Posted on Monday, September 1, 2008 by
Michael •
I like Joel Banner Baird’s opening in his Burlington Free Press article today…
Take notice, Burlington vandals, taggers and would-be thieves: Little Brother is watching you.
And he’s swapping notes with his (and her) neighbors — and the police — on Front Porch Forum, a community-based online network serving Chittenden County…
And he goes on to shed some light on the story we discussed here. And I just noted a comment left on the Free Press site by wordwhip99…
The po po do the best that they can. And just like every thing else, and everyone else, there’s room for improvement. There’s good cops, and crappy ones. There’s good folks around town, and lazy uncaring ones. Etc. But what it really boils down to is that Americans seem to always rely on someone else to take care of their problems.
It’s a community problem here and cannot rely on just the cops to reduce or solve, but ALL the community members. The parents. The (failing) education system. And so on. Stop looking the other way and speak up when someone throws a candy wrapper or bottle on the ground.
Well, I could go on… I know I speak up, and I applaud others that take some kind of action, as well as Front Porch Forum.
Have you done anything to help your community today?
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