[Mintwood-place] Of cops and construction men

[Dean Baker]

Jeremy,

At the risk of boring everyone with repetition -- the decision to
NOT enforce parking violations REDUCES the number of
police available to deal with serious crime.

The reason is that enforcing parking violations is profitable
for the city -- the more they enforce parking violations, the
more money the city will have to hire police to enforce more
serious crime.

SO, anyone who wants to have more police to enforce serious
crime should demand that they get the quick cash from issuing
parking tickets in our neighborhood in the evening hours. 

Dean Baker

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alberga Jeremy" <jeremyalberga at yahoo.com>
To: <mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 9:40 AM
Subject: [Mintwood-place] Of cops and construction men


> I'd like to echo Steve Brody's comment on not ganging
> up on the police here.  We have some pretty major
> crime and violence issues in and near our neighborhood
> that certainly deserve the attention of the police
> during the hrs. that many on this list have called for
> improved parking enforcement.  
> 
> This is not to let the police off the hook but I've
> seen a lot more gnashing of teeth over parking than I
> have over the fact that this circus has now lasted 5
> months (counting the 2 months w/o a peep from
> construction crews in the Spring).  So, more
> importantly, who's going to take a modicum of
> responsibility here?  Is it the city?  The
> contractors?  Will anything ever change?  What happens
> in neighborhoods where the residents don't have the
> time or technology to put pressure on the city as we
> have?  Imagine how much worse they get bamboozled!!
> 
> Let's focus on what's really important - what good is
> going to come out of this in the end?
> 
> Jeremy 
> 1842 Mintwood
> 
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