Happy New Year!
But back to business!
Burglaries ……..
….. The latest crime stats show that the Middle River Terrace neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, ( I live there) – is a burglar haven, and getting worse ! The burglars are jumping in people’s windows, (sometimes armed) at an alarming rate.
….. a 150% increase in burglaries for the last five years….. and up until December 1st, 98 burglaries in a neighborhood that only has 450 homes! ( a 49% increase over last year)….
The FLPD say they are perplexed…..working it….trying to figure it out …. putting new resources to the problem ..
And unfortunately, the leaders in the neighborhood responses to the problem, has been very weak ..
… The neighborhood secretary, Dick Eaton, says the rash of burglaries is to be expected in the current economy… says the stats should get better soon …
…. Former President Laura Croscenco has ignored the burglary rate until recently, and is now pushing the City to build a juvenile jail, though that is not possible…
And the current President, 
Domingo El Cid, wrote Mayor Seiler, asking him to change the laws in Tallahassee !
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I’ll keep you informed, but for now, I’m getting a big mean dog!
