JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After months of suspected drug activity on her street, an Oceanway woman took matters into her own hands Saturday.
Kathy Livingston made a sign warning the people who go to Galway Street to buy drugs and hung it from a tree in her front yard. The activist group Mad Dads heard about Livingston’s work and decided to help her clean up the neighborhood.
The group created a flier, which reads, “The community of Oceanway is asking for your help to keep drugs and crime out of our community.”
Together, they’re walking through the community, going door to door, and passing out fliers to let people know how serious they are about getting drugs out of the neighborhood.
“Believe it or not, since I put up the sign, it’s pretty much calmed down,” Livingston said.
Bringing attention to what Livingston said was major drug activity, she made a sign which read, “There’s a drug dealer on Galway and if you’re coming here to buy drugs a picture of you, your car and tag are going to be sent to JSO.”
Livingston said one of the houses they suspected to be involved in drug activity is empty now, but recently there were a lot of people coming and going.
“I just want the street back to normal,” Livingston said. “That’s all I’m asking for.”
Livingston told News4Jax that she’s lived on Galway for the past 15 years and these issues are relatively new.
It was time to do something, Livingston said.
“I really just wanted to just kind of shake the tree. I shook more than the tree. I shook the whole neighborhood,” Livingston said.
“We got your back. Trust me,” Gary Bright with Mad Dads said. “We’ll come back as many times as necessary,”