So that You Know...

I've still been recouperating, avoiding the cold, and otherwise having to put up with the rolling racket outside while the Farmers Branch Police refuse to do much of anything resembling WORK.

The worst event was on December 21, 2013 at around 9:30 p.m.  Someone, I'm guessing in my building, had hired one of those limousine buses, aka party van.  Well, the bass started thumping just as I got off the phone with the police, and I did hear someone talking in that area.  After they left, the last few days, the Upstairs Stomper is acting all butt-hurt, making lots and lots of noise.  The noises the Upstairs Stomper has been making have been disturbing my kitten, so they're not imaginary folks.

I want to know why the crap we're forced to pay property taxes for "services" that aren't performed uniformly.  Sure, fine.  Protect the area businesses.  Big whoop when you've got boom, boom, scream, party, boom, boom, boom and people almost being run over by idiots.  How do you think the big cheese at DoubleTree is going to feel if the cops aren't around when he's almost flattened by some drunken party idiot from Ghettoville?

I'd think taking proactive action at the problem areas would be more effective than just patrolling the businesses to keep them "safe".  And when I say "problem areas," I'm referring to Courtyards at Valley View and London Square Apartments.

The parking lot partying is on the rise, Farmers  Branch.  Quit dropping the ball on this.

December 16, 2013 -- Today's Noise Report

At 9:16 a.m. and 10:59 a.m., two different vehicles were playing their stereos too loud as they rolled through the parking lot.  We're talking of a volume level that would make the glass panes in the windows vibrate.  And FBPD, whose officers claim they handle violations like that are nowhere to be found.  Again.

Around 11:45 a.m., two men were having a loud altercation over $10 being owed.

My Current Absence

Well, if it wasn't ice, snow and frozen yuck that I didn't want to walk through, it was another sinus infection and some kind of lingering nastiness that makes me cough uncontrollably.

Given those circumstances, I think it's understandable why I felt reporting the continued outdoor noise levels was less important.  When I mention the outdoor noise levels, I'm referring to the people playing their stereos too loud while in the parking lot.  It's on the rise--as many as half a dozen incidents a day.  Very ghetto.

And if the cops really were patrolling, they ought to start ticketing some of the party animals outside.  It's not like they can't fall back to their "but I didn't see/hear anything" excuse when it's going on out in the freaking PARKING LOT, so FBPD must not be patrolling.

December 3, 2013 -- Rolling Racket Continues

Another incident occurred at 9:37 p.m.  Again, it was a loud vehicle stereo thump, thump, booming away.

The cops do nothing, and I suspect they never will.  They've got the taxpayer by the neck, bleeding them dry of money, and not providing that "serve and protect" the cops are SUPPOSED to do.  Nope.  No one is safe in Farmers Branch, TX.

Welcome to the newest ghetto in the Dallas/Ft. Worth region.

December 3, 2013 -- More Parking Lot Loud Music

At 10:49 a.m., I heard someone play their stereo in their vehicle much too loud.  It has to be loud to be heard through a flipping brick wall.  Where's FBPD?  Off playing in the donut shop?  It's not like they uphold the law around Farmers Branch, TX.  I think it's an established fact, given how they've mishandled things at London Square Apartments for MONTHS now.

December 3, 2013 -- Upstairs Stomper Rudeness

At 7:45 a.m. and 8:50 a.m., the Upstairs Stomper thumped and banged right above my bed, waking me.  It's still freaking rude and unnecessary.

Just Raining HIts Today

It now stands at 205.  Quite a few from overseas.