Pubdate: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 Source: Miami Herald (FL) Copyright: 2006 The Miami Herald Contact: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/262 Author: Rosa Espindola DRUGS IN THE GROVE The nonsense on Grand Avenue and Margaret Street and Thomas Avenue has to stop. The police and the politicians have to take responsibility immediately and act accordingly. The drug dealing, prostitution and assaults have been ignored for too long. Residents are living in terror. We have been begging for police to patrol the area and for a comprehensive plan to eradicate the drug dealing. It will take only one undercover officer to find out who is dealing drugs. There are three or four houses where drugs are openly sold 24/7 in the HUD housing that taxpayers fund from our hard-earned money. It is the police's job to keep our streets safe. Why should we risk our lives with zero resources to defend ourselves? ROSA ESPINDOLA Coconut Grove - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman