More Correspondence to Mayor and Commissioners re 431 N. L. Street:

This from neighboring resident D. R.:

Hello, As some of you know my house was burgled last month. The thieves were (and are) staying at 431 N. L St. aided and abetted by a well known ringleader lowlife next door at 425 N. L St. I know this from neighbors, police and the prostitute who was acting as lookout while the guy robbed my house. The Swat team visited 425 L St. about three weeks ago, according the neighbor at 423 L who saw it happen. Wes Blackman has highlighted our plight, with the help of the neighbor at 423, on his website and I want to thank him for helping our neighborhood by showing the deplorable conditions of a city owned property that is holding our neighborhood hostage. Armand has been helpful as well. But the time has come to tear down those back shacks and broker a deal with Adopt-A-Family to rehab the historic property. Matt Constantine told me there is interest. Ditto for 503 N. K St. which had a fire set in it over the weekend by vagrants - a waste of expensive city services. Thank you in advance for your immediate action in this matter.

(Note: This was originally posted in early August. I'm bumping it up as a comment was left this morning.)

Up-date: I am told by city staff that it is best to contact the police department on their non-emergency number to report this sort of activity