Local Bank Now Locks Doors During Business Hours for First Time in Vienna History
For the first time in the history of Vienna a bank now locks its doors during business hours. If you want to gain entry into The Business Bank next to Whole Foods you must be buzzed in. The Business Bank are good people and they are only trying to protect themselves and their clients, but have we not just crossed a line?
ACLU backers will say that this creates an illegal "profiling system". Clients of the bank have already expressed satisfaction in the bank's efforts to solve a clear problem.
So what are Vienna's political leaders doing to stop bank robberies? Not much. They just pushed our under funded Police Department back into cramped quarters at Town Hall with no relief in sight. We presume some will argue that Maud and Jane are not responsible. Then who is?
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I may be wrong but the Business Bank has been robbed at least once in the past year, correct? I know the old Sailors and Merchants (same location) was robbed about 15 years ago. I'm a client of the BB and I can't say that I fault them for trying to protect themselves. Vienna has made itself very popular with bank robbers with no clear proposal or crack down effort in effect. If DC can declare a "State of Emergency" - why can't Vienna?
The Wild West lives on!
Posted by: vienna mommy | November 7, 2006 12:40 PM
What the banks need to do is wait for the bank robbers to get inside the bank, THEN lock the doors. Then Maud can personally meet with each robber and talk him or her out of robbing the bank. This way, the official stats regarding crime in Vienna will be kept artificially low, and we can get back our number 4 status in Vienna. Who knew it could be so easy!
Posted by: What me worry? | November 7, 2006 03:12 PM