Sam, how do you explain this?!  My bet is you’ll simply ignore it.

You know Sammy, any time you put a ‘but’ in a sentence it effectively neutralizes everything written before it…  And by the way, Softens the blow to who exactly..?? The people you’re firing….? I’ll bet they wouldn’t feel that way….

Hey just a quick note to thank you and the rest of the Fab 5 for totally screwing up this city…. It really has become fun walking around your district having to look over my shoulder to make sure that I’m not about to be mugged….

Need proof…?  How about right after the start of the Rock and Roll Half Marathon yesterday morning at about 0830 there was a stabbing next to the starting line at Santa Clara and 1st…..  I don’t know about you Sam but that is not really ideal Family Entertainment in my book.  You and the rest of the Fab 5 better pull your heads out of the sand and take a look around at the mess you’ve created….!!!!

Kathleen, I like to refer to what’s going on over at city hall as a major case of cranial-rectal inversion when it comes to Chuck+5. I can’t believe I read about a bit from Liccardo extolling the virtues of hiring GPC to handle graffiti removal. Weren’t they the company which was massively overcharging the city and then ran overbudget and asked for more money? How do you call where we are now “getting over a bumpy start”? Graffiti is out of control and, with no fear of consequences, vandals clearly see the city as a free fire zone.

Thank you Officer A. It is depressing to know that citizens are being asked to join in and assist the City to reduce graffiti, when it seems all they really want is free labor, and zero consequences for those committing the crime! 

I seriously don’t get it. Graffiti is a property crime, that attacks crime, decreases business, and creates blight!

There are so many grants available to fund these programs, and many corporations who could donate too. Donations would be a tax write off for them.

Officer A., how much money is needed to fund these vital programs?

I think I’ll send the City Manager, the Mayor, the Council, etc. a request to at least try getting donations/grants because this is just ridiculous!

Thank you Officer A.

Why doesn’t the City partner with businesses to get corporate funding/grants to reinstate these programs? I just don’t get how ignorant these leaders are being!

Think out of the box people!

thank you. Saved me the time.

This is the same guy who wants to fire everyone on friday and rehire them on Monday at a lower pay and benefit package…

See video @ 2:11 mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW137LyeDPw&feature=player_embedded

The graffiti unit was the only unit in the PD tasked with investigating and identifying this form of vandalism. If any additional identification of vandals to occur, it will have to be done at the street level and by beat cops. AS you can imagine, it will be quite rare for beat cops to be able to devote time to this pursuit, considering how few there are and how thinly their resources are stretched. Furthermore, beat cops do not have access in the field to all the resources that are available to detectives working out of the police department compound.

Returning to the issue of available free patrol time, I just don’t think it’s that common anymore, certainly not in light of times such as these where, the other night, for instance, there were 45 pending calls for service while the PD was investigating two homicides simultaneously. What once was extraordinary for its rarity is now routine with there being more days than ever where at any given time you could have dozens – if not scores – of calls for service pending. Consider, too, that these are calls which remain despite the PD, as a matter of policy, no longer responding to a number of different types of calls.

Rick,
My understanding is that this information is passed on to the PD, and when violators have been identified, it is sent to the DA’s Office for prosecution. Is that incorrect information? I would sure like to know! Thanks for any info you can give me Rick.