[rlmorel]

"...Now the former president wants to solicit ideas and information on "how we can turn things around" in areas hit hard by crime..."

Here are three ideas/information Mr. Ex-Community Organizer:

1.) Aggressively investigate and prosecute criminal acts.

2.) Convince the community that is preyed on by criminals to assist law enforcement.

3.) Allow law enforcement/courts to do their jobs.

Of course, if you want to let people continue to prey on and victimize their fellow citizens, and the fellow citizens want to demonize the people trying to stop it, then we can't help you. That seems to be your mode of operation anyway, which is in line with your Alinskyite precepts of deliberately making problems worse to increase the pain in the community and foment hate and discontent so they more readily accept "organizing" from scum bags like you.

[Leep]

After it’s been cleaned up.

4. Encourage industry to move into the New Chicago

[Big Horn]

That would work.