I am sure we have all had a chance to read about the recent raids that happened in Sheboygan in an effort to curb the “in plain site” drug dealing that has been going on around 11th and Erie.  I would like to say “Good job” to the Sheboygan police, Neighbors Against Drugs, the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for getting their crap together and making this happen, BUT I also want to know how long it will last?

Things like this can be extremely effective if done for a long period of time, but if these types of raids or even the increased patrols were to stop or decrease, what do you think will happen?  It might be a major cost to the city to have more patrols in one area or even a major cost to the city if cops can’t be other places, but what is the city worth to the city?

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The city’s most valuable asset is the city itself.  If Sheboygan is ever going to go anywhere or provide new families, tourists, etc, with any type of value, cleaning up the streets is a must!

Let’s all do our part in the fight against crime in our city, don’t be afraid to make an annoymous call to police to report suspicious activity, you might save a life!

Over the last couple of days we have been reading about the brainiacs growing pot in a bedroom closet.  Well, I have decided to put the “on the map”, but adding a Google Map with the location of the crime.  Enjoy!

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Do you know someone with a slow computer?  Did they ask you to come over and check it out for them?  What was the first thing you saw?  Multiple toolbars, 34 icons racing across the bottom taskbar?

Believe it or not, many people are not computer literate and need help before it’s too late.  My parents love to call me up and ask the same question “why is my computer acting up?”.  Well, I have had a computer myself for over 10 years and it only took about 3-4 of those years to learn exactly what NOT to do on the computer or internet.

If you have ever had a virus or a crashed blue screen, you know what I mean.  Computers can be fun and the internet is full of funny videos, make money schemes and information you can’t get anywhere else.  But the internet is also dangerous if you do not know what you are doing.

Do you know what Geek Squad charges to come to your home and install Spyware Killer on your computer?  Yes, it’s outragous, and if you have paid for the Geek Squad, try here first next time.

In the meantime, you should really read about how important computer and internet security are.  These days a virus could take any and ALL information from your computer and use it against in ways you might not even realize.  Hackers sit around all day and try to figure out ways to get your credit card information and use it.

If you haven’t seen the show that Dateline did about credit fraud, search for it and you will learn much about the ways hackers get your information.  Don’t be that person, be ahead of the game and don’t let the hackers get to you.

You can read more about The Hackers Nightmare: The Bible Of Computer & Internet Security and hopefully things like that never happen to you.

We all read the Sheboygan Press and listen to WHBL for our news.  Lately, to me, it seems that crime might have reached a plateau.  There are still the crazy crimes like people stealing cd’s and fishing equipment from cars, but it really doesn’t seem that it’s all that bad.

I know that crime sucks, Sheboygan has seen it’s fair share of big time crime for a city of about 50,000, but I think we are still a bit lucky that it isn’t out of control like other cities of this size across the nation.

NAD seems to really have made a difference in the city.  The homes still look like drug dealing homes, but that’s more because people are lazy and have no respect for things that they own.  I really hate to see the city going to the dumps, but it’s happened in my short life.

Believe it or not, people are still looking to move here and would like to see what are crime is all about.  You can get detailed statistics at www.city-data.com if you’d like.

If a person from out of town asked you about the crime in Sheboygan, what would you tell them?

I am sure that every single person in the city of Sheboygan read the article about the woman who shot her 8 year old daughter to win $1, right?  Well, what do you think of that?

$1.  It was ONE dollar.  How messed up do you have to be to think to yourself that it would be ok to do such a thing to a helpless child?  In my opinion, people still have nothing better to do, like get a job.  If an 8 year old is old enough to harm for a ONE DOLLAR bet, what is next?

If anything is ever going to get fixed with parents that neglect, beat or rape their own children, I think the government is going to have to create a program that will offer free shrinks for these people.  That is what they need. 

What would you do for a $1 bet?