Comments for SMRCA Online http://www.smrca.com South Middle River Civic Association Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on Calendar by rmadsen http://www.smrca.com/calendar/#comment-33 rmadsen Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:11:16 +0000 http://www.smrca.com/wpress/calendar/#comment-33 Easter Egg Hunt - Warfield Park - April 3rd - 9am-noon Easter Egg Hunt - Warfield Park - April 3rd - 9am-noon

]]> Comment on Crime and Safety Feedback by mrdolliver http://www.smrca.com/crime-feedback/#comment-31 mrdolliver Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:50:22 +0000 http://www.smrca.com/wpress/crime-feedback/#comment-31 I ran into your Civic group at NewRiverRepublic dot com and it sounds like they are as concerned about crime in the Shady Banks and Flamingo Park areas as you are. The posts help others with knowing whats going on, and how to handle these situations. Great job with the web site. MRDolliver I ran into your Civic group at NewRiverRepublic dot com and it sounds like they are as concerned about crime in the Shady Banks and Flamingo Park areas as you are. The posts help others with knowing whats going on, and how to handle these situations. Great job with the web site.
MRDolliver

]]> Comment on Crime and Safety Feedback by pierreesmrca http://www.smrca.com/crime-feedback/#comment-29 pierreesmrca Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:41:09 +0000 http://www.smrca.com/wpress/crime-feedback/#comment-29 The same could be said of unwelcome guests who seem determined to drive us out by their loud music on the corner of NW 7 Terrace and NW 11 Street. It's time to get our neighborhood back! It's headed in the wrong direction. The same could be said of unwelcome guests who seem determined to drive us out by their loud music on the corner of NW 7 Terrace and NW 11 Street. It’s time to get our neighborhood back! It’s headed in the wrong direction.

]]> Comment on Crime and Safety Feedback by Carmen Smith http://www.smrca.com/crime-feedback/#comment-25 Carmen Smith Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:28:40 +0000 http://www.smrca.com/wpress/crime-feedback/#comment-25 Jim, your comments about the root causes of youth delinquency and how it negatively impacts this neighborhood are refreshing because they are honest. I value your honesty and I thank you. Your comments are some of the most enlightened I've seen openly expressed in South Middle River, on this issue. Until we grasp and digest what you are saying, and begin a constructive dialog with the parents, our neighbors and Broward County School Board, our heads will be in a whole in the ground on this subject. THANK YOU JIM FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR KIDS, TO OUR SLEEPING EYES AND HEADS. There is no wrapping this truth in a pretty box with a bow. We must wake up and slowly move toward involvement. Somehow we can't make your facts look lovely. These facts are ugly, even though we would love to wrap that box up nicely! Carmen Smith Jim, your comments about the root causes of youth delinquency and how it negatively impacts this neighborhood are refreshing because they are honest. I value your honesty and I thank you. Your comments are some of the most enlightened I’ve seen openly expressed in South Middle River, on this issue.

Until we grasp and digest what you are saying, and begin a constructive dialog with the parents, our neighbors and Broward County School Board, our heads will be in a whole in the ground on this subject. THANK YOU JIM FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR KIDS, TO OUR SLEEPING EYES AND HEADS.

There is no wrapping this truth in a pretty box with a bow. We must wake up and slowly move toward involvement. Somehow we can’t make your facts look lovely. These facts are ugly, even though we would love to wrap that box up nicely!

