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Peter Barrett
Attorney at Law
3500 Oak Lawn
Suite 700
Dallas, Texas 75219
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Rev. Peter Johnson of Dallas spoke in his place.
The event was held to help promote the gun
buyback planned March 31, 2007, on the
anniversary of deceased Hispanic labor leader
Cesar Chavez's birthday. The coordinators plan
to exchange gift certificates for guns and to give
children other types of toys in exchange for their
toy guns.
"Maybe if they quit playing with them when
they are young they will not want to play with
them when they get older," LuVuolo said.
The plan calls for the guns to be melted down
and molded into a sculpture to be placed some-
where in the neighborhood.
LoVuolo said even though King was unable to
attend, he felt a sense of accomplishment. About
100 people attended the outside event, despite
blistering heat.
"We got our neighbors together and one of the
churches involved with the neighborhood as
well/' LoVuolo said.
Political officials attending the event included
City Council member Pauline Medrano, who
helped coordinate it, and Dallas Independent
School District board members Adam Medrano
and Ron Price. Former Dallas council member
John Loza also attended.
Medrano, whose district includes the Mt.
Auburn neighborhood, said she wants to help
promote nonviolence and conflict resolution
among youths.
"We're trying to do something in terms of edu-
cating our youth and their families," said
Medrano, who noted that random gunfire is a big
problem in the Mt. Auburn area,
Medrano said the key to improving the quality
of life in a neighborhood is to get residents
involved in helping clean it up and keeping it free
of illegal activity.
The Rev. Sergio de la Garza, pastor of Iglesia
de Dios, said he was proud for his church to be
involved in the effort to improve the quality of
the neighborhood's life.
"I think it is a great challenge," said Garza,
whose church attracts about 125 worshipers each
Sunday.
LuVuolo said he plans to ask King to return to
Dallas for the gun buyback at the church next
March.
Coordinators of the buyback are hoping to
District 2 City Council member Pauline Medrano wants
neighborhood residents to get involved in cleaning up
their neighborhoods.
involve other neighborhoods with gunfire prob-
lems in similar projects, LuVuolo said.
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have always existed in Oak Lawn, but it has
become much worse during the past year. She
has lived in the area for 30 years.
"I've seen anything and everything and noth-
ing surprises me, but I'm sick and tired of what
I'm seeing now," Weinberger said.
Weinberger said she has witnessed people uri-
nating, having sex and making drug deals in pub-
lic for years. The most recent unsavory develop-
ment is the gathering of young people in business
parking lots at night and on weekends.
"They are much too young to be visiting bars
and businesses in this neighborhood,"
Weinberger said. "They're kids.
Donald Solomon, a representative of Caven
Enterprises, said the young people are also a con-
cern to the entertainment company's officials,
who manage four nightclubs in the area.
"They're kids," Solomon said. "They should-
n't be down here."
Weinberger blamed several business and prop-
erty owners for the problem, saying they have an
obligation to make sure illegal activity is not
occurring on their property. Police officers are
unable to control activity on private property
unless the owner makes a complaint.
"My major complaint is that the property own-
ers are not living up to their responsibility to us,"
Weinberger said. "These people are not taking
care of their property, and it is impacting the
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