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The situation worsens on Beekman Street after dark 7 days a week.
Bar patrons and now recently located residents of Saratoga's West Side are ruining the great tradition,strong work ethic and sturdy family values long associated with the West Side.
Accelerated,continuous and open displays of illegal drug consumption ,open alcoholic beverages being consumed on city streets, and excessive late-night yelling and music are now long-time residents' BIG headaches and inconvenience.
What were the city planners thinking!
Why aren't the police patrolling this area of Franklin/Washington/Walnut/West Circular?
Beekman Street,Elm Street,Ash,Oak are all being subjected to this vileness.
Never mind the bike patrol.Let's see a police officer walking a beat over here!
Add to this open drug/cash exchanges on daily and nightly regular schedules on Elm and Beekman Streets by drive-to rendevous, trespassing and PHYSICAL VIOLENCE on top of the recent attempted murder and sexual assault by an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT on a woman waiting for her husband to leave work at the west Side Stadium Cafe and the sexual assault/attempted murder-for MS-13 gang initiation which occurred on Walnut Street.
Talk up the "Arts District" all you want.
The people who live here are sick of what the West Side has become.
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sickofthedisciples (Guest)
calebsmommy (Guest)
Georgieboy1967 (Guest)
Steve Bs (Guest)
tigger12 (Guest)
See for this crime yourself any time you wish (Guest)
I've lived on the West Side for over 15 years and I have NEVER seen it as bad as it is now.
Level 2 sex offenders being placed near the Division Street School and on Elm Street ( a matter of public record).
There has been an increase in noise, private property damage and vandalism, litter,open containers, open marijuana consumption as people walk down the street (daytime and nighttime).
I see, on a regular basis,suspicious activity on Elm near Washington Street.
Cars with two,three, or more (up to six people) waiting-just sitting there,
In a few minutes,someone will pull up and the exchanges occur.
This location is a very popular spot for people "visiting" each other at large.
The West Side has a problem with MS-13.
Two attacks-attempted rape and attempted murder-have occurred in the last 18 months and can be found in the archives of the Saratogian.( One of the perpetrators can be seen on this Saratogian website, as he is currently listed in the news briefs on the webpage).
The West Side isn't safe or family friendly with these increasing elements in place.
There really should be a police officer walking a beat.
Like it or not, Saratoga's West Side started to deteriorate two years ago.
Why is this occurring in Saratoga (Guest)
http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2010/04/26/news/doc4bd6183e960af377161886.txt
http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2012/07/12/news/doc4ffda51ba0dab317869224.txt
Tell me again about how the West Side was worse than thisthan = (Guest)
saratogian.com/articles/2012/07/12/news/doc4ffda51ba0dab317869224 dot txt
saratogian.com/articles/2010/04/26/news/doc4bd6183e960af377161886 dot txt
*The residents of the West Side deserves better than these pieces of filth*.
townster (Registered User)
wiki MS-13,Saratoga's new hometown team (Guest)
This website has become an outlet for the discussion of DEVIATE BEHAVIOR in Saratoga.
There is no excuse whatsoever for this disgusting conduct anywhere.
Slacking knuckledragger, unhealthy and unsanitary public displays should carry a more severe fine than a misdemeanor.
These issues need to be addressed.
A crowded city would have no use or tolerance for ignoramus actions.
MS-13 is an evil group.
WAKE UP.These problems were never here before.
townster (Registered User)
No,YOU poke him with a stick to see if he's alive (Guest)
The police are now finding unconscious,unresponsive people flattened out right in front of the LOCAL.
Add this to the comments posted here,and you're seeing the natural progression of crime introduced into an area.
http://saratogian.com/articles/2012/07/28/news/doc5013eff600cc9583270546.txt
This person was lucky.He was this close ][ to being a cadaver.
IT'S GETTING WORSE by the day,week,month.
Keep sticking your head in the sand.