OUR CITY’S CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL
How sad is it that we now
live in a city torn and convulsed by rampant and brazen street criminals (armed
with illegal weapons more powerful than those regularly carried by the police)
who drive stolen cars and know the police will be ordered not to chase them and
whose behavior is justified, excused, and encouraged by a weak, inexperienced,
and compromised mayor who is reluctant to show his face and aggressively speak
out - simply and directly - about these thugs and gangsters.
We see the mayor
at every concert, ballgame, and event, but never at a press conference
following regular weekends of dozens of robberies, carjackings, and vandalism
where he could be asked about his inaction, ineptitude, and indifference to the
way our way of life in the city is being corrupted and destroyed by his “kids”
just having fun. He’s having a ball while our rights to safe and responsible
enjoyment of our parks, streets and stores are being tread upon and slowly destroyed
by his “trending” teenage rioters who are happily destroying neighborhood
convenience shops, stealing expensive goods all along Michigan Avenue, and
trashing police cars and other city property.
Every opportunity
the largely invisible mayor has to make bold and convincing statements about
taking any kind of effective action on the crime issue is weakened and
emasculated by weasel words, excuses, justifications, and blame shifting to
afford the “kids” killing our city, our citizens, and themselves comfort,
cover, and conciliations for their thefts, property destruction, and constants
threats to the law-abiding people all around them - of every age and color -
who are just trying to live their lives and be left alone with their families.
What kind of city will be left when every
plan, trip, entertainment or shopping excursion, or simple dog walk to the park
in any neighborhood will need to consider and account for the crime and the
risks of masked and armed bands of thieves rampaging through our streets and
accosting, beating, and robbing moms, kids, grandparents, and, of course, what
few unsuspecting visitors or ignorant tourists who might still be foolish
enough to think about coming to see our city.
How quickly our lives
have changed under this arrogant and ignorant new mayor who proudly professes
that nothing has surprised him about the city in his first 100 days. Only a
fool would think he had mastered and understood the challenges and complexity of
a city of this size and former greatness in a matter of months. This attitude
and admission simply confirm the grave error we made in electing someone with
no business experience and no management history and in turning our precious
city over to him. It’s a new and very unfortunate world where everyone’s
daily lives, choices, decisions and safety calculations must be marred by the
chaos and crime which he’s welcomed to Chicago.