This Examiner front page is just too good not to post. You would be forgiven if your immediate reaction is "What took you so long?" We have to keep an eye on SF since "when they sneeze, we get a cold" from the derivative impact. You may have seen a bit of that in town and I don't just mean the Apple store smash and grabs. We are far from a crime-free city and I will be updating the B'game statistics for this year when they come available. In the meantime, Ms. Breed seems to have gotten that Old Time Religion and the Gavinor sounds like he thinks the California rep for crime might hinder his presidential aspirations.
Gov. Gavin Newsom confronted the national media furor over mass retail theft in California on Friday, unveiling a more than $300 million proposal to help law enforcement fight organized criminal rings. The Democratic governor said his plan will include $255 million for a grant program to give police more tools to arrest and investigate thieves who participate in such smash-and-grab crimes, increasingly brazen heists that have drawn widespread attention in recent months.
Again, you would be forgiven if your immediate reaction is "What took you so long?" followed by "Wait, shouldn't these priorities already be in the $1.8 billion budget?" Here in B'game, we spent a lot of time on policing last year (remember the big Townhall that showed nothing?) No matter, if Gavin wants to pass out money, we should stick out our hand. The net effect of the Defund the Police movement is to increase police funding…..the Law of Unintended Consequences will not be denied.
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