Sorry to repeat: LE may be using this forum to target their efforts. (DUH?)
I hope I am wrong, but if true, then the long-time concern that LE is using our forum for their "intelligence" continues. (Do I need to say DUH???)
Wish it were otherwise, but I urge posters to use PMs to convey details of who and where.
Obviously, LE is hammering us in OTR and WE. Frankly, I am skeptical of posts re: Reading Road or Beechmont, but hope that these reports are valid. Please give us your reports about what YOU see in these area...
Please keep posting. It is the only way we can continue cruising safely.
BTW, I was surprised that no one responded to my pix last week. Is anyone watching out there? We need more reports, by PM if necessary.
[QUOTE=Doingitmyway;1193610]I don't know what was going on last night, but when I took a cruise down Reading there were no less than 4 LE (two sheriff's and two local) cruising the stretch between Galbraith and Section (with two parked on opposite sides of the street). Be careful.[/QUOTE]
LE campaign against OTR undesirables.
Perhaps you caught the TV reports in the past several days that told of LE's focus on OTR to "take guns off the streets, arrest drug boys, arrest prostitutes and their johns" (paraphrased). The article showed many pictures of gayly painted boarded up doors and windows in the area, and bemoaned guns on the streets.
This is more obviously a campaign to increase the value of buildings grabbed up by speculators to "improve the city." I have long standing problems with gentrification and the effect of the poor who happen to live in the gentrified areas. I am even more pissed that big real estate speculators can use the power of the government to steal properties at VERY cheap rates (yes, often in poor condition) , and pretend to have the best interest of the neighborhood at heart rather than huge profits. I would be interested to know how purchase was made, and for what price all the properties adjacent to Washington Park were transacted.
OK-off my soap box for now. But, in this time of deep deficits, restricted spending and curtailed police patrols, the city still had the funds to mount this effort to "clean up" areas prime for profits for speculators.
Bottom line-it is obvious that SWs and a few johns got caught up in this sweep. Another drive thru on Sat showed only a single strung-out SW.
Where Paddock meets Vine at the big indian sign
This past Saturday picked up a girl named Tanisha. Across from White Castles where Paddock meets Vine. 4 or so on SW scale. BBBJCIM. 20. Just dropped her off at the UDF down the street and I saw a spinner in front of Speedway across from where I picked the first one up. 8 on SW scale. Did not pick her up because I am an old fart and would of had trouble with another girl that quickly. I guess I need Viagra. I don't actively pursue SW. I may partake if I happen to run across one as I am driving. In being in this area for 5 years or so I have seen a few SW. But I have never seen 2 within 1/2 hr of each other. I am not normally there after 7:00pm but I was that day. As for LE, normal presence in that area for the most part. Maybe things are picking up in the area. Good Luck to All!
"Where Paddock meets Vine at the BIG Indian Sign". Nostalgic phrase
UPaP:
That phrase probably goes right past most reading the forum with absolutely NO meaning. However, for those of us that are "older", this was a highly advertised catch phrase back in the 50's-60's; and beyond, having been erected as the sign for Jake Sweeney Pontiac. In 1954. Wow, a flash from the past."Where Paddock Meets Vine at the BIG Indian Sign". See the photo of the sign in more modern days, below:
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/10707024[/url]@N04/3217929160/
Jake Sweeney Pontiac hell.
[QUOTE=Varoom; 1195994]UPaP:
That phrase probably goes right past most reading the forum with absolutely NO meaning. However, for those of us that are "older", this was a highly advertised catch phrase back in the 50's-60's; and beyond, having been erected as the sign for Jake Sweeney Pontiac. In 1954. Wow, a flash from the past."Where Paddock Meets Vine at the BIG Indian Sign". See the photo of the sign in more modern days, below:
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/10707024[/url]
@N04/3217929160/[/QUOTE]They moved in there later.
It was originally Cherokee Motors (hence the big indian sign)