Comments on: Sex Offenders and Bremerton: ‘What is the Attraction?’ http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2009/11/13/sex-offenders-and-bremerton-what-is-the-attraction/ Josh Farley, the public safety and courts reporter, writes about crime and criminal justice issues. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colleen Smidt http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2009/11/13/sex-offenders-and-bremerton-what-is-the-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-6481 Colleen Smidt Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:50:07 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=1211#comment-6481 Marvin my response to STucker revolved around the word "accepted" that he used. It did not have anything to do with per capita percentages. More of less of these individuals in one area does not indicate acceptance by the overall community. In fact in this particular instance the lack of acceptance by the rest of the population of that neighborhood is very prevalent and currently getting a lot of coverage. Any acceptance of this current clustering situation appears to lie primarily with the financial benefit to one particular landlord. Marvin my response to STucker revolved around the word “accepted” that he used. It did not have anything to do with per capita percentages. More of less of these individuals in one area does not indicate acceptance by the overall community. In fact in this particular instance the lack of acceptance by the rest of the population of that neighborhood is very prevalent and currently getting a lot of coverage. Any acceptance of this current clustering situation appears to lie primarily with the financial benefit to one particular landlord.

]]> By: Marvin http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2009/11/13/sex-offenders-and-bremerton-what-is-the-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-6480 Marvin Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:33:32 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=1211#comment-6480 Colleen, Giving us some anecdotal examples doesn't really nullify what STucker is saying. Bainbridge's populaton is what? About 22,000 or so? How many sex offenders live there? A handful, at best, yet within the City limits of Bremerton, with a population in the mid 30 thousands, is over 200. Proportionately Bremerton even has more than Seattle and King County. I don't think anyone would say other communities in the county are crime-free, prostitution-free, or sex-offender-free. My guess is the same as others'. It's simply cheaper to live in Bremerton. Colleen, Giving us some anecdotal examples doesn’t really nullify what STucker is saying. Bainbridge’s populaton is what? About 22,000 or so? How many sex offenders live there? A handful, at best, yet within the City limits of Bremerton, with a population in the mid 30 thousands, is over 200. Proportionately Bremerton even has more than Seattle and King County. I don’t think anyone would say other communities in the county are crime-free, prostitution-free, or sex-offender-free.

My guess is the same as others’. It’s simply cheaper to live in Bremerton.

]]> By: Colleen Smidt http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2009/11/13/sex-offenders-and-bremerton-what-is-the-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-6477 Colleen Smidt Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:04:46 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=1211#comment-6477 South Kitsap acceptance examples: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/nov/12/alleged-peeper-says-he-was-breaking-up-cat-fight/ South Kitsap acceptance examples:

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/nov/12/alleged-peeper-says-he-was-breaking-up-cat-fight/

]]> By: Colleen Smidt http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2009/11/13/sex-offenders-and-bremerton-what-is-the-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-6476 Colleen Smidt Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:03:43 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=1211#comment-6476 Poulsbo acceptance examples: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/07/no-headline---code_lelko_sex_offender/ http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jul/03/us-marshals-arrest-poulsbo-sex-offender/ Poulsbo acceptance examples:

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/07/no-headline—code_lelko_sex_offender/

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jul/03/us-marshals-arrest-poulsbo-sex-offender/

]]> By: Colleen Smidt http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2009/11/13/sex-offenders-and-bremerton-what-is-the-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-6475 Colleen Smidt Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:02:47 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=1211#comment-6475 STucker says: "A sex offender is more likely to be accepted in a neighborhood of other shady characters than he would be in a “nice” neighborhood in Bainbridge or Poulsbo." Are you sure about that STucker Bainbridge acceptance examples: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/02/four-arrested-on-prostitution-charges-on-island/ http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/aug/07/level-3-sex-offender-living-on-bainbridge-island/ http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/may/16/bainbridge-man-changed-with-child-molestation/ STucker says:

“A sex offender is more likely to be accepted in a neighborhood of other shady characters than he would be in a “nice” neighborhood in Bainbridge or Poulsbo.”

Are you sure about that STucker

Bainbridge acceptance examples:

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/02/four-arrested-on-prostitution-charges-on-island/

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/aug/07/level-3-sex-offender-living-on-bainbridge-island/

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/may/16/bainbridge-man-changed-with-child-molestation/

]]> By: STucker http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/2009/11/13/sex-offenders-and-bremerton-what-is-the-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-6474 STucker Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:38:15 +0000 http://pugetsoundblogs.com/kitsap-crime/?p=1211#comment-6474 Part of it probably is the cheap housing and access to community services, including assistance for those out of work/homeless and who need a bed, food, etc. Sadly, however, the other part of the equation is that Bremerton has long been the epicenter of Kitsap's seedy side. It's where people go for drugs, prostitution and other illegal activities, and where they can most easily find other people to hang out with who are like themselves...with criminal records, shady histories and a wish to keep out of the attention of law enforcement. A sex offender is more likely to be accepted in a neighborhood of other shady characters than he would be in a "nice" neighborhood in Bainbridge or Poulsbo. Before I'm accused: NO, I'm not saying that everyone and everything in Bremerton is low-life, just that the city has for a long time had a lot more than its share of those things - and it shows. Part of it probably is the cheap housing and access to community services, including assistance for those out of work/homeless and who need a bed, food, etc. Sadly, however, the other part of the equation is that Bremerton has long been the epicenter of Kitsap’s seedy side. It’s where people go for drugs, prostitution and other illegal activities, and where they can most easily find other people to hang out with who are like themselves…with criminal records, shady histories and a wish to keep out of the attention of law enforcement. A sex offender is more likely to be accepted in a neighborhood of other shady characters than he would be in a “nice” neighborhood in Bainbridge or Poulsbo. Before I’m accused: NO, I’m not saying that everyone and everything in Bremerton is low-life, just that the city has for a long time had a lot more than its share of those things – and it shows.

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