Police haven't issued any information on the 9/25 stabbing, but that's definitely a question we'll be asking today as MCPD makes more information available re: this shooting.

And by undesirables, you mean......what? Minorities?

And those undesirable as you refer to them, Joe, have been invited with open arms by delinquent HOA's who have allowed for decades Village communities to deteriorate and depreciate in maintenance making them 'affordable' to the new 'gun slingers and knife-wielders' who have infested Montgomery Village. The recession did less damage to the market value of Village homes than HOA's who have turned blind eyes and not overseen and enforced their very own (on the books) covenant regulations...promises the Village and HOA's made to all of us when we purchased our homes. I can not repeat enough! If one let's a place go to hell, that same person or 'entity' (e.g. HOA) invites the devil in with open arms to become your neighbor!!

Eric, I would hope that we would give Joe the 'benefit of the doubt' when he used term "undesirables". I view the use of the word as anyone (white, black or even purple) who is 'criminally inclined'. I stopped months ago adding any comments on PATCH because too many contributers to this availability on PATCH were using it to stray from real topic at hand & sadly turning every well-intended comment contribution into anything other than it was. Everything suddenly became a cry for 'political correction' & false accusations of 'racial slurs or profiling'. When Rebecca made plea "can't we all just get along", it even shows in comments that we can not even appreciate & respect the often diverse opinions of others or discuss issues like adults to get along on a blog!.

Sharon, thanks for speaking the truth! Let's make the real issue(Crimes) the problem. We live in a country that was founded on Freedom of Speech. Regardless of whether you are a minority or not, if you are carrying guns and knives and causing a havoc in my neighborhood, making it an unsafe place to live and raise kids, YOU ARE AN UNDESIRABLE! What the heck is so offensive about that!?? Please, give me a FREAKIN break!!

And I am a minority! Thank you very much!

Eric Jeremiah Lewis

And by undesirables, you mean......what? Minorities?

Mr. Lewis;

I condemn criminality. I especially condemn violent, predatory criminal acts without exception. Do you?

To ResidentMV: More concerned about 'toilets' @ South Village Park than adding more lights that might (in Powers That Be eyes) somehow disrupt or detract from the 'all-important aesthetics' of Montgomery Village Avenue. And lighting in the communities has always been inadequate/minimul. Even with all the crime that is going on, when a community requests more lighting for public safety, the stanard reply is "it doesn't fit in the budget"! So much for 'Village Family Members' safety! {If you want 'plenty of lighting and sense of safety & the feeling of 'warm and fuzzy' in the Village, you're best bet is to sleep @ South Village Park on the baseball field that has gotten so much attention lately as though nothing else was important or existed in Montgomery Village. Hummm!} For decades I have heard the overuse of that word 'aesthetics' while neighborhoods turned into rundown squalors, crime increased primarily due to those conditions, etc. Until priorities change & focus is less on bragging about being 'Tree City' or 'The Best Place to Live' (survey taken by Washingtonian Mag & others who are definitely getting their 'weed fix' from one of the communities in the Village) and focus is more on the communities in which 'real people really live' nothing will improve. Even I, an animal lover, believes the quality of life for residents should take precedence over quality of life for geese & turtles, wouldn't ya at least think?!!!

BB, thats ignorant. Some of the people who are on HOC as the person below you said are decent. Just because someone is on HOC doesnt mean they are bad. Its not HOC housing destroying the village, its people. Dont blame HOC for the actions of other people because HOC customers KNOW the rules of HOC, so i doubt that they are going to be involved in anything thats going to get the kicked off the program