Catching up on some of the stuff that went on while I was away...
The police arrested a suspect in the shooting of a man passing through town a couple of weeks ago. They believe Ted Blackman, a known gang member, walked up and shot Damon Moore as he slept in a car traveling to Las Vegas. He didn’t know him and didn’t have any reason to kill him. He just felt like it I guess. I hope Moore enjoys life behind bars as much as he does taking innocent lives.
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One man tried to rob another last week in Oildale by walking up to him as he stood at an ATM machine. The robber told the man to give him his ATM card and his PIN number. Apparently the man told the robber to F-off, and that’s when he pulled out a gun and shot him – in the wrist. Then he ran away. This is exactly the type of tweeked out thief you’re likely to meet in Oildale.
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You know you’re living in a small town when… the two biggest stories on the front page of the paper are “Bakersfield’s dreams of new beltways closer to coming true” and “Robinsons-May store to close in Bakersfield.”
For all the talk of maybe someday talking about building a new “beltway” around here, somebody failed to mention the possibility of, “a massive transportation bill expected to receive Congressional passage” last week. Now there is suddenly talk of all kinds of massive projects like, “the downtown Centennial Corridor Loop.” What the hell is that? They want to build some giant loop-de-lu across downtown to connect the east-west corridor. It’s not that I don’t think there needs to be improvements, but I would hate to see some kind of massive concrete structure looming over the quaint historic homes of downtown Bakersfield.
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The cops killed another suspect last week after he tried to escape following a 100 mph car chase. Shane Walton, suspected of car jacking, two armed robberies and attempted kidnapping, jumped out of his car at the Kern River Parkway near Manor and tried to make a run for it. Silly, silly man. I guess he doesn’t read my blog. If he did he would have known you should never…neva, neva, neva, neva – run from the cops in Bakersfield. They will shoot you and you will die. The best part of this story is that not only did they kill another suspect BUT they also arrested his partner (still sitting in the car wetting his pants) and charged HIM with the murder of his buddy. Bakersfield P.D. lives on.
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A rather unsettling article in last Sunday’ paper reported that, “People get shot all over town…” Following up on two shooting incidents in East Bakersfield last week, reporters apparently interviewed neighbors to ask them if they felt safe. The responses ran along the lines of, “…I don’t worry about it…You got crazy people all over,” to “I feel safe here, sort of.” And what’s Bakersfield’s new ad slogan again? “Bakersfield, Life As It Should Be.” Right. If this is how life is how it should be, we should all just end it all now.
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Speaking of people getting “shot all over town,” a seven year old girl was shot this weekend WHILE PLAYING IN A SPRAY PARK. Apparently while children danced beneath cool water, a gang war erupted at Jefferson Park and a stray bullet caught the girl in the ankle. Ahh yes, Life As It Should Be…
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