05-31-2010, 03:02 PM
Hey CL17, let's invite forum readers to post their ideas on where citizen volunteers could step in and "hold the fort." How about neighborhood patrolling to discourage everything from burglaries to loud music, driving streets and alleys to ID slums and blight needing code enforcement, clean up crews and events for public areas, etc. etc. etc. Believe me, all practical ideas would be given consideration by a city administration eager to find ways to improve our community without going further in debt.