And VS. James On 2 July 2011 12:11, James Cowley <[email protected]> wrote:
> A great thanks to SAPS, the OBS activists, the Woodstock Community Police > Forum, The Observatory CPSF, The Woodstock CPF Liquor Forum, the OBSID and > the ONW, all in pushing this bus towards the brim. > James > > *James Cowley* > > *082 926 1220* > > *021 448 2824 (t&f)* > > Observatory Neighborhood Watch: Chairman > > On 2 July 2011 04:10, Frank Schuitemaker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tonight just past 02:00, a heavy SAPS presence was witnessed closing >> almost all clubs in the strip and around Obs something which seems >> long overdue. >> >> The liquor law stipulates that clubs and pubs should close at their >> stipulated times which is (still) 02:00 with exception of Stones 03:00 >> and Barmooda & Gandalf's at 04:00 >> >> All this should be normal and civilised practise – but it was NOT - >> statistics shows habitual closure of rogue clubs at 04:00 onwards to >> 05:00 and even much later and thereby disturbing working residents in >> the early morning. >> >> Observatory Civic Organisations have been fighting for this compliance >> with the authorities for a long time. Despite promises of strict >> compliance and "rings of steel" and more phrases very little action >> was undertaken to act as a real deterrent. >> >> Rogue clubs appear to attract criminals and drug addicts to the area >> they mingle in with the crowd. There are untold numbers of Innocent >> residents and visitors having been victims of robberies, break-in, car >> thefts and worse, many which have never been reported. >> >> Therefore the chaps in blue are applauded to go out in the rain and do >> what they had to do and did. >> >> Whilst all this should be normal practice - after all if we don't pay >> taxes we get hammered - we ask SAPS to continue with this decisive >> action on a continuous basis, the quicker the pubs comply with the >> legislation the less crime there should be and the more time they can >> spend on less crime. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
