From kids on the street to cops on the beat, people say the PSC rule the roost at the Papago Court apartments. Unlike other graffiti, these three-foot letters don't get crossed out by rivals. The apartments owned by Thomas Glenn are in bad shape. Two-story brown plywood structures are arranged in a large rectangle around bruised, battered, leaky carports. Beside the concrete walkways simmers a stew of cigarette butts, beer cans, and miscellaneous bits of garbage.
Bad part is some people are bad.
The good part, numerous residents suggest, is a sense of community that perseveres. All that vandalism, graffiti, dirty needles still dripping blood. What most property owners have in common in Apple Valley is their absence. Those engaged with the rental community and city program range from civic princes to those with a bad reputation. A man named Duncan Soldner is widely acknowledged as a model landlord.