WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY?
9-12-07
* Pizza delivery person robbed at gunpoint.
* Pizza Hut stops delivery; fear for delivery drivers safety.
* Tires slashed in many different locations in our City.
* Subway on Hwy 80 East robbed on 9-5-07.
* Car stereos stolen randomly leaving severe damage to the vehicles.
* Several cars broken into in lighted lot in rear of Vaughn Medical Center.
* Pepsi Cola Bottling Company broken into twice.
* 36 Police Officers attempting to control rampant crime in 7 sectors of our City.
* Sales Tax revenues have dropped again.
* The money needed to pay additional police officers is still being funneled into TrustBuild.
* Mutt's Restaurant burglarized.
* Person shot - suspect charged with assault, not attempted murder - that's one way of reducing serious crime, downgrade the offense.
* Mayor continues to try to get his tail out of a sling concerning his treatment of citizens in Municipal Court.
* Mayor looking at trends in crime while the number of criminal acts increase.
* Rockwood Mobile Homes closing. No mobile home sales left in Selma.
* Mayor lies on Viewpoint about number of certified police officers in Selma. He says 49, STJ says 39, actual number is 36.
* Trailer donated by FBI pulled from place to place - no officers to man unit.
* Mayor states jobs are plentiful; but can't tell us where they are.
* Mayor says $280,000.00 pulled from police salaries account will not interfere with the police functions and will not be a part of next years budget. Who is he kidding?
* Mayor says the way to measure progress in Selma is by on-going construction - true - except that he included all construction in DALLAS COUNTY in his Selma figure.
