Flowers Vigil
There was nothing on Alderman Moore's website about this special event. I never got any word on this circle prayer - then circle the block celebration from Ceasefire. But this was on the 24/7 blog so I believe it must happen, right?
Unlike a 1344 West Lunt meeting that was suppose to be held tonight at the Loyola fieldhouse. Some of the Rogers Park bloggers covered it, so I wasn't the only one to print wrong information. Boy, did we get sent around and around the block by Dan Sullivan and Thomas Westgard on that meeting. Sorry to change the subject, back to Ceasefire.
Ceasefire will hold a vigil tomorrow night, March 30th for Clyde Flowers who was slain last night. The vigil will begin at 5:30 pm at Fargo and Ashland where the incident took place, and will proceed around the block. At 6:00 p.m. there will be a police roll call.
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The only march worth having is the one where the entire law-abiding body of the community rises up and marches 1) on the Alderman's office and demands war on the gangs which would lead to a march on 2) the police station to demand a clean sweep and no tolerance policy of gangs. If said actions get no results then the Alderman and Police Commander will join said citizenry for a march on City Hall to demand appropriate funding levels to wipe the gangs from RP.
These feel good candlelight vigils are absurd. They do NOTHING except provide a nice photo op for the Alderman who has apparently been taking lessons from Chuck "never met a camera he didn't get in front of" Schumer. Maybe Joey could take his living wages and buy some geese and move to NY! Oh, Chuckieeeee, please give our Joey a job. With a relocation package.
One phone call was all it took to get information about the Ceasefire vigil. I called the CAPS office and Hank told me.
a. Sure, we have a right to be outraged and frightened. But there are a few targets that need to be addressed in the anger. The obvious one omitted are the slumlords who are permitted year in and year out to provide shelter in buildings filled with dubious characters with our tax contributions. They should be forced to clean house, they should have angry RP taxpayers in their front yard embarassing them in front of their neighbors.
b. People tend to ignore it all until it's in their front or back yard then it's a reality. When it's down the block, it's usually someone else's problem, and there's no community cohesion.
c. Being out and about and taking back our streets is an option. If anyone is interested in having a walk with the watchers and meet up, let me know. We do it monthly and hopefully more often with warmer weather.
d. Yes, Julie, the laws need to be altered so first time young offenders have a choice and one more chance. One.
Would it be possible to put signs outside these slumlord buildings, letting the community know the number of registered sex offenders and convicted felons living in these building?
Maybe saftey signs like at construction sites. "100 Days since a crime was committed from our building."
This would give more accountability.
TW said: We can encourage landlords to do criminal background checks, to hire security, to put in cameras. We can evict people for using drugs, committing violence, etc. We can evict the criminals by identifying their criminal activity, not tax status.
Well, TW, since NOH has a large percentage of subsidized homes with problems such as the Broadmoor, the IMC/EastLake/Receivership, the Jay Johnson bldgs., you seem to feel you have a right to protect? There's Northpoint...too. Do you now how well these managers receive requests to clean house? I'd like you to come on up and listen sometime. There are good tenants and where did I say there weren't? We have too many problem landlords using excuses. Stop spinning.
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