1. Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan overturned the suspension of a police sergeant who told other officers to write fake tickets to prostitutes. Jordan also said her decision to instead give the officer counseling “is non-appealable.” My take on this is that Jordan is undermining the chief of police and that there is no justification for her actions. That opinion is also non-appealable.
2. What? East Dallas folks are up in arms over something? I know it’s shocking, but some folks who live around White Rock Lake are against light. I’m not making that up. UPDATE: Of course, Lakewood People had the story a week ago. They get real testy upstairs when I fail to mention that. In my defense, if I point out every time the DMN follows a story from the People Newspaper chain, I’ll need a blogging assistant.
3. Turned on the hockey game late in the first period. And … the Stars were already down 3-0. So then I watched the Spurs-Hornets game. Did I miss a stirring comeback? Uh, no. Great season, though. I look forward to more hockey bandwagoning next year.
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Good job catching up on the White Rock Lake light controversy, DMN. Observer had this story a week ago. I wonder if they’re aware that Deng Xiaoping died.
I turned on the hockey game about 15 minutes into in the FIRST period and it was 3-Love. Watched back-to-back-to-back episodes of Weeds.
oops. my bad. meant first. will correct.
I hate to tell East Dallas this, but the people who break into cars and mug walkers and suchlike; well, they don’t like the lights either.
Stars showed up in the third (don’t know where they were during periods one and two). They put on a good show, scored a goal, but the hole was too deep. Good season.
Hey, Long Memory: You need to catch up on the latest research on lighting and crime. Read
http://www.darksky.org/mc/page.do
and
http://www.starrynightlights.com/lpIndex.html
Watching the submarine races is an East Dallas rite of passage. Dim those lights at the lake!
No one is going to be 100% happy about the lights no matter how it turns out, and I’ve been smacked down on here before for getting all bent out of shape about crime in East Dallas (Lakewood in particular), but what type of crime or amount of it are we expected to just accept as part of the price you pay for living in the big city? I just got word that a car was broken into, IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, outside the White Rock YMCA. There was nothing in the car – she had LOCKED, TAKEN, HIDDEN (thanks for the signs, City of Dallas) – they were hoping to take the car itself. Last week, my neighbors three doors down had $12,000 worth of stuff stolen right out of their house in the middle of the afternoon. And the week before that, an 18 year old was robbed when stepping out of his car right outside his house on Lakewood Blvd. And the week before that, a home one block down was broken in to in the middle of the night, with the family in the house. Not to mention the load of stuff that was lifted from my own garage two years ago.
So, tell me. Someone. Please. What level of crime am I expected to live with as a Dallas resident? I need to know so I can decide whether it’s worth it. No, from all accounts, I’ve not heard that anyone was hurt, but I’m not so sure I want to wait around to find out if anyone is. Certainly, I don’t live in a war zone, but I’m not feeling altogether safe, either.
Oh, and I failed to mention the woman who was shot in the face outside Nordstrom at North Park last night. What’s going on out there?
Left of Center, whatever minimal levels of police protection the City of Dallas manages to offer will almost certainly deteriorate once scarce municipal resources are redirected towards the construction and operation of Tom Leppert’s massive convention center hotel/white elephant.
LoC, I’ve always found that Jack Burton gives the best advice when confronted with the maddening ways of our world. So just remember what ol’ Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right in the eye and says, “Give me your best shot. I can take it.”
I blame the crime wave in Lakewood squarely on pit bulls and their owners. And I can point you to the peer-reviewed article in the New England Journal of Medicine that proves it.