We’ve received a lot of feedback to our series so far. Over the next few days, we’ll be posting about that feedback (look for letters printed in the August through November issues, too). Here’s a short letter that typifies much of what we’ve heard from readers. Feel free to share your own thoughts through the comments link below.
Thank you so much for printing Melissa Hankins’s article “Charlotte Has a Problem With Crime” in your June 2007 magazine. Last week, I became a victim of a felony for the second time in six months. I was held at gun point in my South Charlotte apartment complex at 8:30 in the morning.
Charlotte has a serious crime problem and trust me, it is not confined to certain neighborhoods. I commend Ms. Hankins for drawing attention to this important issue. It seems as though our public officials are more concerned with building a light-rail system and a baseball stadium in downtown rather than the safety of the citizens of this gorgeous city. Why in the world would we want to attract more people here without getting our crime under control? Why would we want to give criminals a quicker exit on the light-rail without first considering the danger we currently live in? Your magazine continually impresses me. Thank you for shedding light on what so many already know but nothing is being done about.
Kris Taylor
Charlotte
