[TGE-mail] Message from Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett

[adam wheelock]

Last Summer my wife and I had a 2 auto thefts and 2
auto break ins. The only thing that stopped it was
building a garage. Unfortunately these are crimes of
opportunity and even though the Police response should
be better, the only way to curb the temptation is to
not create the opportunity. Its really as simple as
out or sight out of mind. Build a garage and sleep at
night.

Adam Wheelock
23xx Compton 
--- Ken Jett <kenjett at swbell.net> wrote:

> 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
> 
>   _____  
> 
> 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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