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 Chronicles
of E-burg
The Streets of E-town: Is there a Drug Problem?
Walter J. Zalis
June 23, 2005
To
at least be a halfway decent commentary writer, you have to stay
informed. I always give the USA Today a glance, as well as The Baltimore
Sun. I get my quick national headlines from yahoo.com. I also read
over local papers like the Carroll County Times, The Eldersburg
Eagle, and The Advocate sometimes.
So anyway, I was reading over the Chris Amos article in the Times
on June 14th, the one about the sentencing of “Eldersburg
drug ring leader,” Evelyn Esposito. The first thing that popped
into my mind was, “why didn’t I hear about this when
she was actually arrested?” I mean, a woman in the sweet,
small town of E-burg arrested for selling more than $100,000 worth
of cocaine to undercover members of the Carroll County Drug Task
Force? That’s huge! This is not Baltimore, Washington D.C.,
or Los Angeles, remember? It’s that village next to Sykesville
in good ol’ Carroll County.
I wondered, how many people know about this woman selling cocaine
right next door? I asked around. I asked if the name Evelyn Esposito
meant anything to anyone, or if they had heard about the recent
sentencing of the E-burg drug lord. Some had a slight notion of
what I was talking about, but many did not. Kudos to the Times for
giving the topic front page attention, but why aren’t members
of the community more up in arms about this?? If the leaders of
this town and the ones around it are indeed upset and concerned,
they aren’t making a big enough stink about it. After all,
I wouldn’t have even known about Ms. Esposito had I not looked
over the local daily by chance.
My interest took me a little further, and I asked a good friend
of mine who grew up in the area and happens to be a state trooper,
if he felt there was a drug problem at the local high school, Liberty
High. He told me, “The problem is probably bigger there than
at Westminster High.” Many may remember that Westminster High
School received some national attention upon earning the nickname,
“Heroin High.” We haven’t heard much about Liberty
and drug use (at least I haven’t), but we almost certainly
should. If there’s enough drug use in the area that an “Eldersburg
drug ring leader” exists, then there is a good chance it may
have infiltrated our local high school.
So, it’s great that there is a drug task force to stop dealers,
but who is buying? Who are buyers selling to? Who are they selling
to? Who is actually sniffing up the stuff? If these facts are known,
they should be made public, so that the community knows there is
a problem, and something is being done about it. I’m glad
to hear that a Carroll County Drug Task Force exists and is looking
for a drug kingpin. However, I still feel like if I haven’t
heard about this problem, who has? I need to keep up on my news,
and this should have easily caught my eye.
One of the main reasons I started writing this column was to discuss
what drug problems exist in our little hometown. I am not one of
those people who grew despising the small town they grew up in.
I do not want to see Eldersburg become another city with a problem
because it is just outside of Baltimore. I hope the problem gains
more exposure from this recent sentencing, and I hope everyone can
later discuss just how big (or small perhaps), this problem is.
BTW:
I had planned on writing an article on the Eldersburg Police Department,
when I spotted a car complete with police lights, and words on the
door that said, “Eldersburg Police Department.” There
is no form of government in E-town that can give power to any E-burg
police force, so I wondered how could they exist? I even did a 411
to try and find some sort of department, but came up with nothing.
I called the Sykesville Police Department to see if they knew of
anything, and they too had no idea what I was talking about. The
conclusion I have come to is as follows: Someone is driving a car
labeled as a local police vehicle, which is pretty illegal. Someone
please let me know if you have seen or know where this car is, so
I can prove I do have 20-20 vision? Thanks.
Previous Chronicles
of E-Burg Columns by Walter Zalis
July 29, 2005 - The Restaurant
Customers Guide to Etiquette
July 22, 2005 - Ms. Carol's Denny's
Nite Club
July 15, 2005 - Review: The Gyms of
E-burg
July 8, 2005 - Eldersburg falls in
line with Popular Society
July 1, 2005 - The Challenge of Carrolltown
Center
June 23, 2005 - The Streets of E-town:
Is there a Drug Problem?
June 17, 2005 - Graduation? Senior
Week
June 9, 2005 - Not Your Granny's Town
Anymore
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