By Andrea Widburg January 7, 2020
Because World War III has not yet started (and we don't believe that the targeted killing of a terrorist will start it), President Trump is turning his gimlet eye and wonderful sense of humor back to domestic issues. Monday night, he had a message for Democrat-run cities, mostly in California.
It's no secret that West Coast Democrat-run cities are having disastrous problems with rampant homelessness. As a West Coast native, I know that some of it has to do with the temperate climate. It's easier to live on the streets with a temperature range between 50°F and 80°F than it is when the lows drop below freezing and the highs are near 100°F.
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Temperature alone, though, does not account for the homeless crisis in California cities, as well as similar crises in other Democrat-run cities such as Seattle and New York. The problem is one of management.
In each of these cities, either state or local Democrat governments made conscious decisions to stop enforcing quality of life laws, such as preventing excretory functions in the street, and to allow low-level crime, such as public drug use and small-dollar thefts to become formally or informally decriminalized.
In California, voters agreed that property thefts under $950 should be considered petty theft and therefore misdemeanors. Crime soared throughout the state...........To Read More.....
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