I hear what you are saying. That said…..if I understand this article correctly escrow has closed and the County has purchased the land. I hope they stand by their word of making this facility failsafe to alieve the community’s concerns. That will more than likely be what the neighborhood will be fighting for….. a failsafe buttoned down facility where clients are rarely or never seen or heard. Good luck in your pursuits. Perhaps a neighborhood facility watch group should be formed if the facility is built. That would be a win-win for everyone….helps the facility maintain proper oversight on its grounds and clients comings and goings and empowers the neighborhood to insure that proper oversight is being met.

There is violence on our community streets and street corners every day. There has been violence on our local school grounds, public parks, hospital grounds, courthouse grounds, city hall meetings…. and yet society continues to exist and hope for the best and plan for the worst. Garden Elementary School and its grounds in Tulare was just adjacent South-West to Tulare View, an Acute Care Mental Health Facility. There was no fencing around that school as I recall. Perhaps the Valley Voice could take the time to find out if Garden was ever put into real (not imagined) jeopardy from the patients housed in Tulare View. Hastily made decision works both ways folks. Let’s be honest, there are security officers onsite all around most facilities in our towns. And lets remember that our schools are all fenced in as well.

Sorry about the dropped thought “When folks say clean up”. I started out saying something else but missed deleting my words when I clearly went into another thought.