[Letter] Warner Beach: A withering town
Prostitutes, beggars, drug dealers, job seekers and pimps roam the streets of Warner Beach, tarnishing the image of the area.
EDITOR – I have lived here all my life, and it is so sad to see how a once peaceful, neat, clean town has withered away.
The image of Warner Beach / Winklespruit has become so tainted and tarnished. I am talking about the number of homeless, prostitutes and so-called work-seekers who now litter our main road, not to mention the traffic violations by taxis.
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Every week, we see a new lot at every traffic light, loitering around every shop that you can’t even stop anywhere with them at your window. It is not for us to feel guilty for their situation. We are all feeling the strain and have our own families to support, and I, for one, will not support their habits. Most of them are not even from here. They are from places inland. Why are they here? Because it’s been allowed where other suburbs have not.
Prostitutes also roam our streets; why? Because they are being supported. They are also here because they have been allowed where other areas have not.
Work-seekers now sit the length of Warner Beach. Three quarters of them are not work-seekers; they are drug traders, pimps, crime scouts or beggars.
Taxi drivers stop and drop anywhere they please, cut drivers off, do not stop at stop signs, run through red lights and so on.
My question is how is it that our area has this problem? Why has nothing been done about all of this? Have we reached a point of no return? Where is the metro police?
For me, I think it’s all become ‘too much work with too many excuses’. It’s time for a council clean-out with a fresh mind and new ideas – some who move beyond excuses, who are passionate and driven. But, somehow, I am not going to hold my breath.
CONCERNED WARNER BEACH RESIDENT
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