From the Email InBox: Crimes in GT

Dear Gramps,

I thought our city would like to know that the new traffic camera on Michigan and Barton Road has been tagged. I feel this is a statement that these gangs don’t take the city seriously, even though they have added two more policemen. I’m hoping they will spend their energy on shutting down the gangs in GT. I know the captain is aware of who they are, I just can’t understand why they can’t eliminate the problem, except that more kids are growing up without guidance in GT. I don’t see this as a problem for the law. I see it as a problem for the city.

The City has asked the citizens of GT to show up at the school board meeting tonight to help get High School #3 build in Grand Terrace. For ten years we have been asking for the City to bring back the Recreation Department, help to support after school programs and develop more parks and recreation for children and families who live in Grand Terrace. All they have said is that they need more money.

Families are sending their children to Redlands to be educated and to participate in their programs. This is a huge burden on the families who can’t afford it, but the children come first. Many families don’t have time to follow-up on the lies and deceit the council and managers have woven, so I really thank you for the time and energy you put into posting the truth on the blogg.

Maryetta loves to tell people she is Mayor and the ex-principal of Terrace View Elementary School. She say’s we should support the children by building a High School. I feel it is time she take off her childish blinders and act like a Mayor. Take the responsibility of protecting our children. Quit creating more pollution, traffic and danger. Our children are growing up with so much more danger than ever thought possible. What does she plan to do about it? If a pedophile lives in your area, and they do, they have already taken the sole of innocent children. A child may survive being molested, but they will never be the same. We do not have to accept filth in our city. Maryetta and her cohorts have sold their soles to making money. It’s time for a change.

Dear Poster:

Please send an Email to Steve Berry at sberry@cityofgrandterrace.org about the graffiti as the city has blocked any email from the blog or GrandPa Terrace... Some employees have informed Gramps that they have been told Not to Read the Blog on the City's Computers. I do know some of them read at home or when logged on via other connections. So I did post your observations for their benefit.

With regards to the city having the right to exclude Pedophiles from the pool of humanity that is allowed to live in Grand Terrace:

If the Pedophile has "served their time" they have not only the right to live amongst the citizens of Grand Terrace, some may actually be court assigned to their housing situations. The ACLU will take GT to task if there is NO Place in GT for a Sex Offender to live. Jessica's law is being challenged and the ACLU likes to take on small towns rather than say a BIG COUNTY when they go to court on these issues. Remember Redlands and the Cross in their City Seal. Redlands was used as a test case. Well the ACLU has not filed a Jessica's Law test case in California yet.

We as Citizens should know of the Sex Offenders and Pedophiles amongst us. We need to protect our children accordingly. That means have adult supervision and safe places for children at all times. We must also unfortunately educate our children to be cautious. The use of phones, Internet, where they hang out, and who they are with is all part of the day we live in.

What can the city do? The city can provide the mechanism for youth programs. The city can understand that the ever increasing housing prices also equals ever increasing need for higher incomes and more time away from our children. The stress of this artificial economic value or source of pride amongst our city leaders and Realtors amongst us is in fact a feeder to the risk we load the burden on our children and society.

Our children are at risk from Drugs, Drunks, Gangs, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Neglect by a Family Member and Pedophiles. Sexual Crimes against Children and Pedophiles are not to be ignored, but the other risks are more frequent.

If Mayor Ferre has any chops of being an "Educator" she would know a large High School is not the most effective for education for the students being served be they "Ours" or "Theirs". I could repeat my evaluation of the flaws of her logic, and thinking and actions... but I tire of the redundancy... As far as I am concerned her political 3 minutes should have been up years ago. She has no excuse to sit in the chair and assume the pretence of acting for the betterment of our community.