tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post8047531768833771600..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: Bicentennial Mall Safety: A Reply from Pruitt; An Unproductive Phone Call from the State Park CommissionerS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-75561275309601674562008-05-07T16:51:00.000-05:002008-05-07T16:51:00.000-05:00Well, related but UNrelated ; My then wife, (we'l...Well, related but UNrelated ; My then wife, (we'll call her Terri) and her then lover, (we'll call him Wilbur), were both found naked in her Hummer in Two Rivers Park. The no nonsense (GOD bless him) Park Ranger, issued them both an indecent exposure citation. This only bolstered my divorce case and ultimately got me full custody of both of my children.This was 11:08 P.M. MY POINT ; since this was the Donelson/ Opryland area do the Police/Park Rangers actually patrol the park(s) more viligantly ? This , if true could be the direct or indirect result of better (more affluent) neighborhoods, the race of park frequenters, and possibly money spending tourists in the general area. Hate to say but some don't care what happens to those on a certain level of the socio-ecomic scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-14385710388435128612007-11-27T14:34:00.000-06:002007-11-27T14:34:00.000-06:00Why were you surprised that he was consistent? Di...Why were you surprised that he was consistent? Did you think that he was going to bend to your self-professed superiority concerning matters of state park security? He asked you for ideas and you were then surprised that all of your brilliant suggestions were not immediately adopted and you were awarded a medal of honor for your coming up with ideas that all of the professionals over the entire course of the history of the State Parks Department had never thought of.<BR/><BR/>Who do you think you are and why should anyone listen to you? Your “ideas” were shot down because they are stupid to the point of infantile.<BR/><BR/>Why should the tax payers of this state pay to make a park safe for you to walk through anytime you want just because you want to. That is so arrogant and immature it is laughable. You would be the first one to say, “Put full time security in Radnor Lake Park because they are in Bicentennial Mall and I might one evening feel like taking a stroll in Radnor Lake Park at 3:00am while I listen to my IPod and count my cash. It’s not fair! Equal rights for all parks users!”<BR/><BR/>The only reason you are at risk is because you live downtown and are too stupid to know if you stroll through a deserted park at 2:00 in the morning that you are likely to get assaulted. Why don’t you do something to stop criminals from being criminals instead of making law enforcement and tax payers clean up after your influence over the culture?<BR/><BR/>Maybe if you didn’t have to spend so much money to live downtown you could afford a CELL PHONE. I mean every welfare kid in Nashville has one, why don’t you? I guess you think the tax payers should provide you with a cell phone in case you are attacked by the criminals that you helped to create.<BR/><BR/>Call Rosa Parks if you are attacked.<BR/><BR/>I’ll tell you that one rape in the last ten years is insignificant. What about all of the rape and other crime that occur in the neighborhood where the rapist came from? What are you doing about that? You get real concerned when some rich white woman gets raped and you think it is insignificant when rapes happen in black neighborhoods every day. You must be a racist because you aren’t doing anything about rape in black neighborhoods. How many rapes in poor neighborhoods are you going to tolerate before you do something about it? Would you feel differently if a poor black person was your sister or Mother who got raped? Apparently so. You only care when someone close to you is affected. It is obvious that you just care about yourself. If it could happen to a neighbor it could happen to you. How selfish!<BR/><BR/>So let’s make a list of the tings you want the tax payers to finance so that you can live downtown and feel like some sophisticated urbanite and attack and denigrate the suburbs.<BR/><BR/>1. Security guards 24/7/365<BR/>2. Emergency phones (repaired or replaced daily/weekly/monthly)<BR/>3. Security cameras (repaired or replaced daily/weekly/monthly)<BR/>4. Supply 1, 2 and 3 above in all parks<BR/><BR/>Are you really so ignorant that you don’t know that none of the Sate or Metro Parks have 24 hour security? Are you really so ignorant that you don’t know the difference between capital expenses to build a park (fountains, etc) and annual expenses to run the park (security. emergency phones, cameras).<BR/> <BR/>Thank you Mr. Fyke for sloughing off the pompous and ignorant suggestions of some busy-body nobody. It is too bad you had to waste your time making a phone call to entertain his hurbris.<BR/><BR/>I’ll follow up with Mr Fyke, Rep. Pruitt and Senator Harper to express my satisfaction with Mr. Fyke and his response to your incredible waste of time.<BR/><BR/>Ya’ want my suggestion for how to stay safe in a park that is closed and that you aren’t supposed to be in in the first place – stay out of the park. Dumbass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-41462117131723719702007-11-06T21:04:00.000-06:002007-11-06T21:04:00.000-06:00Jim Fyke called me, but I posted his number listed...Jim Fyke called me, but I posted his number listed at the Dept. of Environment and Conservation website (see above), as well as Harper's and Pruitt's. Happy hunting.S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-28355914952516003422007-11-06T18:21:00.000-06:002007-11-06T18:21:00.000-06:00Ugh. No one else is complaining? Post the numbers ...Ugh. No one else is complaining? <BR/><BR/>Post the numbers you called again, Mike. Let's change that perception real quick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-79765942666859514162007-11-06T10:49:00.000-06:002007-11-06T10:49:00.000-06:00Good luck getting any help from Representative Mar...Good luck getting any help from Representative Mary Pruitt. That is... unless you offer her some PAC cash or offer to buy her a house:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?s=5419367<BR/><BR/>http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?s=5419440<BR/><BR/>But remember, Representative Mary Pruitt told us "I work for <I>FREE!!</I>" (Her own words.)Jim Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12552385339015773291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-83072233558270958192007-11-05T23:21:00.000-06:002007-11-05T23:21:00.000-06:00One of the exchanges that I forgot to include in t...One of the exchanges that I forgot to include in that long summary was a third shot to the kiosk idea: he told me that a kiosk would not have stopped the recent victim's rape. I countered that having a telephone nearby in the park increased her odds of getting an emergency response compared to having no close line of communication at all. There is no fool-proof way to stop any crime that a criminal chooses to perpetrate, but the state could at least pursue measures to stack the odds against crime and to try to prevent it before it happens.<BR/><BR/>What are we supposed to do? Throw up our hands and accept it? BOHICA-style?S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-47663158692564155642007-11-05T21:33:00.000-06:002007-11-05T21:33:00.000-06:00That's awful. I think it's time Mr. Fyke got a few...That's awful. I think it's time Mr. Fyke got a few more calls...<BR/><BR/>-tfoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com