This website doesn't appear to be going anywhere as I see few other postings for this year. But I want to get this off my chest. I am guessing the person asking about the mailbox paint color was one, like me, who's mailbox was spray painted with red paint last month. A quick note to the offender: Messing with mailboxes is a federal offense. 5 years ago my nephew, got caught "tagging" a mall and because it had a post office inside it, it was a federal offense. It was his senior year of high school, as a great student and role model, he had already been accepted to the Airforce Officers School. That was gone, he spent two weeks in jail over the Christmas Holiday, paid hefty fines and had to do community service. He couldn't join the Airforce, now as a regular enlisted person, until his fines were paid and his community service fulfilled which took two years. Lucky YOU didn't caught!!
Let's talk about crime in this neighborhood. Shortly after we moved in, my angel lawn ornament was stolen out of our front year, last fall someone attempted to break in to our screened patio, likely to steal our flat screen TV, but was surpised by our house alarm, last month our mailbox, and several others, got "tagged", last weekend my neighbor had her angel lawn ornament stolen. Come on! I am afraid to put out my Halloween decorations. I just bought a few new things this year. What can we do about this? Obviously, the presence of several officers in the community is not a determent. Although, I believe the offenders are residents, we need to keep an eye on our neighborhood. What if they are not residents? Why encourage others to come into our neighborhood and see what we have? I know we need services provided so that is not an option. What about Halloween, one of my favorite holidays? The 120+ children (some pretty mature) that knocked on my door the last few years, I don't believe were from this neighborhood. Could we have neighborhood officers volunteer to man the entrances of neighborhoods and not allow them to trick or treat here? Or maybe a few neighbors could join together cover the watch? We could even give them candy at the entrance and then send them away after that. I realize some are grandkids, coming to visit like mine, but honestly they do have their own neighborhood. What about this annual garage sale? A definite invitation to say "look what we have, look what we are getting rid of and it isn't junky, imagine what I am keeping". Why put ourselves in that position? Perhaps we could hold the annual sale in the church parking lot? I know we would have to haul our stuff over there, more incentive to get rid of it so you don't have to haul it back, but it is a small price to pay to keep strangers from my home.
