While city officials decide how they want to handle it this year, here are some past Plaintalker posts on National Night Out
August 2, 2005
August 2, 2011
August 6, 2013
August 5, 2014
Obviously, I skipped a lot of NNO events. I have a personal aversion to things involving "merch" such as this costume.
In my opinion, neighborhood events are a fine way for residents to get together and take a stand against crime. A city-sponsored event can also show solidarity against crime, though allocating the major part of the municipal budget to public safety shows an ongoing commitment.
In advance of last year's event, I made a pitch for an increase in general civility, which I would like to repeat:
For the rest of the year, I would like to propose a focus on increasing general civility - doing away with those little crimes of littering, defacing buildings with graffiti and riding bikes on the sidewalk. No merch is involved, just a willingness to think of others and how the city comes across to people who might be interested in living here or opening a business in the city.
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People are just as rude as ever and don't care about their surroundings. Everyday I have to go out and pick up all the debris that the Emerson school parents leave for the residents of our street to pick up...even while their kids attend that school, they don't take pride in that and don't think twice about respecting city and private properties. #cannotwaittoleavePlainfield
ReplyDeleteI like the general civility idea!
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