Crime Story Disheartening

Editor:
I found the article "City's crime ranking skewed"( Reading Eagle,Oct 31) disheartening and naive.

Mayor Tom McMahon is attributing the demise of a once-beautiful city to car thefts?I wish that was our worst problem. If auto theft is the most common crime in Reading, I would imagine that the mayor and police are working aggressively on the problem.

This was not my experience when my car was stolen. When the car turned up, I asked the police if they would be lifting fingerprints. their reply was a chuckling," We don't do that here."

Common sense tells me that the people who steal cars probably commit other crimes. Wouldn't it be a good idea to have their fingerprints in the system?
My great aunt, Greta Gougler, was raped and murdered during a home invasion in 2002. Her murder was touted by officials to be a wake-up call for the city in a effort to combat crime.

I regret to say four years later I don't see much improvement.

All crime in Reading has increased due to the drug epidemic.
Yet no where in the article did McMahon mention drugs. It's time to face reality and deal with the root of the problem.

Selena Gougler / Spring Township