Comments on: What Can We Do About Youth Violence?

By: Lou Scannon, Fearful NIMBY Declinist

Lou Scannon, Fearful NIMBY Declinist — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:26:41 +0000

> Want to make a difference , try Volunteering on the eastside sometime . try talking to the people who are struggling just to make ends meet .

What?

There are struggling people on the eastside?

Last I heard, Solyndra was hiring and the nice man on the TV said there were “green shoots” and we were in “recovery summer”.

Or maybe it was last summer that was recovery summer. I forget. We seem to have had so many of them.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:34:34 +0000

And the police exodus continues….900 cops for 900 other cities…...you have my vote for Mayor, keep up the great work

By: DISGUSTEDINSJ

DISGUSTEDINSJ — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:42:10 +0000

what we can do for the youth in San Jose is to get rid of all the Corrupt Politicians . Sam , You and the rest of your Elitist cohorts are so out of touch its not funny. Most people here in San Jose are not born with a silver spoon in their mouth , like yourself. Want to make a difference , try Volunteering on the eastside sometime . try talking to the people who are struggling just to make ends meet . You think these people care about “plastic bag Bans” or “styrofoam bans” , they cold care less . They just want to feel safe .

By: frustrated finfan

frustrated finfan — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:21:16 +0000

“But people roundly acknowledge that placing an officer on every street corner can’t stop youth violence where kids simply don’t have positive alternatives.”

No corner of this city is beyond the reach of the positive influences available at schools (teachers, volunteers, coaches), at the supermarket (reliable workers), in our neighborhoods (helpful, responsible neighbors), in library books, through the internet, and on television.

Young people chose gang life not for lack of choice but lack of character. Enough with the stale, five decades old sociology.

By: BOHICA

BOHICA — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:42:15 +0000

So….the Fire and Police Departments have no youth programs for educating and training young men and women for great jobs, and respect from the City Leaders? Yes….yes they do. Just the great job part. Look into it.

By: Meyer Weed

Meyer Weed — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:02:24 +0000

Resign, go back to work as a prosecutor and putthe worst of there youthful offenders away for a very long time.

By: Lou Scannon, Fearful NIMBY Declinist

Lou Scannon, Fearful NIMBY Declinist — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:25:00 +0000

In reply to Rob Johnson.

> ... no go back into your shell and come back out in summer because you missed spring.

OK. So I have offended your special interests.

What is your favorite special interest?

Government?

Academicians?

Social workers?

Eugenicists?

By: Do your homework

Do your homework — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:11:25 +0000

That house on N. 21 St. has been nothing but problems for that neighborhood for the last twenty years. Drug dealing, gang problems, intimidating neighbors, assaults. I’m sorry that someone died, but you should check your facts before you start misrepresenting them.

Now that you have come out and stated that you can not pay your mortgage on your councilman salary and need the slush fund for you and fiancée to see each other and go wine tasting.

Can you imagine paying another 20% of your salary into your pension, THAT YOU PAY NOTHING TOO. You would be living on like $50K a year. How are you going to pay for insurance, property taxes, water, PG&E, food for your kids, that’s right you don’t have kids.

And guess what, measure B does not touch the mayor and councilperson, very nice set up for you to avoid paying another 16%.

The big lie is almost over and your house of cards will be crashing down soon.

By: Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:01:15 +0000

In reply to Lou Scannon, Fearful NIMBY Declinist.

People are smart, no go back into your shell and come back out in summer because you missed spring.

By: Lou Scannon, Fearful NIMBY Declinist

Lou Scannon, Fearful NIMBY Declinist — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:24:12 +0000

> But people roundly acknowledge that placing an officer on every street corner can’t stop youth violence where kids simply don’t have positive alternatives.

People are smart.

The government/academician/social work class is dumb.

Unfortunately, there are enough of them in enough positions of power with enough crackpot theories, that youth violence, bad education, unemployment, poverty, eugenics, and family decay are here to stay.

Wipe out the Department of Mal-Education, HHS, the EPA, the Department of No Energy, the Department of Labor Strangulation, the Department of Commerce Suppression, Obamacare, and their counterparts in Sacramento and you might begin to see some progress in restoring families, creating economic prosperity and opportunity, fostering a spirit of optimism, and reducing “youth violence”.

The nihilists are in charge, and they want to “save the planet” by reducing the population. And population reduction requires misery, suffering, and wrecking the economic “ecosystem”.