FOUGHT BACK

WEAR-TV ran a story on Oct. 2 about the folks on Green Street who were fed
up with the crack cocaine dealers in their neighborhood. I live in the same
corner of Brownsville surrounded by Green Street, Mobile Highway, Citrus
Street and Jackson Street.

When the crack addicts and dealers moved in around my home with their
accompanying trash and crime, I fought back. I watched them, identified
them and called the sheriff's dispatcher every time I knew where, when and
how they were making deals.

Within a few weeks my block of Brownsville was crack-free. Lest anyone
think I'm some crotchety old property owner, I rent an old trailer that's
been my home for eight years, and I've been a hippie since 1969. I advocate
the decriminalization of marijuana, but I hate crack and the damage it does
to people's minds.

Around here I found out quick how dumb the crack-heads are, and that makes
them easy to catch if you can just keep calling with the when and where
information. The Sheriff's Office responded every time I called and after
awhile my block got real quiet. -

Joe Royals, Pensacola