Homeless Crackdown in Dallas!! Your Quality of Life is in Danger.

Hi,
The Dallas police are beginning a crackdown on the homelsss and calling it their "Quality of Life" campaign. Basically they are calling it "Quality of Life" because seeing panhandlers, people sleeping on benches, etc. interferes with everyone elses' "Quality of Life." There will be 24 new police officers downtown because of this crackdown (Thanks, Roy Appleton and Dave Levinthal of the Dallas Morning News. I saw this online).

This really sticks in my Craw. There are a lot more heinous criminals they could be catching besides the man who stands on the corner of LBJ and Preston Rd. Such as rapists, carjackers, people who break into houses, and more.

There is a guy named James who sits on the corner of Preston Rd. and Royal Lane, who has no legs (he hasn't been there in a while), and a few weeks ago this cop with a HANDLEBAR moustache was giving him a ticket at a nearby gas station. I told the cop that there were a lot worse criminals he could be catching other than James, and the cop said, "Maybe so, but it's on the books, ma'am." After I said somethine small, he said, "Back Away, Ma'am!!!" and kept saying, "Back Away, Ma'am!!!" I am not a ma'am. by the way, but that's beside the point.

I do think that something needs to be done about the homeless problem, but I think that there are better ways to attack the root of the problem.

Dear Tom Leppert (mayor of Dallas),

You should donate money to a homeless cause or give money to the next homeless person you see outside of your office, instead of advocating asinine campaigns like this one. I would like to see fewer rapists and murderers on the street. And also I would like for my Neon not to get broken into outside of my home.
Sincerely,
Alice, Political Blogger
and Dallas resident


Also, the inauguration is next week, and I am NOT going. SO SAD. It is tragic that I will not be there. But I will watch the festivities on TV.
Later,
Your favorite Political Weblogista,
Alice