61st & Peoria

[heironymouspasparagus]

Spread, or dilute?

That's what the plan was for the original dissemination of Apache Manor.  And we can see it really didn't help much.  So doing the same thing again, expecting different results would be...what,... insane??  Yeah.  That's what it would be.

Kind of like our "war on drugs".  Or our most recent rush to insanity of trying the same gun ban carp that didn't work before.

When the only tool ya got is a hammer,...all problems look like a nail.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Sometimes it's more easy to handle crime  if it's spread into smaller pockets, instead of having one huge area of crime where criminals can scatter every time the cops move in. What's more easy to clean up a few pieces of trash scattered around in tiny clumps or one large huge trash heap, that requires many men with big scoops to clean up? The revolving door of justice needs to stop to, many criminals are repeat offenders over & over.

No, it's not.  Spreading just means spreading, not alleviating.

As for small pieces of trash - have you driven up and down the highways and seen the signs where some company or organization takes care of a section of road?  Lots of small pieces spread over a wide area takes MUCH more effort to deal with. 

Since most of the country sees crime rates reducing, and since Chicago is already a crime haven, perhaps we could just re-purpose the city to be the depository of criminals from the rest of the country - like in "Escape From New York"??  Perhaps Rahm Emanuel could be the Snake Plissken of Chi town...??


You mean repeat offenders, as in over an over they offend??

[Townsend]

Quality of Life Task Force Gets to Work

http://www.tulsacouncil.org/

The 61st and Peoria Quality of Life Task Force had its first meeting last week. The group focused on framing goals and forming the following committees:

Housing
Safety
Health
Education
Social Services
Finances
Those who were not able to attend the first meeting, but would like to join a committee can call 918-596-1922.

The next meeting will be Tuesday, March 5, at 5:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of City Hall.

[custosnox]

Mayor Bartlett spoke to some students answering questions at TCC, and in response to a question about crime, he went straight to multi-family apartment complexes.  He was saying that he is trying to make owners of apartments be required to be license, and that the license would require some form of intruder security and "some level of inquiry as to who is staying and that he or she does not have a felony record."  So it seems to me that his plan is to make felons either come up with the money to rent a house, buy their own, or be homeless.

[Townsend]

TW FB post:

Autopsy reports for the four women killed earlier this year at a south Tulsa apartment complex showed that each tested positive for methamphetamine.

No way.  That. is. crazy. talk.

[patric]

Police are seeking a man and woman suspected of pistol-whipping a teen during a carjacking late Monday.

The driver was traveling near 41st Street and Utica Avenue with her windows down when a man and woman jumped into the car around 11:30 p.m. and demanded she drive to 61st Street and Peoria Avenue, police said.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Robbers_abandon_puppy_during_carjacking/20130430_298_robbe_46286

Residents near 43rd Street and Lewis Avenue called police after the teen stuck her head through a pet door in order to show them her injuries, Eberle said.