VPCA President Speaks on Issues from May 10th Meeting at Hummer Park

It is vital that VPCA neighbors, all VPCA neighbors, report nuisances, eyesores, and anything else that reflects poorly in our neighborhood. The Township cannot assist us in anyway unless they are notified.

If there is an issue that has not been properly addressed after taking steps to contact the Township, then be assured that the neighborhood will back you up as long as it is a legitimate issue. Remember, the Township meetings located at the Meeting House on Winton Road are held the second Tuesday at 6:30. After the business report, anyone with a gripe, complaint, or issue can go before the Trustees.

Remember:

We cannot control how fast somebody drives or whether they use the Stop signs. We can notify the police when we see people going over the speed limit or not stopping at the signs.

All people should feel welcome in our neighborhood and we cannot make assumptions about our neighbors or their children. Sometimes our neighbors or their children make bad choices. When this happens, we need to band together and address the issue or use the Township to mediate. Sometimes a simple call to your neighbor can resolve an issue. Don't make assumptions about your neighbors that they don't care.

Everyone should feel safe to go to Graeters or Krogers. It is a very sad mistaken assumption that what happens here doesn't happen in places like Kings Mills, West Chester and Milford. We just don't hear about it.

My sister-in-law, for example, who lives in an upscale neighborhood has had her car keyed, her neighbors' houses and cars spray painted with graffiti, a few of her neighbor cats skinned alive or torched, and neighborhood kids arrested for drugs and drunk driving.

Elsewhere in these outlining communities, drunk drivers are killing innocent people, banks are being robbed, and people are murdered in their homes. We don't hear about it because we don't read the community papers from these communities, do we? What we see on the news is bias mis- representation of the city. They want to make things sound "newsy" to sell papers. People thrive on this kind of garbage.

One fallacy is that when we think we are moving away from a "problem," the problem goes away. But really, problems are really a result from people failing to act or respond proactively.

We can't fix a problem but we can resolve issues.

This is why we have VPCA.

E-mail me at viewplacenews@yahoo for any questions or concerns or comments.






The Township Police are VERY, VERY good about keeping things anonymous! Besides, people who are offenders usually don't pay attention to details like we think.