[Chat] Letter to Martin O'Malley

[Greg Alexander]

I sent a letter to the Mayor yesterday, too.  It can't hurt.

--- Didon Pachner <pachner at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> If we bombard the Mayor with phone calls/letters/emails about the murder attempt 
> this weekend and the skyrocketing crime this past year, we might be able to get more
> police in the neighborhood.
> 
> Here is a sample letter.  Feel free to use it, change it, write your own.  If you use this
> one, don't forget to put your name on the bottom,
> 
> Didon
> 
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> mayor at baltimorecity.gov
> 410-396-3835 (o)
> 410-576-9425 (fax)
> 
> The Honorable Martin OMalley
> City Hall
> 100 N. Holliday Street
> Baltimore, MD 21202
> 
> Dear Mayor O'Malley:
> 
> This morning the Sun reported on the attempted murder by arson of a neighbor and community
> activist who had been working with police to combat crime.  The article brought back horrible
> images of the Dawson family, murdered under similar circumstances. 
> 
> Mr. O'Malley, this is only the latest crime in our neighborhood that now seems to be under
> attack.  In the last year, Part 1 crime has increased by a staggering 55%.  A couple of weeks
> ago, a woman was brutally attacked in her home.  Last week there was a shooting on our
> peripheries along 27th Street, and now the attempted murder of our neighbor.  When will it stop?
>  Almost every neighbor has a scary story of being mugged, attacked, robbed.  This is not the
> Charles Village we know.  
> 
> We understand that this staggering rise in crime is the result of a decision to have Northern
> District virtually withdraw its patrols from the four neighborhoods of greater Charles Village
> [Harwood, Old Goucher, Abell and Charles Village].  This rapid increase in crime is terrifying
> and must stop.  We desperately need a sustained increase in patrols - not just for two weeks
> until another news story comes up.  Mr. O'Malley we need help NOW.  How many more attacks must
> we endure??
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> 
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Greg Alexander
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