[TGE-mail] Message from Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett

[Ken Jett]

Alderwoman Starr & TGENA neighbors:

 

The vandals got our car a second time. About 6 pm, daylight, in front of the
house 7/30/07 in the 30XX block of Shenandoah. Same MO as six months ago,
smashed back side window and ripped out ignition.

 

We have reported it to the nuisance number once again. We would really like
to see a response in the neighborhood because it seems to have gotten worse
with the warm weather. The accountability board is a good idea, but the
individuals have to be caught first. 

 

It's making us begin to think twice about the real estate investment here.
Once is a nuisance, twice seems to be the beginning of a pattern. Letters
and boards are nice, but we would like to see some successes.

 

Ken Jett & Brendan Berg

30XX Shenandoah Ave. 

 

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. --Michelangelo

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From: tgena-bounces at lists.more.net [mailto:tgena-bounces at lists.more.net] On
Behalf Of Kacie Triplett
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:59 AM
To: tgena at lists.more.net
Subject: [TGE-mail] Message from Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett

 

Dear TGE Residents:

 

I have heard you loud and clear. Many of you have emailed me and called me
about the recent crimes our neighborhood has experienced. In an effort to
crack down on these crimes, I need YOUR support. I am petitioning the
Juvenile Court system to establish a Neighborhood Accountability Board
solely for the Tower Grove East neighborhood. This will be the first of its
kind for a neighborhood in the City of St. Louis.  

 

A Neighborhood Accountability Board is an organization created by the
Juvenile Courts to crack down on youth offenders. (Many of the car break
ins, vandelism and theft experienced throughout our neighborhood are
committed by youth under the age of 18. The 63118 zip code has one of the
highest crimes by youth offenders in the City.) The Neighborhood
Accountability Board would consist of Tower Grove East residents who would
undergo training through the Juvenile Court system, they would assemble
themselves as a community court and decide on "punishment" for the youth who
has committed a crime in the neighborhood.

 

 Many times these "punishments" are community service requirements that must
be fulfilled in the neighborhood. (We have plenty of areas in Tower Grove
East where our youth offenders can help out ie: cleaning debris, trash,
washing windows of business storefronts, helping out at the police
substation, etc). The Neighborhood Accountability Board requires parental
particpation by the youth offenders which is another plus. The main purpose
of the NAB is to get the community involved and also for the offender to
realize the damage he/she causes the community when crimes are committed.

 

In order for this effort to be successful we must show that our community
wants this type of program and needs this type of program. The Juvenile
Courts are applying for a grant to hire staff to monitor a new NAB program,
and we want the program in Tower Grove East.

 

Attached you will find documents explaining the program more and also a
petition letter that you can sign with your mailing address and contact
information. Please sign the document and submit back to me via email, mail
or fax. This takes about 5 minutes to do. We always have people complaining
about crime in our community or the police not doing what they should, etc.
Lets show the City how Tower Grove East came together to take back our
neighborhood and worked with the misguided and misled youth in our
neighborhood. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I
am asking for all petitions to be signed and returned to me by August 13th.
Please read the attached documents and sign your petition today.

 

Let's take action as a community!

 

Ald. Kacie Starr Triplett

 

  

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