A Message to the Goobers racing down Jersey Street

You there, in the pickup trucks squealing and peeling rubber down Jersey Street the other evening. You are SUCH a goober. I suppose you think you look cool and all that but most of us think you're morons. Seriously. We just want to take our kids and pets out for a nice stroll in the evening and you come flying down the road (and having to slow down for the road humps we put there just for you which makes you look extra goofy) and now we have to worry about you running over somebody. Just stop it. Really. Just stop.

I'm trying to get this message across in the kindest way possible. But neighbors, what do you think? How can we best address this issue - fast, reckless drivers on our streets endangering people, tearing up the medians on Bayview and on and on... Should we take down tag numbers and call the police? Attend the SHADCO meetings and bring it up there? Point and laugh at the morons who think they're "all that and a bag of chips"? Find out where they live and hope their mommies will ground them? We're open for suggestions but keep it legal, please.

Lake Shore Historical Trivia

As someone who was born and raised in Lake Shore I remember a lot about this neighborhood over the last 50 years but I'd love to know more. Tell us if you remember any of these things or if there are other tidbits of history and trivia that you can add:

• Lake Shore Middle School used to include the elementary grades.
• Roosevelt Mall used to have a pond with black and white swans swimming in it.
• Easterlings Drug Store was on the southwest corner of Blanding and Palmer. They had penny candy and a soda fountain. 
• There was another drugstore with a fountain on San Juan where Alpha School of Massage is now. Anyone remember the name? I want to say Ligget's but that may be wrong.
• There used to be houses at the end of Birkenhead on Urban. They were moved to open the road out to Roosevelt Blvd. 
• There used to be a Burger King near or where Chamblin's Bookmine is now.
• We used to have our very own post office on Jersey Street and Lexington. 

That's enough to get us started I think. 

Welcome to our Neighborhood Conversation

Welcome to our new blog Lake Shore Chatter! This is a space for our neighborhood conversation, announcements, concerns and comments. You can join in by commenting on any blog post and if you have a new comment or question on another topic you can e-mail it to website@lapsjax.org. There is also a comment form on the LAPS website you can use for questions or comments and we will address those here as well. Our goal is to make our community a better place for all of us to live through the sharing of our ideas and information. We hope it will be a fun and interesting place and that you'll stop by often. Don't forget to become a fan of our facebook page as well.

A few ground rules as we get started please:

• Please always be courteous and kind. We are all neighbors in the most literal sense.
• NO cursing or abusive language please. 
• Please stay on topic. E-mail the website to start a new one. 
• Local politics only if you absolutely must go there. There are plenty of other outlets for political expression. This is a place for neighborly conversation. 

Thanks for you cooperation. We look forward to hearing from you!