Pastoral York, PA
When I read this story, it took me by surprise.
York is a small town in Eastern Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, Gettysburg; maybe 50 miles north of Baltimore and 100 miles East of Philadelphia.
I have driven through that neck of the woods and it was small towns, rural character, farming and pasture.
Compare that 40-year old memory to this picture on the front of one of York's buildings:
The York, PA
York Daily Record has the story:
Owner's sign tells 'crack dealers' to sell here
A city property owner posted a sign about drug dealers on his window.
Madeline Snyder pulled her car over in the first block of South Penn Street in York on Thursday morning and snapped a photo of her son's home.
Boards nailed over his large front window were painted with a message:"Deer crack dealer you kin sell crack on this block and the York police will not stop you." A smiley face is painted at the end of the sentence.
"It scares me," Snyder said.
Let me guess:
#1) - Madeline is a single mom or the baby-daddy skipped out early.
#2) - Little Jeffrey never finished high school.
#3) - They both of them voted for John McCain and urged others to do so.
Ahhh -- two out of three. I'll try to do better next time...
Posted by DaveH at February 6, 2009 7:45 PM