Hansen, the criminal-justice student, grows especially exasperated when recalling a scary incident a few years ago as she waited for a bus. She said a carload of drunken men approached her until the police helicopter that had been trailing them turned a spotlight on the men and chased them off. Now the helicopter is gone, and the streetlight she was waiting under is threatened as well. [More]And a "criminal justice student" discovering that the police can't protect you is a bad thing...why?
The right of the people to keep and bear arms is something many of us consider basic. If the government that admits it can't save us ever stops infringing on that, we can revisit the public safety issue after a while.
Still, expect the punishment to continue--because the alternative would be to do something about this:
Broadmoor luxury resort chief executive Steve Bartolin wrote an open letter asking why the city spends $89,000 per employee, when his enterprise has a similar number of workers and spends only $24,000 on each.[Via William T]
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Cutting their police and SWAT sounds like a good idea. Remember Columbine HS? These brave crusaders of the only one faith arrived late, without their equipment, and did NOTHING while the two morons finished the murders inside. Since they are no damned good, they should go. They couldn't even come with a excuse about why they completely bungled the murder of that little girl, either.
the answer to mr. bartolin's question is usually "pensions." that is, public sector baby boomers expect to live for the next 20-30 years on investments from tax dollars. look at any state's CAFR. that's where all the money is.
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while pension and health care costs for city employees continued to soar.
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They could start by cutting here.
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