I’m so frustrated.

This has nothing to do with the campaign, the election or anything anyone has said. I’m angry because someone broke into a garage down the street from our home and ripped off my son and his friends’ quad and motorcycle.

They snuck into the barn section of this very secure garage, cut a hole in the roof, climbed in and took the boys bikes. They used gloves to prevent anyone from finding fingerprints.

Jess worked hard for the seven thousand dollars it cost him to buy and beef up his quad. That piece of machinery was everything to him. But someone thought it was their right to have it.

Jess is heartbroken. Some will say “there’s always a lesson to learn”. I don’t buy it. What lesson does Jess learn when he works his butt off to buy something and someone decides they can take it.

I look at my son and feel so bad for him. He had about 7,000 of his own dollars into that bike. He worked long hours to get that bike and he had it just the way he wanted it.

Jess will survive. He’ll work hard again, and buy another quad. The reason; he’s a good kid.

I wonder what the thieves are thinking tonight?

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  Susannah November 1, 2008 at 9:49 am

  I do not have much to say, but, I have been there. I have been robbed twice. Once, I was in my home, sleeping at the time. After it happens, it is a little earthquake to your system. I hope and pray Jess is able to replace his quad in record time better than it ever was before this happened.
  Susannah
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  zach November 2, 2008 at 6:13 pm

  When government fails it’s duties-fixing potholes, keeping crooks locked up(and throwing away the key)-and instead promotes branded celebrations like the “sustainable” olympic trials this is the result. The Whitaker police sub-station actually shut down for a week during the trials. I see our Green Government Gone Wild as a problem with the government where they focus on idiotic corporate “pet projects” and cut away necessary programs-like quality and thorough policing and real jail time for offenders. I admittedly see problems through a antinike lens as I am sure you have noticed. Anyway, I am sure you will talk to your neighbors about this so maybe it can have the positive effect of bringing people in your area together more than they already are ?