Goldberg: Let's sue crime-heavy apartment complexes
Councilmember Mark Goldberg has a quaint solution to crime in Southwest Houston:
Mark Goldberg represents District C, which includes Fondren southwest.
According to Goldberg, police calls from 27 apartment complexes in the area cost the city $1.7 million.
That same year, the complexes only paid $775,000 in taxes, he said.
Goldberg said pressuring apartment owners to have security gates and cameras that work will help lower the costs of police calls.
He said his plan is simple.
“File a lawsuit against the apartment complex and make them come to the bargaining table and change the way they do business,” Goldberg said.
We thought Republicans were usually critics of our overly litigious times?
Here's hoping Goldberg's replacement, Anne Clutterbuck, has some better ideas. We're thinking the odds are pretty good.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/19/05 10:43 PM | Houston Miscellany | Print | Comments (3)
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