A convicted VIOLENT sex offender is moving in up the street!
 

Never a dull moment here in Cortez. We may be small, but we like our excitement just like everyone else does.

Last Saturday I read in the local paper about the coming arrival of a convicted violent sex offender who has decided to grace our town with his presence. He will be just 3 blocks from me and, worst of all, practically next door to an 83 year old friend of mine named Auroura.

I understand that these people have to live somewhere, but a VIOLENT ex-con in my quiet little neighborhood? Why not send him to LA or NYC or some place like that? I'm sure he'd have no problem fitting in in the bad part of some large urban area. I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for him and don't want him near me.

I worry most of all about Aurora. She's quite frail and her hearing is poor - plus, she lives alone. She doesn't read the paper, so she may not even know that this scarey person is going to be her new next door neighbor.

I don't know if I should tell her about this or not. There's not much she can do - she already keeps her doors and windows locked, but anyone who really wanted to get into her house would not have a difficult time. I don't want to worry her over something she can do nothing about.

I've thought of informing her son who lives in this area, but he doesn't seem to care much for his Mother. He seldom visits and gets irritated if she asks him to do the smallest thing.

I am in a quandary over this.

There is going to be a town hall meeting about Mr. Predator on Dec 6th. I will definately be in attendence. I hate to think that I am now going to have to revert to a big city mentality - carry mace, keep all windows locked and be scared if I walk alone at night.

If enough people object, I wonder if they'll move him somewhere else instead?

I wonder how much mace costs these days?

More than a quart of gasoline, I wager.

What did he do? I see no reason an old lady would be at risk from a sex offender unless he's a repeat offender/has other violence convictions. She's probably more likely to harm herself if she panics about safety than be harmed by him. If he was a convicted violent mugger or housebreaker..., I might feel differently, but my gut instinct says don't worry her.

I should imagine the police will be keeping one eye on him, and he knows if anything happens they'll be on his ass first. As for your friend, you could have someone chat with him, let him know if she so much as loses an eyelash, he's a dead man.

I think it matters what his specific crime was. A pedophile, for example, isn't going to bother your old lady friend. Likewise with a gangbanger who beat/raped an ex-girlfriend, not some stranger off the street. I do think it's in her best interest to know that he's there, but more importantly to know what he looks like. Then she won't be jumping in fear at every door-to-door salesman, and she'll never accidentally let him in under false pretenses.

The voices of reason once more dispel the cellar lynch mob.

Nice going, guys.

What lynch mob? I don't see no stinkin' lynch mob?

That's because the voices of reason dispelled it.

Ever consider gang stalking?

The magnetron from an old microwave and a nice parabolic dish for focusing is effective as well.

But no, don't inform your neighbor. There's little she could do except worry, and that would just be to her detriment.

Yes, our poor urban populations are mostly violent sex offenders. By all means, send him over.

God, this pisses me off like you wouldn't believe.

Well, she did say the bad part. ;)

Oh, good point. People who live in "the bad part" don't care if their kids get raped.

C'mon there's no kids in the bad part. The only decent soul that goes to the bad part is Spiderman, or Bronson. It consists entirely of dark alleys, (even at high noon), opium dens, biker/longshoremen bars, tattoo parlors, buzzing neon signs, and sleazy flophouses.

Oh wait, I forgot the other decent soul... the hooker with a heart of gold. :yesnod:

Also, you left out the mafia.

Naw, the mafia is too scared to go to the bad part. Besides, it's easier to shake down the citizens in the good part, 'cause the denizens of the bad part ain't scared of nothin'.