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<br />~ h Lj.,/L) -1!J. ~, <br /> <br />12A <br /> <br />We, Rebecca Bray and Myra Westover, owners of Wesray's Cafe, 215 <br /> <br />N. LBJ, San Marcos, TX are petitioning for increased lighting and <br /> <br />police activity in the form of foot patrols and/or mounted horse <br />patrols within the downtown area. The reason for this petition <br />is due to the increase of violence, drug use and vandalism in the <br /> <br />dOlrmtown ar ea. <br /> <br />Our business and others in the downtown area require late night <br /> <br />hour::::; . <br /> <br />We close at 10 PM on Thursday, Friday and Saturday <br /> <br />nights. It is approximately 11 PM or later when we leave for the <br /> <br />night and at times have a large amount of cash on hand. Within <br /> <br />the last 6 to 8 months there has been an increase in the number <br /> <br />of young people, many between the ages of 13 and 17, loitering in <br /> <br />the 2 to 3 blocks north of the courthouse on LBJ. <br /> <br />An article in the <br /> <br /> <br />edition of the San Marcos Daily <br /> <br />Record reports a "free-for-all" fight involving approxi- <br /> <br />mately 20 youths from Kyle and San Marcos, 3 of which were <br />hospitalized for stab wounds. This and other violent incidents, <br /> <br />coupled with an increase in vandalism to downtown merchants in <br /> <br /> <br />the last 6 to 8 months, has forced us to become concerned about <br /> <br />the safety of our customers, employees, citizens, ourselyes and <br /> <br />our business. <br />