Editor: I read the article “Teen club looks to expand,” (The Times, March 23) and had to laugh. Seriously, this is a joke.
Residents who live in the nearby area would like nothing better than for this place to shut down and are now even in discussion with police to create a Block Watch program for the nights the club is open.
I noticed the article has said nothing about the fact that neighbours are complaining to city hall on a weekly basis nor stated that the teenagers who attended on opening night were urinating in residents’ yards behind garbage cans and bushes.
Nothing is said about the fact that teenagers were being asked to leave the club by police on opening night or that they were telling police off with extremely foul language.
Nothing was said about how almost every night there are police cars at the dance club. At one point on Saturday night, there were four cars in front of it and officers were walking up and down the line in front of the club. The police shouldn’t have to be patroling this club all the time.
How about the fact that teenagers have been caught on Eastleigh Crescent drinking almost every night the club is open? Or how about the fact that the street has seen an influx of garbage?
What about the sign at the nearby building that was broken by the teenagers who attended this club?
I walked by the club on March 19 and people who live across the street had lawn chairs out watching the drama. One person even said it was better than the show “Cops.”
I live in the area and I can tell you that this club has caused nothing but problems for residents.
I seriously doubt that Langley City is going to give James Thom a permit to bring even more teenagers and problems into our neighbourhood.
Danielle Arbour,
Langley
