dfl
Posts:115
 | | 05/18/2008 11:20 PM |
 Alert | So I noticed the sign is partially lit tonight. I'll be calling tomorrow afternoon unless someone wants to bet me to it . | | | |
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Tio Junior
Posts:172
| | 05/19/2008 9:51 AM |
Alert | | I already reported it | | | |
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alanf
Posts:1473
| | 05/19/2008 10:48 AM |
Alert | We need to look into a different configuration for that lighting. It gets fixed and gets rebroken within a week. Kids running around during the youth sports practices maybe? I think that if we had a light projecting down from the top of the wall we might have a longer period between repairs. If it's vandals, then there is nothing to do (that's acceptable by our society  ) | | | |
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reagdog
Posts:98
| | 05/19/2008 12:45 PM |
Alert | | I just walked by the main Senita sign and it is definitely vandalism and not a case of light bulbs burning out. I always see kids walking by our main sign after school and hanging out by the main wall to get shade. I'm sure they are the ones who are kicking them over and breaking them. If we put lights on top of the wall, I'm not so sure the kids wouldn't break them too? | | | |
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RichTig
Posts:0
| | 05/19/2008 5:48 PM |
Alert | What kind of degenerate would break lights for no reason? Their parents must be proud. | | | |
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dfl
Posts:115
| | 05/19/2008 10:30 PM |
Alert | | thanx tio junior | | | |
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alanf
Posts:1473
| | 05/20/2008 8:07 AM |
Alert | Posted By RichTig on 05/19/2008 5:48 PM What kind of degenerate would break lights for no reason? Their parents must be proud.
It's those darned Villagers sneaking out at night!
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RichTig
Posts:0
| | 05/20/2008 12:04 PM |
Alert | Posted By alanf on 05/20/2008 8:07 AM Posted By RichTig on 05/19/2008 5:48 PM What kind of degenerate would break lights for no reason? Their parents must be proud.
It's those darned Villagers sneaking out at night!
Heck no. We are afraid of going near Senita at night. We heard its all Section 8 housing. | | | |
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alanf
Posts:1473
| | 05/21/2008 3:45 PM |
Alert | | Lights are fixed again. But I think we are down to 2 from 3. | | | |
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wifimoocher
Posts:58
| | 05/26/2008 1:39 PM |
Alert | too bad we cant have paint filled sprinklers in the ground and when they break a light the spinklers spray lead based paint on them.
at the very least cant we have the lights repositioned or get a cop to drive by and harass them for loitering and smoking and breaking stuff. make the parents take time off from work to pick them up from jail. that would wake the parents up to what there vandal kids are doing. | |
Money isn't everything.
Everyone just thinks it is... | |
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Tio Junior
Posts:172
| | 05/26/2008 2:28 PM |
Alert | | The lead based paint idea is a good one but I doubt it would get approved through the HOA. I think the kids would break the lights no matter where they were repositioned. Maybe we need to build steel cages around the lights so kids can't step on or kick them (since the lights are on the ground). | | | |
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alanf
Posts:1473
| | 05/27/2008 12:14 PM |
Alert | | Right side is off again. | | | |
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Tio Junior
Posts:172
| | 05/27/2008 5:13 PM |
Alert | | Why am I not surprised? | | | |
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Smokin Ace
Posts:246
| | 05/29/2008 11:35 AM |
Alert | | Probably the same kids that keep going around and tagging everything in the neighborhood. I would love to catch those punks.... You think it makes you tuff and a man to paint stuff and destroy property or what?! | |
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton | |
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Reagan
Posts:737
| | 05/30/2008 6:17 PM |
Alert | | Lead paint is a good idea, although I don't think it would work all that well. I have different type of lead in mind that would fix the problem for good..... | |
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
Reagan, Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1970 | |
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wifimoocher
Posts:58
| | 06/01/2008 9:53 AM |
Alert | how about paint that even ajax wont take off. that way you can identify them 5 days later when they are hanging around the sign 
but seriously what would be done to kids even if they were caught vandalizing stuff. a slap on the wrist and thats it? | |
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Smokin Ace
Posts:246
| | 06/02/2008 10:08 AM |
Alert | | Yep and they would be sent home with MOM & Dad who appearntly don't know or what the kid is doing now so how will that change?! It won't. Some nice ideas coming out to stop it If only........... | |
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton | |
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Diesel05
Posts:44
| | 06/03/2008 10:13 AM |
Alert | I went for a motorcycle ride last night at about 10:30pm and saw 5 late teens all wearing their hip hop clothing (looks like night gowns to me) at the north entrance to the new Senita. I pulled over next to them and asked if they lived in the community 2 of them said they did so I just asked them to help keep an eye out for trouble makers in the neighborhood. I also told them that my buddies and I are going to be riding around late at night looking for punks.
