http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2007/06/01/how-can-this-be/ My rantings and ravings in this interesting world. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2007/06/01/how-can-this-be/comment-page-1/#comment-28752 G-Man Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:52:46 +0000 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2007/06/01/how-can-this-be/#comment-28752 If you check with the Department of Justice you will find that of the top 50 most crime ridden cities in the US, New York is #49 on the list. I did find an intersting trend however. If you protract those 50 worst cities you will find that they have democrat mayors 4 times out of five. You will also find that you have to work your way more than half way through the list until you encounter the very first Republican mayor, and he is saddled with a democrat city council that can override his vetoes at will. <a href="http://ggthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/05/champions-of-crime-prevention.html" rel="nofollow">Here's my post covering the subject.</a> If you check with the Department of Justice you will find that of the top 50 most crime ridden cities in the US, New York is #49 on the list. I did find an intersting trend however. If you protract those 50 worst cities you will find that they have democrat mayors 4 times out of five. You will also find that you have to work your way more than half way through the list until you encounter the very first Republican mayor, and he is saddled with a democrat city council that can override his vetoes at will. Here’s my post covering the subject.

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