Carmen Smith

]]> Comment on Crime and Safety Feedback by Jim Howell http://www.smrca.com/crime-feedback/#comment-24 Jim Howell Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:21:20 +0000 http://www.smrca.com/wpress/crime-feedback/#comment-24 If you plan on living in the neighborhood for awhile, then I also suggest you look to the schools in our neighbor hood and their performance. By my estimation, we get about 100 drop outs a year in our neighborhood alone. That's 100 kids with about zero prospects for a legal, life sustaining job. Increased police involvement will help us in the short run, but looking down the road, as a community we should face the root cause of crime. These schools have a lot to do with the direction the neighborhood is headed. If you plan on living in the neighborhood for awhile, then I also suggest you look to the schools in our neighbor hood and their performance. By my estimation, we get about 100 drop outs a year in our neighborhood alone. That’s 100 kids with about zero prospects for a legal, life sustaining job. Increased police involvement will help us in the short run, but looking down the road, as a community we should face the root cause of crime. These schools have a lot to do with the direction the neighborhood is headed.

]]> Comment on Crime and Safety Feedback by Carmen Smith http://www.smrca.com/crime-feedback/#comment-21 Carmen Smith Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:27:28 +0000 http://www.smrca.com/wpress/crime-feedback/#comment-21 Wayne, Jr., thank you for letting us know what happened to you and your friends. As Rick has said often, communication is key. You did right by submitting this on the web. Let's get others to read our web, write and help educate individuals in our neighborhood. We can't stop our fight until we communicate with, and educate every resident about the resources available to us and about the importance of us banding together. This will be the best way to promote change and bring hope to everyone. Carmen Wayne, Jr., thank you for letting us know what happened to you and your friends. As Rick has said often, communication is key. You did right by submitting this on the web. Let’s get others to read our web, write and help educate individuals in our neighborhood. We can’t stop our fight until we communicate with, and educate every resident about the resources available to us and about the importance of us banding together. This will be the best way to promote change and bring hope to everyone.
Carmen

]]> Comment on Crime and Safety Feedback by Rick Gibson http://www.smrca.com/crime-feedback/#comment-19 Rick Gibson Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:16:30 +0000 http://www.smrca.com/wpress/crime-feedback/#comment-19 Thanks for this great start on our web site....it's just been launched yesterday and I am very happy to see it being used already. On the subject of crime, I could not be more determined to overcome this complex problem. I have had my own home broken into six times, and so have made it a virtual "vault" to be safe. I will not be pressured to move from a house and neighborhood I love because of this. The most important thing we can do is to CALL AND CALL AND CALL.....the statistics which are so annoying to hear, are exactly how the funds and resources are allocated. Aside from this, I encourage what is happening already....start a block leader meeting like Vivian Dempsey and Rob and Carmen Smith have done...this works...to know your neighbors and work together so the SECOND something happens you can call the POLICE, and THEN call all your neighbors...go outside perhaps at the same time, and in numbers you have strength.....I cannot imagine what criminal would be so stupid to come back to your neighborhood if 15 people came out each time something happened....they will go somewhere else! Lastly, write HERE, and share your ideas so we can all see what is happening. I am all over getting to understand the City and challenges there so I can figure out how to best get us what we need. I need your help though, and your volunteering and for you to come to meetings and be involved. Thanks...Rick Gibson Thanks for this great start on our web site….it’s just been launched yesterday and I am very happy to see it being used already. On the subject of crime, I could not be more determined to overcome this complex problem. I have had my own home broken into six times, and so have made it a virtual “vault” to be safe. I will not be pressured to move from a house and neighborhood I love because of this.

The most important thing we can do is to CALL AND CALL AND CALL…..the statistics which are so annoying to hear, are exactly how the funds and resources are allocated. Aside from this, I encourage what is happening already….start a block leader meeting like Vivian Dempsey and Rob and Carmen Smith have done…this works…to know your neighbors and work together so the SECOND something happens you can call the POLICE, and THEN call all your neighbors…go outside perhaps at the same time, and in numbers you have strength…..I cannot imagine what criminal would be so stupid to come back to your neighborhood if 15 people came out each time something happened….they will go somewhere else!

Lastly, write HERE, and share your ideas so we can all see what is happening. I am all over getting to understand the City and challenges there so I can figure out how to best get us what we need. I need your help though, and your volunteering and for you to come to meetings and be involved. Thanks…Rick Gibson

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