Bus stop located at sex offenders residence

I don't want to get all 'out of the box' here, but has it crossed anybody's mind to contact the former offender?

I mean, maybe he doesn't want a bus stop at the end of his driveway. Maybe he's just trying to abide by the laws and logic you all seem so eager to enforce.

Maybe, just maybe, if you called him, he might answer the phone and be (gasp) human...and willing to help with your concerns.

Or, get back to your grammatical roots and write the guy a letter.

Crap, just think of how fast the school board would move that stop if this former offender got behind your cause. Who needs WRAL? They suck anyway.

Again, don't spend all day trying to wrap your heads around this idea. But maybe while you get that next cup of coffee, imagine that this guy might actually want to help you ease your concerns and take some action to help. Sounds like it might be in his best interest anyway.

BTW, I'm only giving this opinion once. If you don' like it and respond to it, well, you'll just be talking to each other.

In all the talk about this guy, the bus stop, the school board, etc, he's the only one nobody's gone to.

Interesting.

 

JP, I know you said we would be talking to ourselves but - do you really think somebody is going to say "Oh, yes. You are right. I AM a convicted sex offender and I would like the bus stop moved. Then I could come across as not being able to control myself and requiring intervention" Or more likely, would he feel offended and harrassed, and he's done his time, and blah blah blah?

 

"do you really think somebody is going to say "Oh, yes. You are right. I AM a convicted sex offender and I would like the bus stop moved."

Answer: I don't know. It's not like he can deny it. It's in his past, but it's public record.

Let's look at some other possible answers:

"I've been too scared to say anything about it for fear of retribution or public humiliation."

"My lawyer says I should help in any way I can. I have a list of three other places I can rent - are any of them near bus stops?"

"Thank you for coming to me in person and not going to the media. I truly am a changed man and want to help as long as we can do it discreetly."

"Screw you. I was here first."

"WTF? There's a bus stop there? I work 3am - 11am and had no idea. I guess I'm asleep when the bus comes by in the afternoon. What can I do to help?"

My point is, that he could be sitting there in his house, wishing to God, and whoever else he has to talk to, that someone would move the bus stop before an angry parent calls every local TV station or posts something on 4042.com.

Maybe he's 'tamed his demons' but I doubt he's foolish enough to ignore the conclusions people would jump to regardless if it got publicized by the media.

All he'd have to do is read this thread to see that people and the media are quick to judge.

And, on OUR part, assuming he'd be unwilling to cooperate certainly helps the cause of moving the bus stop less than finding out for certain.

Do you think that calling WRAL, the Governor et al isn't going to make him feel offended and harassed?

Unless there's something I'm missing, we know nothing about this man except that he's a convicted sex offender who has a bus stop at the end of his shared driveway. Nothing. Maybe he attends church every Sunday in a different county and has tried to make amends with his God and himself? Maybe he looks nothing like his booking photo and attends the same church a some of us on this board and prays to and begs the same God some of us do for forgiveness.

Maybe he'd be willing to help privately with the school board and parents involved. Maybe he'd be willing to talk through his lawyer to work something out.

Maybe he just wants the bus stop moved so he can be left the hell alone.

Again, my point is that I don't know. But my point is also that NONE of us knows, which, to me, means that we're just a weeee bit to quick to judge - regardless of how easy it is.

(You responded before I left. That's the only reason I'm responding...going to work now.)

 

So, what you're saying JayP is, and correct me if I'm wrong, that if you have a problem with a neighbor, you should talk to the neighbor about it and try to reslove the problem rather than starting a gossip chain on a local internt discussion forum? Hmmm, interesting approach. I wonder if anyone has ever tried that. I would be interested in hearing how it worked out if you have tried that approach.

 

Yeah, poor perv.

<rolls eyes>