They could have been lying to me, but at least they know that someone in the community isn't going to put up with vandalism and robberies.
If their parents aren't going to do anything step up and be a citizen of your community, protect what's yours, if you see something that doesn't look right don't be afraid. Who cares if thses kids feel like they are being harrassed, word will spread and it will be known that the new Senita is a place where neighbors look out for trouble. | | | |
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Smokin Ace
Posts:246
| | 06/04/2008 7:54 AM |
Alert | | Where are the parents and again how come these kids are out? Is there a curfew in Maricopa that anyone knows the ruls on? | |
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton | |
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alanf
Posts:1473
| | 06/04/2008 8:03 AM |
Alert | Section 10-1-8 Curfew Hours for Minor
A. Offenses
1. It is unlawful for any minor under the age of sixteen years to be in, about or upon
any place in the city away from the property where the youth resides between the hours of
10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day.
2. It is unlawful for any minor sixteen years of age or older and under the age of
eighteen years, to be in, about or upon any place in the city away from the property where
the child resides between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
3. It is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a minor to knowingly permit, or by
insufficient control, allow a minor to violate paragraphs 1 or 2 of this subsection.
4. It is unlawful for a parent, guardian or other person having the care, custody or
supervision of the minor to fail or refuse to take custody of the minor after such demand is
made upon him by a law enforcement officer who arrests the minor for violation of
paragraphs 1 or 2 of this subsection.
B. Defenses/Exceptions.
OFFENSES
C h . 1 0 P g . 9
It is a defense to prosecution under subsection A, including paragraph 3 of subsection A,
of this section that the minor was:
1. Accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian.
2. With prior permission of the parent or guardian, in a motor vehicle involved in
interstate travel.
3. With prior permission of the parent or guardian, in an employment activity or
going to or returning home from an employment activity without any detour or stop by the
most direct route.
4. Involved in an emergency.
5. With prior permission of the parent or guardian, was engaged in reasonable,
legitimate and specific business and/or activity. Examples include, but are not limited to,
a juvenile, with prior permission of the parent or guardian, attending an official school,
religious or other recreational activity supervised by adults who take responsibility for the
minor, or going to or returning home from an official school, religious or other recreational
activity supervised by adults who take responsibility for the minor.
6. With prior permission of the parent or guardian, engaged in a reasonable and
legitimate exercise of First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution.
7. Married and sixteen years of age or over, or in the military.
8. On the sidewalk abutting their residence or on the next door neighbor's property with
the consent of the neighbor.
C. Enforcement
1. Before taking any enforcement action under this section, a police officer shall
attempt to ascertain the apparent offender's age and reason for being in the place. The
officer may issue a citation or make an arrest under this section when the officer reasonably
believes that an offense has occurred and that, based upon the circumstances, the minor's
responses and minor's conduct, no defense or exception as provided in subsection B of this
section is probably present.
2. In addition to any other powers he or she may have, any law enforcement officer
who arrests a minor for violating any of the provisions of paragraphs 1 or 2 of subsection
A of this section is also hereby empowered to demand of the parent, guardian or other
person having the care, custody or supervision of the minor that such parent, guardian or
other person come and take the minor into custody. The law enforcement officer is also
empowered to take the minor to a designated location where arrangements can be made
OFFENSES
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for a parent, guardian or other appropriate party to take the minor into custody. Should
there be a failure of the parent, guardian or other person to take custody of such minor, the
officer may then be empowered to take the minor home.
D. Violations and Penalties
1. A person convicted of a violation of any provision of this section shall be guilty of a
class one (1) misdemeanor, punishable as set forth in this code and state law.
2. Each violation of the provisions of paragraph A of this section shall constitute a
separate offense. | | | |
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