[redwitch]

Good grief! So, someone was bored or drunk and vandalized a bathroom. Get. over. it! I like the theory that a restaurant employee was desperate for gas and took some from the golf carts -- not like there's a gas station near that town square. We're not talking a major crime wave. We're talking about minor incidents. Yes, there have been occasional break-ins in the past here (haven't heard of any in past two years, though). Yes, clubs are stolen from golf carts and items from open garage doors. Don't know about the 3:00 am doorbell ringing but that sounds more like a con game than any type of threat -- you either give the guy gas money or you don't.

Bemoan the fact that some brats (teens or adults or whatever) chose to disrespect another's property but let's not make this to be the equivalent of murder or that TV is as dangerous as a large inner city. It has some crime, most of it petty, very little of a felony nature (other than cons and scams) and very little violence (except domestic violence, which, sadly, is common here).

I toodle around in my golf cart at all hours and, yes, frequently after dark and after the town squares are closed. I have no fear for my personal safety by any resident or neighboring resident of TV. I feel as safe here as I can anywhere except maybe a deserted island.

And anyone who thinks Community Watch is here to protect Villagers in any way, shape or form needs to take a good look at the people driving those trucks and SUVs. I'm not sure I'd even trust them to help carry a bag of groceries -- I'd be too worried they'd keel over.