I am in Beech Grove 2-3 times a week and by and large the town has honest, decent, hard working people. I like the place, the businesses are run by local, dedicated small business owners.
Sure there are some low life's in BG but that can be found everywhere.
But when I go to that WalMart it about makes me sick. These are not all Beech Grove people. It is the nasty a-- people that hang out there that cause me to go down the street to Meijer.
I applaud Mayor Buckley for calling a spade a spade. Some how WalMart needs to clean up their act in BG.
Clean up the store and really keep it spit shined. Bring in adult strong willed managers that demand staff be vigilant in keeping the store clean and report thugs to security at the drop of a hat.
Police hellion rugrats that ride the new bicycles over to the food section and dump them. Drag the Hellion rugrats back to their parent and warn them and watch them.
Add many more security personnel with radios that can communicate and really have a presence when thugs congregate.
Come on WalMart... the community is being pulled down. Help turn it around.
Beech Grove is a fine town, I wasn't denigrating it with my mouth breathing redneck comment...since MBR's are everywhere...but I have to ask you..."report thugs to security"...who are you talking about? The store security cop or the store loss prevention people can not do diddly squat other than ask you to leave or ask you to stay while you get the cops. Once they put you in the office for holding until the popo gets there, you can simply say bite me and walk out the door. So there needs to be a real police presence there for at least the time being, until the tweeker head crack monsters get the picture and move on down the road to K-Mart.
It's not the store causing trouble, it's the clientele, and the laws that prevent the establishment from hand cuffing and charging the perps in question. I know a guy that worked for Wally in loss prevention for two years...he was flabberghasted by the number of adults that come in there with kids, and then have the kids do all the stealing. Don't have to be a genius to see why.