[achilles2000]

It takes time to cull the Katrina “victims” from the herd. Things are starting to settle down, but we still have a ways to go.

[isthisnickcool]

The former mayor, the idiot Bill White and the current mayor, Mayor Licket-D-Split both believe in shielding the illegals. Houston has too much of Mexico in it.

Hopefully the Texas legislature will pass a law like Arizona did and we can get some of the gangsters from south of the border out of town.

[a fool in paradise]

Followup to this article

St. Louis tops list of most dangerous US cities
AP ^ | November 21, 2010
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2631045/posts

http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/2010/City_crime_rate_2010-2011_hightolow.pdf

Top 10:
1 St. Louis, MO (score 381.62)
2 Camden, NJ (374.33)
3 Detroit, MI (356.44)
4 Flint, MI (310.31)
5 Oakland, CA (308.29)
6 Richmond, CA (287.15)
7 Cleveland, OH (260.60)
8 Compton, CA (260.13)
9 Gary, IN (250.48)
10 Birmingham, AL (244.83)

Houston comes in at 45 (133.55)

[a fool in paradise]

Houston PING.

[5thGenTexan]

Mayor Annise Parker should lash out against Houston's sanctuary city policy rather than the people who compiled the ratings.

Harboring illegal aliens, well, brings people who break laws to you city. Funny that.

[Steely Tom]

Hey, N.O.’s loss is Houston’s gain wha’ahm sayin.

[Red6]

Nope-

We won't look at what is causing the crime. We won't look at what can fix the crime. We will of course fault the findings and rationalize why it's OK to maintain the status qua. In 2010 that's called “leadership” in America.

[Jacktown]

I see Jackson Miss. came in 14th.

A news radio there used to say come night, it was the gun and knife show.

That was a scary place.

[Texas Eagle]

I don't have time to read the whole article but I'm wondering if the author mentions which political party has run these cities for decades on end.

Ha! Sometimes I say the craziest things.

[oh8eleven]

Mayor Annise Parker ... chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Criminal and Social Justice Committee
How's that "social justice" thingy working out for you now?

[SnakeDoctor]

Its a little misleading. Houston is high (the list I saw had Houston at 45th) — but Houston suburbs are very low (Sugarland is 389th, Missouri City 365th, Pearland 359th).

http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/2010/City_crime_rate_2010-2011_hightolow.pdf

SnakeDoc

[WayneS]

U.S. Conference of Mayors' Criminal and Social Justice Committee

In my opinion, NO honorable mayor would serve on, much less chair, a committee with that name.

[freekitty]

Geer, I wonder why? /sarc

[dragnet2]

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[TheGrimReaper]

Here's a fact for Mayor Parker - Grim's first-hand experience, not a second-hand anecdote:
Homeowner awakened at 3:15 am (July 2010), looks out window to see 3 or 4 men disassembling vehicle in driveway. Homeowner calls 911, then steps outside with his little 9mm friend and, as the thieves scatter toward their getaway car, puts a couple of rounds into the rear of that getaway car.

Right on schedule, HPD arrives at 6:45 am to fill out the paperwork.

With a 3.5 hour response time, why would a criminal worry about police in Houston, TX?