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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Bumpin and Barbacueing

Well its been another night of very little sleep for me. Last night I was able to fall asleep fairly quickly. At first I didn't know what woke me up around 12:45. I just remember hearing my heart beat very heavily. Then when I was more awake I realized it wasn't my heart at all . It was a group of about 12-15 teenagers
dancing and gyrating to the beat of some dreadful so called music coming from a car parked no more than 30 feet from my bedroom window. The same loud major bass note pounding over and over and over again. The vibration was enough to make my bedroom window virate and rattle. It is beyond me how some young people today can have so little respect for others that they would do something like that at that time of the night in that location knowing that there are people sleeping such a short distance away. It is not just at night either that these loud car stereos are a problem. It seems to have became a competition to see who can "BUMP" the loudest as they pull into the complex, Or as they leave. It seems to be never ending. Our local laws have a noise pollution ordinance but the Police are reluctant to inforce it. I honestly believe that this is because most of the offenders are minorities and the dont want to be acused of racism. The manager of our complex told me to my face that that is the reason she is having a hard time doing anything about the teens who hang out in the parking lot at night, The corporate lawers have advised her that they may be acused of racism because most of the teens involved are minorities.
and unless she can prove that the are dealing drugs or what ever, there isn't much she can do. What the hell does that mean? If they were Caucasian then she could do something? Hummm, sounds like racism to me. No I am not a racist, I just think the rules should apply to everyone. For example. When we moved here we were told that the complex does not allow BBQing because of past fire damage. Get this, The manager is hispanic and guess which tenants get away with BBQing over and over again. My neighbors who were a very nice Black family BBQed one time and were givin a 30 day notice to get rid of the BBQ pit or face eviction. Hummm sounds like racism to me.

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