[BC] Station security

[Robert Meuser]

If the neighborhood is that bad, why is the town giving you problems 
over your tower?  Seems like a few other things need to be improved 
around there first.

R

Bailey, Scott wrote:

>There are no businesses nearby, it's all residential. The property
>across the street has been sold and there will be apartments (Section 8)
>built on it. Once again, you have to see the surroundings to understand.
>In addition, none of the residence around me can afford to hire a
>security company.
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>I have had several conversations with the Gallatin Police Dept. on this,
>but they are too busy on Nashville Pike and Main Street trying to catch
>speeders to meet the monthly quota for money, to supplement somebody's
>raise!  They could careless about the druggies, drunks (DUI offenders),
>prostitutes, etc.   Busting them makes them no money and cost the county
>money to keep them up in the county jail.
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>Scott
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Barry Mishkind
>Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:42 AM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: [BC] Station security
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>Scott ...
>         Perhaps the question is: why not get with your
>         neighboring businesses and hire some security?
>         Perhaps this is just a "normal business expense"
>         in the new millienium?
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>At 08:00 AM 12/22/2006, Bailey, Scott wrote
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>>  You don't know Blythe Street in Gallatin. A buried ground system
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>won't
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>>be out there a week and it will be gone!  I've had to run off
>>prostitutes out of my parking lot, using it for their business. When
>>they get desperate and no business, they will have their pimp steel my
>>copper! The station surroundings have turned into a bad area. The
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>police
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>>doesn't have the man power to stop some of this.
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>>Oh, I agree with you, and I now what Kevin has done for Chris's station
>>in Waynesboro, but I don't want to spend 5 grand and it be gone in a
>>week or two.
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