The same thing has been happening in Cleveland, which was also saddled with forced busing in the 1970s. In the 1950s, Cleveland’s population was 900,000. Now it is is 485,000 and falling. There were 150,000 students in the Cleveland public schools before the desegregation order went into effect. Now there are 58,000 students. People can’t leave Cleveland fast enough. The schools are bad, the neighborhoods are dangerous, and city services are lousy.
Cleveland and Boston are two good examples of the unintended consequences of judicial activism.
So, per the article, "I might as well move to Ohio", he meant the non-Cleveland part of Ohio, I guess!
Indianapolis is headed the same direction. We continue to build glorious sports palaces, expensive condos and upscale shopping malls in downtown, while the quality of the public schools plummet and crime skyrockets. A recent report on one of our local TV stations concerned the number of crimes being commited in the city that were not being reported because the mayor’s office had told the police to limit media access to crime reports. As would be expected those that can, included businesses, are moving out to the suburbs.
I had to drive from Cleveland to Memphis last week and I observed this:
Ohio has more highway patrol than ANY state I have ever traveled through. I mean they are swarming like wasps on every highway and to make matters worse the speed limit is 65 and their roads suck.
Contrast that with Kentucky which I saw only 1 patrol car and their highways were in almost perfect condition all the way through the state.
So...that leads me to believe that Ohio is nothing more than a money grubbing state entrapping everyone that drives through there and...with all the revenue they are collecting on tickets they sure aren't improving the roads.
“Cleveland and Boston are two good examples of the unintended consequences of judicial activism.”
Cleveland and Boston are two good examples of the consequences of putting Democrats in power.