re: Mmm

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Poster above got it correct. The money will go to patrols but then the city will take the pre-existing funds and move them to committees and working lunches. The level of increased police presence will be zero.

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Our neighborhood has a "civic corporation" that owns some assets (lighting along roadways, signs, gardens, etc) and has some restrictive covenants that are very hard to enforce (they are attached to the deeds, however, the only remedy is through the parish code enforcement office). They also do some events throughout the year such as an easter egg hunt, kids parade, etc. It's basically a half-arse poorly designed HOA. It charges annual dues of $50, however, the dues are voluntary.

There has been some talk among some of the people in charge, about trying to do one of these protection/improvement districts. Basically as a way to get more patrols in the area, and have a mandatory annual fee (apparently it's easier to create a new district, than it is to amend these crappy covenants to make dues mandatory).

The big reason this idea hasn't moved forward, is because many of us believe that the regular patrols we get would just get moved to another area when we start hiring our own patrols. Thus, no real improvement.