Very soon the alley lights in some alleys in Rosedale Skinker will go off. The reason: only five per cent of the residents have paid their dues for this important service.
Maybe they’re thinking that the city will soon take it over. However that is not scheduled until a month or more. Meanwhile because some residents have not met their obligations Rosedale Skinker Improvement Association owes more than $500. Alley lights help prevent crime and are an important service.
It is shameful that this project has not received more support. If we truely want to have a safe, viable neighborhood, then some will have to stop riding on the backs of a few and dig down and pay the $10 cost per residence. Tenants in two familys pay only $7.50, four familys, $6.25 and six family’s, $6.00.
GET WITH IT, ROSEDALE SKINKER.
Originally published in The Paper, March 1973.
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