Great sentiment. Now what are we doing about it?
Because of the new “no Bail” policy in New York (as of January 1st), the folks who were in Rikers (the NYC City jail) were a lot worse than those who were there just last year.
They had already been pre-screened according to a radical new standard, where most offenders don’t even go to jail in the first place - even many violent offenders.
Thanks for the posting I wish De Leo would look into this
What the in name only Democratic Party has been doing in gerrymandering remapping has been singling out areas of various districts where it is dominated by a minority and create a single district out of it which not only disrupts those districts affected of getting civic services needs but pits one group against the other. An example of this is in what Chicago did here;
CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT AREA HISTORY
HOW IDENTITY POLITICS WARD RE MAPPING DESTROYED THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN
That finger of Chicago’s border on its south side extending from 51st to 65th streets 4 miles further beyond Cicero Avenue to Harlem Avenue has a very interesting history. Post WWII during the 1950’s and 60’s the area mushroomed into dozens of single dwelling subdivions where thousands of of five and more room single 1 family units were built. After a struggle by residents including this writer the area managed to get the area remapped into one ward (23rd) and only one alderman needed to respond to their needs. Today the area has four alderman including the 12th, 13th, and 14th who’s wards are spread miles apart and the reason is political because the area was conservative The same rules apply to state and congressional districts
. http://www.theusmat.com/mdwbea.htm
Great sentiment; but too little data to confirm how big the issue is. The one lone data reference from New York is not enough to demonstrate, in facts, the national scope of how true the sentiment is. It all could very well be true. It makes sense. But the data is not given to support it.
Now don’t all you Freepers go and get the rest of the data (which may well be out there).
My point is with the author. THEIR report is incomplete.
The author writes too much like they are “singing to the choir” and the choir already knows the tune. That’s weak. To the extent that is true, the choir did not need their words, we already knew the tune.
They should have seen their audience as larger than those who already understand it, to better inform those who did not. Where there is more data, they needed to supply it - to help justify the sentiment.