New Party House? I Hope Not !!

Do we have a new party house in our back lane? I sure hope not. But last night at 1:30am, just before Oprah was over, there was noise coming from the lane. My husband opened the window and stuck his head out to see where the noise was coming from. It was not coming from the ususal Party House. I think we had that issue taken care of. This time it was coming from a house behind the Party House, on the other side of the back lane.
About ten minutes later, I stuck my head out to see. I could hear the party across the lane. And I could see them in their second floor suite through their window.
Well, I called the Police to let them know there was unacceptable noise coming from a drinking party across the lane.
This is all I can do about it. I do not know the landlord, so I cannot call them and let them know what their tenants are doing. I called the police. If the police had time last night to drop by and ask the occupants of that residents to please keep it down so their neighbours can sleep, then great. Otherwise, I hope they are notifying the landlord that there was a complaint.
I will continue to call the police each time someone in my neighbourhood decides they should party after midnight and wake me up. This is not acceptable, and I am not going to stand for it.

To the Party Houses out there - Get with the program, join society, respect your neighbours, and keep the noise down after midnight. I don't think that is too much to ask.

Police Presence Once Again

I was getting ready to go out just after 3:00pm today when I noticed a police car down the street. Well, thats not exactly true. I was getting ready to go out when I heard some noise out my window. I looked out the window and down the street a bit and saw a police officer standing on the boulevard with someone pinned on the ground. The gentleman was hand cuffed and leaned against the police car. Soon after, a second car arrived and the gentleman was placed in the back of the car.
When I left, I drove down the street, past the police cars and to the corner. I then saw another officer coming from the back lane.
Later, when I got home, I was told there were a total of four police cars that showed up for the incident.
I noticed the person who was handcuffed earlier on in the day. It must have been within half an hour of him being handcuffed. He was walking down the road pushing a stroller with a young child. I remembered him, because he looked very un-natural pushing the stroller. The whole way he was pushing the stroller looked odd.
I sure would like to know why the police are on my street all the time. I would like to know if these issues are domestic, or gang related. I would like to know if it is more of the same issue all the time, or if they are all isolated incidences.

The last time that I saw the police on my street was on Thursday. I was just coming home in the evening, and they were at the end of the street with their lights on. It looked like they were arresting someone.

I Went For A Bicycle Ride Down The Back Lanes

I went for a bicycle ride down a few of the back lanes in my area. I went in the lanes between Main and Redwood to Mountain and McGregor.
There sure are a lot of bulky items in the lanes. I wrote down some basic information regarding each single block of back lanes, and I sent the information in to 311. I have requested that the items be picked up.
In the past I took pains to get the correct address of each dumpster, take a picture of the bulky items, and send the information, all neatly arranged, to 311. But since starting this, I have become aware that the bulky item information that I send to 311 is not forwarded to the people who actually pick the items up. It is not directly sent to the company that picks up the garbage.
The information I send to 311 is forwarded to a City Worker, who gets into his truck and drives down the lanes that I mention in my email. The City Worker verifies that the information I sent is correct. Only after the City Worker has verified my information is the request put through to the company that will pick up the garbage.
So I got to thinking. Why am I spending my time walking down back lanes, stopping and taking a picture of the bulky items, going to the front of the street and counting the number of houses down to get the address and sending the well compiled information to 311 if they are just going to send a paid City Worker out to redo my work.
After my bicycle ride, I sent an email to 311. I gave basic information on the items that were in each back lane. I gave enough information for the City Worker to locate the lanes of interest, and drive down to verify for himself that there truely is bulky garbage that needs to be picked up. This should be enough information to have the City Worker investigate the back lanes and take care of the issues.

There are many large bulk items to be picked up in the St Johns area in the back lanes of Redwood/Boyd, Boyd/College, and College/Mountain between Main Street and McGregor Avenue.

In the lane of Redwood/Boyd between Salter and Powers there is an armchair beside a dumpster

In the lane of Redwood/Boyd between Powers and Andrews there are a few piles of mattresses, and other items

In the lane of Redwood/Boyd between Andrews and McGregor there are mattresses and a couch

In the lane of Boyd/College between Andrews and McGregor there is furniture at a few of the dumpsters

In the lane of Boyd/College between Powers and Andrews there are mattresses in two places

In the lane of Boyd/College between Salter and Powers there is a mattress

In the lane of College/Mountain between Aikens and Salter there is a window frame and another dumpter has a couch beside it.

In the lanes of College/Mountain between Salter and McGregor there are several other bulky items beside dumpsters.

Please have these issues addressed.

I have been advised by the 311 department that the Water and Waste Department has been notified of this and have recieved a single ticket number for reference. Maybe all I really have to do is let them know that there is stuff that needs to be dealt with. I will keep an eye on this and let you know what I find.

Was It Something I Said ??

The property manager for the Party House showed up earlier today. He put a couch in his truck and then left. It was hard to say exactly what was going on, and why he was at the house removing a couch.
But later in the day I noticed there was a pile of furniture at the back of the Party House next to the lane.

And one of the dumpsters in the back lane was full of broken furniture and baby strollers.

Do you think it was something I said?
The property manager showed up again, and said he would be coming back later in the day, or tomorrow, to pick up the furniture and mattresses that were stacked at the back of the lot of the party house.
I guess the people who were causing all the problems at that house have left again. And I guess all the furniture and mattresses that were just given to them from CFS are being thrown out again.
I had a look at the items that were stacked at the back of the lot. These are items that have only been in the house for a month. They would have been the replacement furniture and mattresses after the Party House got shovelled out last month. And they were all full of mouse droppings.

I am expecting another influx of mice in my house tonight. Better put the mouse snacks out.
Oh, my husband just told me he replenished the mouse buffet, so we are open for business.