text: Mr. Barron:  Indeed, it will be nice to see some statistical analysis of any "possible" impact of Bascom Village on the safety of the surrounding neighborhoods.  When you're the victim of a crime, it's very easy to "strike out" (think boxing, not baseball) against some target.  First, you may fantasize what you "would have done", had you caught the perpetrators "in the act."  Next, you may blame the act on the easiest target....Obviously, for Mr. Graff that's the residents of Bascom Village whom he didn't want in the "neighborhood" to begin with.  
  
  I'm a firm believer in the First Amendment.  That said, I really regret the impact of a letter like Mr. Graff's.  Bascom Village, like any affordable housing development, faced NIMBY issues.  All reports I've read and heard from persons living near such developments have been positive,  from some folks positive, combined with pleasant surprise.  Mr. Graff's is extremely negative and, IMO, extremely unfounded....that's too bad.  Gary