On October 31, 2008 I spent the better part of the day delivering Election Day fliers to our city residents. What was very disturbing to me was the number of our neighbors whose front doors were open and their storm doors were unlocked.
As a SAFETY PRECAUTION when you are at home please lock your storm doors if you are going to keep your front or back door open. Thieves can and do walk into people's homes and take whatever they want. In the past years Gypsy and Irish Travelers, as they are called, would canvas neighbors homes in the City of Louisville and when they found a home with a resident outside one of the thieves would strike up a conversation while an associate would enter the unlocked door to the residents home and burglarize it.
If you are in your back yard make sure your front door is locked and this should apply if you are in your front yard. The smart thing to do is lock all your doors when you are outside working.
George Langford-Councilman
