This blog, which as I mentioned will be morphing into a full website complete with a message board and several other functions all geared towards community, is intended to do one thing primaryly and that is to create discussion. See I don't have a monopoly on all the good ideas. So, the blog is meant to be a place where we can exchange ideas and pursue the ones that make the most sense.
The Capital article should just be the beginning. The stickers are coming, then the tshirts, then concerts on the corner, and then?
That's what I'm cooking up. Who else has got an idea that they are going to push forward back here? We need a lot of activity working in tandem, activity fosters more activity, which in turn fosters a change. By the way, creating change is not a spectator sport. Put down the pom poms, we need you in this game.
We got some momentum, lets keep it moving.
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Timm,
Great article in the Capital, stay optimisitc and keep buying lots of syurp!
Here's an idea -- why don't you take pictures of some of the drug buyer's cars (showing the license plate) and post them on your blog? I would NOT suggest taking pics of the dealers, but by taking pics of the buyers' cars, you might be able to encourage them to by their drugs elsewhere.
What do you think?
Yo, I got an idea. You make an analogy between MRE and Clay Street and that sparks an idea in my head.
Why not do some time of Tug o' War that puts the Mighty Clay Street Residents against the soft bodied Main Streeters or members of the City Council. Granted it would amplify the deep segregation that exists in Annapolis ( and no one acknowledges) but what a great PR/Publicity event it would be.
I would anticipate this would be a great Pride builder and participation and interest by Clay Street residents would be high,
See what I'm saying ?
Your ideas are great. But, you really have to be careful. Do not make it seem as if you are just focusing on the drug dealers. You are trying to do good for the community and by doing so, you can bring harm to yourself. You are at a point where you may start disrupting what the drug dealers, open air drug market and prositutes. I want to be optimistic and hope you can be the one to bring change, but don't do yourself harm trying to save an entire community. This community has been like this for years, the police know what is going on and it seems as if they are not doing anything and ignoring how bad clay street, washington street and pleasant street really is. Put up some cameras around your property, you have the right. You have to go through so much, just to keep people off your property. You are spending money on the syurp. It may not seem like much now, but over the weeks and months it will add up. Call the police when they gather. You are paying the mortgage payment there not them.
Mahamed you are absolutly right. If the county government and officials wanted to clean that area up, it would be cleaned up by now. Their were lots of areas in DC that was worse then Clay Street or "what is called in town" and the mayor of DC cleaned those places up and now the homes that were built in those areas are worth millions. The clean up can be done, you will need the town council to back you and other officials. If DC can do it, Annapolis can also. Keep Hope Alive!
Take Pictures! That is a great idea. Yes, take pictures of the people car tags and of the actual dealers. What you should do is send the pictures down to the police station. You can send the picutures to the police station anonymously.
and while your at it, take pictures of the legislature wasting tax dollars and lunching with the fat cats.
probably most of the reason that nothing has been done on Clay street is because our great mayor is out touring Europe instead of worrying about the real issues running around the town.
Forget Clay street, maybe Clay should be a refuge for people traveling through Eastport.
There have been some good comments so far and a good discussion overall. We should all stay focused on the "light at the end of the tunnel". Timm has turned on that light for us and I know I'm not the only one who can see it in the distance.
Politics are politics and that will never change but as an entire community, together, a difference can be made on Clay. The 'Man' doesn't run Clay Street, the 'People' do.
See what I was saying about 'The Man' (woman):
from < http://www.capitalonline.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/08_23-58/TOP >
"It's the latest of several recent efforts by Ms. Moyer to address escalating fears of crime and violence in the city. But the plan isn't all that new.
Housing authority leaders had requested the same things last year, only to be rebuffed by the mayor.
"We proposed this to the mayor and she rejected it," said Eric Brown, executive director of the housing authority. "But personally, I'm elated that she's come around to our way of thinking. I just wish she would have done this earlier."
Imagine if you can ( I know it is a stretch for some of you) that open air drug sales occurred in a 'white neighborhood'. How long do you think it would last ? How many cops would show up ? What would 'the man' do if they kept popping up in the same place ?
Think About it. " The man" is to blame for failing to provide a safe and friendly enviroment for the children of Clay St.
Fight the Power
They mayor's idea is not her idea at all. 12 years ago they put a sub station into Eastport Terrace. The two officers, Ridley and Spearman, made no arrests and played cards for 2 hours while there. Every drug dealer knew their hours and times.
Same old, same old.
The reason why the 10 public housing areas will not be cleaned up is ??? Did the light bulb come on yet ??
Please, feel free to keep blaming "the man" but not doing anything to help. If you live in a neighborhood that has these problems do something about it!
Stop blaming "the man" or "whitey" for problems in your own neighborhood, step up, and do something!
You smell like a republican to me.
I smell like a republican to you? Let me enlighten you my brother, who do you think passed the civil rights amendment? The republicans. They fought against the democrats who were filibustering. So learn a little history before you make comments. I am a proud black man who doesn't like the little comments on how "whitey" or "the man" is keeping us down. Do I live on Clay street, hell no, I can provde a better life for my children. I worked hard, earned my degree with no scholarships, and have a good job. Have I voted republican, sure I have voted on both sides of the ailse. Have you ever voted, are you even registered? Low black voter turn out and low black voter registration is an epidemic in our society.Now my question goes back to "what do you do, besides blame whitey, to make your community better?"
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