"The all mighty dollar strikes again"

It's true this is an example of "major crime" in our little town. It is however one of two reported shootings in 18 months.
Statistically speaking, Red Bank is below the national average with regards to "major crime" per capita.
On the other hand Red Bank is at the national average when it comes to felony criminal activity per capita.
Whereas Red Bank used to be below the national crime rate in the United States of America.
Why the change?
We are a little town in a crowded state and part of a great country, as such we are also experiencing a growing symptom of our society which is the being fueled primarily by an economic recession on ALL LEVELS.
Remember, everyone is susceptible to desperation.
Who got shot and why?
Was it drugs,gang,passion,disgruntled employee,car deal gone bad???
Only the shooter knows why the victims were shot.
I'll bet this, money and the lack of it had something to do with it in someway….someone, somehow got shorted in someway and someone got shot.
Yes, someone got shot, the only fact in this latest "Red Bank Bang Scream" pile of posts.
The "common thread" is "EVERYONE WANTS CHANGE ! HARUMPH,HARUMPH,HARUMPH!!"
Again I say, it is up to us, THE PEOPLE to make the change. It is our right and duty to do so.
Yes, we all want our own private patrolmen/women watching over our neighborhoods.
That luxury comes at a price.
Until we, as a town, choose to take real action to remedy our concerns be it through more effective $pending of our tax dollar$ or to permit a tax increase to $upport more patrol$ or maybe make an effort to remedy the ever growing "non tax paying - tax exhausting" element, then we are an empty voice here and have to except what happens in our little town.
Where to start?
At the top, always.
Mr. Mayor, Chief, Elected Council Members will you join us?
I'll see you at the town meeting.
Wherever, whenever that is.
Please advise.

Again I ask …..

When does a vine stop growing?
*Answer correctly and we will all be better*

Shecky

"Your kids can play football on Hudson street, play a little kick ball on Mcclaren or catch on Tower. Not us. our favorite games are dodge the bullets followed by avoid the drunk, which just eeks out stop the drunk illegal from pissing in your yard."

I live about a football field from where this shooting took place. I specifically chose this neighborhood to move here a few years back because when I walked around I saw kids playing outside all the time, even at night, just like the nabe where I grew up. I sit on my porch all the time, push the stroller all over the place. The kids on our block play in the street all the time.

Look, you have to watch your back. Be vigilant. You have to have some street smarts. Some extra police patrols would be nice.

But your depiction of flying bullets and staggering drunks all over the place is not even close to what I see and experience.

We need your help. Please lead us out of darkness and into the light!

Don't tell anyone..but they have shootings over there..we want people from other towns to feel safe, spend the money in our stores downtown. Lets ignore the problem maybe it will go away!
If not we can just build it up with condos kick all the poor people out and have the Westside all to ourselves!! Not nice to say but true.
Will it work? Yeh..no problem, no one listens to them anyway.

If everyone said "What a waste of time going to the meetings" what would get done in the long run?; Nothing!

So we have to stick it out. Continue to voice our concerns, let people who are in charge know that we as a community are tired of living this way!

This Sims jerk is wearing the WORST pair of earrings I've seen. AWFUL taste.

Just this fact should earn him the "shoot to kill" order.

Marge Schott is probably turning over in her grave.