put boulder sized rocks along the road -
to keep drivers out of yards? Why not get the city to institute new
punishments for vandalism? Why not charge the vandals every time and
ask the courts to require community service that includes re-seeding
and restoring vandalized areas?
I remember our dismay when we first moved to Tennessee and found our
mailbox smashed by youths - or when my little daughters' carefully
carved jack-o-lanterns were smashed by youths who thought it was
funny. It happened in Tennessee - and it has never happened in any of
the other places we have lived - California, Texas, Missouri, and
Virginia, to name a few. Large cities and rural settings.
Have we gotten so frustrated and unable to deal with the problem that
we are willing to punish everyone to deal with an occasional offender?
Speed bumps will lower property value!
A neighbor writes...
Speed bumps down Davies Manor and St. Philip sound like a great idea. A splendid idea actually.
A neighbor writes...
The idea of speed bumps along Davies Manor and St. Philip is a great one, I heartily affirm that proposal and suggest that DPHA look into proposing that to the city of Bartlett. This would indeed cut down on the dangerous speeding though our neighborhood
A neighbor writes....
I am all for speed bumps especially on roads leading in and out of the Neighborhood. I live on Patches and there is a Red Motor cycle and a Black Mustang that truly believe this is a speedway. There are others but these seem to be the most frequent ones. The majority of them are teenagers. If I can catch them slowing down enough I will write the tag down and turn it over to Bartlett Police. I would be willing to chip in on speed bumps.
A neighbor writes....
Regarding the vandalism question:
Some years ago I was director of a brain injury rehabilitation
recovery program in Nashville, TN. One of our clients was a Navy
pilot who was wheelchair bound. He caused a stir in the house by
dumping his laundry in the washing machines and washing it,
often ''coloring'' white laundry. The staff responded by placing a
lock on the laundry room door (read it as ''speed bumps'') - keeping
every other resident out because of this one problem, inconveniencing
everyone. I refused - took the lock off the door - and had them
solve the problem instead. One of out therapists put mirrors above
the washing machines so the client could see if laundry had been left
in a washing machine. It worked like a charm.
I agree that this vandalism problem needs a solution. The solution,
however,should not be accomplished by punishing everyone else - like
speed bumps in the road. Speed bumps destroy cars and ruin the
quality of life in our neighborhood. We have been dismayed that local
merchants have been using them - and have told several we will take
our business somewhere else. Why not solve the problem instead of
putting up a defensive barrier for everyone? Why not do like some of
our neighbors have done and put boulder sized rocks along the road -
to keep drivers out of yards? Why not get the city to institute new
punishments for vandalism? Why not charge the vandals every time and
ask the courts to require community service that includes re-seeding
and restoring vandalized areas?
I remember our dismay when we first moved to Tennessee and found our
mailbox smashed by youths - or when my little daughters' carefully
carved jack-o-lanterns were smashed by youths who thought it was
funny. It happened in Tennessee - and it has never happened in any of
the other places we have lived - California, Texas, Missouri, and
Virginia, to name a few. Large cities and rural settings.
Have we gotten so frustrated and unable to deal with the problem that
we are willing to punish everyone to deal with an occasional offender?
