European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes monday. March 28,19b8 Navy families Home in on housing woes a Tram Fuu nil out in ii three other people were ised in to Ini meter. Sunhe i Oulu take hem to court Hui in Luly u court Taw could take scars. He was leaving. The meter was in Liis name and he had Lopa -. I Ivin i take thai kind of Gamma with my family s Jet unit. Said Jackson who i assigned in the Naples  or Allied forces Southern Europe. Ill put up Ith stairwell living. Ii noise. The Lack of Pri Vacy and jump fur any when 1 gel out of  one of the chief complaints of the Pinet Marc Resi Denu 14 . Broken car windows and slashed tires an a common occurrence and inc vandals arc Seldom Cauchy. Some residents speculate thai much of the dam age is Dauvd by the Lowers american teen agers. Of hrs Point the Finger at die fact that outsiders can walk in i a rough inc gain at All hours Day or night. We can t close the Access  said Ash. Some of Fth apartments in inc building ate owned and occupied by italian families and icy have a right to come and Fri and to have guests As they  the open Gate policy occasionally has allowed dangerous criminals Lockler the compound. In february. An american woman was robbed at gunpoint of her Purs Cand her car outside one of the town. However. Statistics show thai Pine Lamare is far safer Blun most other residential areas in and around Naples. Where crime runs rampant. Falc r living on the Economy for i it years. Master chief Pelly officer Jacob Sailor moved to Pinci Manre to find a car of Nind. In the is month we lived on the Economy we were my cd five limes " he said. Twice they broke in while my wife was in the House. Life had in come a Nightmare. We had to try and hide everything and were afraid in go anywhere. We Low i in Navy homing. When we dose inc done behind us we Are reasonably sure that our things will he there when we get  said Sailor the head1 of is a motor vehicles office. When things break Down in Naples no one knows when they la he hed. Problems arc magnified by the neapolitan a concept of time. Domani Mav mean Lii Morrow in inc rest of Luly hut in Naples � could no to next week or nest month. Or never. I m in in without heat jul a inter said Loris car Rera. In lives a few Miles from the Lowers. Her Hus hand Jow is a Xinlian employee of also Isth. In Lii a to Pel a repairman a viral limes. They Sii . Hut then the never Shuw up i Nuh Itil trs the area to mint Pine Mare towers the nary a homing area 20 Miles from Naples Italy. " make do with space healers. I wish t had the option of moving in government housing but my husband is a civilian Ana we arc not entitled to  Ash said the Lowers also have their share of Minic Nance problems. In Naples inc . Government does not own the real nuts he said. We can lease and maintain Only he inside of the Lapann Wols at Pinciaro arc. Stain heating system and grounds All the common sea Are the property of and he Rispon Sibilly of the landlord. He is cooperative but we usually manage to get things fixed Quick or when it tails under our sphere of  the elevators at the towers Don l fall under the Navy s responsibility. The elevators in my building break Down at least twice a  Aid Sandy i can the wife of a Petty officer first class one Day i came Home from the Hospital Nufler suffering an asthma attack and both elevators were Down. The caretaker was nowhere 10 be found. I Lead i Choice but to walk up he eight nights Pine Tamarr s playground in strewn Wilt Guus Natty a itt and Ibraih ind or Aldei link Enterlin Nunt far cold so to my  another big Uipi of residents is the Lack of a youth activities Center and of adequate playground facilities to serve the american Maui is who live in the eight 12 Story towers. There is nothing for us la do Here said in year old Robbie Davis the son of army sgt. Kip Davjd. We Are Miles and Miles from the naval support activity and cram the Navy s recreation facilities at Carney Park. We arc too tar from All Lite recreation facilities to enjoy  the younger children Don t fare much belief. The Pincus we playground is a strip of dirt flanking inc Road on the it Side of the towers. There ii no grass just weeds High enough to hide he tree stumps and broken pipes that stick out of the ground. Class thanti misled cans and Irish arc sir can everywhere. I watch our i ill boys while my wife is at work said Cody self the husband of air Force shafts it. Lynn self who is stationed at a South. La s bad enough with the shape the playground is in. But having no Fence around it makes ii downright Dangelus. It could late a second for a tragedy to happen. As you arc helping one child with his Bike the other one can dash out in the Street. Some Drivers pay no attention to the Speed limit. If 1 hear cars coming at High Speed i run out in the Street and holler Al them. 1 must have done it a often As a dozen times in one Day. I s nerve racking but 1 can t keep the boy always cooped up in inc  Petty officer 2.c. Tim Stevens moved nut of Pinata Mare because he could t Bocc inc risk to his two Chil Dren thin living there presented. My i Cor Oij got hit by a car there. I la take my chances with robbers and utilities. I la pay what 1 must but for inc rest of our Lour i want my children to have an area they can play in Stevens said. Finally after cars of complaints the playground is due 10 receive a face lining. We have just received funds to refurbish the play ground Ash said. We will Purchase new games and with the help of Fth so abcs and the filipino american club Well try to get the place in Good shape maintaining the playground will be another Mailer. There Are no tear hip projects in Pinc Marc. There Are Over so Dill rent commands in the Naples  Ash said. "11 in l like one commander can say Tike a half a Day off and help clean the place up there is no cohesion. We be tried several times to eel people together on a voluntary basis we d Adver Tise Supply a truck rates shovels and garbage bags often nobody showed up. Ai Best it was always the same few  it ii a fact that Pinch Marc can t seem o pull together As a Community. Quite often Only six or seven peo ple show up Al the town meetings held on the first monday of every month. When asked the residents Eite a plethora of a uses from Lew morale to disillusionment with their overseas Lour to frustration with Ribeir environment. No one really  said a resident of the decade old housing area. Pin Tamare does t fed like a Home. It s just a place to bang your hat