Tacoma business owners, residents push for solutions to ongoing crime

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Residents and business owners say they love their city, Tacoma is home, but seeing the decay, destruction and devastation caused by the ongoing crime they say is overwhelmingly difficult. FOX13

Image 360 has been in Central Tacoma for over 20 years. It's owners Al and Rose Mednick say they're one of the few thinking of selling. They're speeding up their retirement timeline as they say things are only getting worse.

He's not alone. Many are saying enough is enough. Dozens met with Tacoma city leaders trying to find solutions. "There was a party in front of our building, they set a fire right next to our building," Al said. "We have video, for four hours with them hanging out doing drugs around the fire."

 

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I empathize with them. I feel the same way about Seattle.

Tolerate degradation and you get it

Yes, let's blame everything on crime. Let's put more money into policing and just keep complaining about the problem. The cities are the problem. They failed to meet the needs of its people. Fix it

Just a reminder this does not happen in GOP cities only in the socialist utopia of one party rule Democrat ran places. When you have had enough you will need to vote for the other party or it will continue getting worse.

It’s the voters fault

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