When I first saw
Chris Hong’s article in The Citizens Voice, Courtright Neighborhood is part ofquality housing trend in W-B, my thought was, oh thank God our city is finally on
the mend, and a seemingly trustworthily professional from outside the city (Barbara
Rupert, HDCNEPA) was
telling us just how great Da Hood was going to be.
That article made
it seem like folks would be lining up, just to have the opportunity, to live in
our city.
Then I opened my
paper today only to find a horrifying letter to the editor from a lifelong North End, city resident (Margaret Gatusky) titled New projectis in center of deteriorating North End.
Mrs. Gatusk delivers
quotes like
- Barbara Rupert, manager of the Housing Development Corporation of Northeast Pennsylvania stated, "The neighborhood is vastly improved, (and) the safety issues are gone."
- On what planet does Ms. Rupert live?
- She has got to be kidding!
- My neighborhood is not "vastly improved," and to state that "the safety issues are gone" is absolutely ludicrous.
Now I’m confused, is it great or not?
Well at the crime watch meeting in the "deteriorating North End" last night,
I heard from residents who talked about
Bad News
- Shots Fired, as a regular nightly occurrence
- 4 separate houses with drug activity
- Over Doses from the afore mentioned drug houses
- Out of town landlords
- Mysterious suitcase activity all over the North End
Good News
- No Home Invasions
Seriously folks that was the good news, as if
they expected home invasions. It happens so often
that when any month goes by where one little section of our city doesn’t see
home invasions they tout it as a success story.
How Sad for our North End that a non crime is
considered good news.
So with that it’s my guess that as we have seen many lifelong city
residents fleeing the city, like rats from a sinking ship, It would be a safe bet that it’s not as
great as we were lead to believe, but then again this isn’t the first time we
were asked to BELIEVE!!
Wake Up Wilkes Barre
Thank you Mrs. Gatusky for having the courage to tell it like it is.
Thank you Mrs. Gatusky for having the courage to tell it like it is.
nobody comes into my neighborhood and will tryto take it over, not while i still live a breathe , i'll run them out on a rail
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