Left In Lowell

After last night, after what is being reported as “an 82 percent increase in violence and disorder around downtown bars since the beginning of 2011,” you still hear malarkey from the License Commission like this:

Weicker said all complaints about downtown come from the same four residents.

*facepalm* And maybe the patrons and employees beaten all to shit, too, maybe? They can’t make the meetings, some of them are still in the hospital.

“The License Commission cannot be out on the street at 2 in the morning,” Akashian said, adding more police should be downtown if crime is increasing.

Maybe it OUGHT to spend some time examining the goddamned problem. Oh, I’m sorry, you think you are above staying awake a couple nights in a month to personally take a look at the problem. Of course, your sleep is so much more important than property, life, and health of our downtown residents, business owners, and customers.

Weicker said incidents appear to be concentrated in some sections of the downtown, including the Enterprise parking lot near where the beating took place. Weicker said Duncan may be trying to shift the blame to the commission.

Yes, it must be George Duncan’s fault…for having a BANK downTOWN. He’s to blame for trying to run a reputable establishment with windows that aren’t broken! Dear me!

Please. Someone get me an aspirin.

What is the Commission waiting for? For the next drunken bar brawl/riot to land at their meeting doorstep at 3pm in the afternoon?? All of you, all three of you, you should be too ashamed to be walking around this city.

PS - Kad also had a rant about the same article. I think it’s safe to say he’s as astounded by the words coming from the License Commission as I am…