Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Reading all the cries for more police presence in Farragut from Mayor Williams and others, you’d think we must have a burglary or vandalism epidemic on our hands. But no, the police blotter in last week’s paper was par for the course in Farragut: an incident of alleged mail fraud, a drunk guy in a parking lot, and someone confused by an internet scam. I’m sure it is similar in the edition in which this op-ed appears this week.
We live in one of the safest areas in Knox County. I always see a police presence at public events, as well as Farragut HS sporting events and many local churches. I’m sure soon-to-be Sheriff Gibson, whom I voted for, will have bigger concerns in Knox County than whatever has Mayor Williams concerned -- which probably boils down to people trying to get home through the congested traffic that has resulted from all of BOMA’s development. I doubt handing those people speeding tickets will win them over, and I certainly don’t see a need or justification for a new precinct. That inevitably will cost money that either has to be raised through new taxes or redirected from somewhere it is actually needed.
Mike Turner,
Farragut, TN
