Words continue to confuse Chronicle
A few days ago, Alexis Grant and Matt Stiles editorialized that the term "sanctuary city" caused "confusion."
Today, the Chronicle editorial board editorializes that the term "sanctuary" city" causes confusion:
The 's' word that has gotten so much play is far more inflammatory than it might seem. Intentionally or not, it obscures both city policy and the public safety goal that drives it.
The term really doesn't seem that confusing, except perhaps to Chronicle reporters/editors/editorialists.
The editorial board goes on to argue the city does not have a "sanctuary" policy and then lists lots of reasons that it ought to keep its not-sanctuary-policy in place.
Fine.
If there are so many good reasons for the city to have a sanctuary policy, then the city's elected officials ought to be happy to engage in a public debate, give the policy the full approval of Council, and stand accountable for their work, instead of hiding behind a directive issued by the police chief in 1992 with no public debate. That would head off the need for a petition drive, and would ensure that the public gets to take part in a serious debate on the matter. So, where's Mayor White's leadership on this important issue?
We can't close without noting this silliness from the editorial board:
The police union, along with the mayor's office and HPD Police Chief Harold Hurtt, all concur that HPD must marshal its resources toward serious crimes.
Yes, MayorWhiteChiefHurtt have quite a record of marshalling resources toward serious crimes. There's the millions spent on Tasers instead of hiring cops (and now we need to spend more on Tasers with audio/video!). There's the great downtown jaywalking crackdown. There's the exorbitant bonus structure for HPD mechanics. There are nifty new acronyms. There's the crimefighting van. There's the $10 million civilian traffic corps. And there's the planned crackdown on teenagers.
Oh, and there's that skyrocketing murder rate to go with MayorWhiteChiefHurtt's efforts at marshalling resources toward serious crimes.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/27/06 10:16 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (0)
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