I respectfully differ with your opinion that Gangs, Guns, and Drugs are the problem. Those are the symptom of the real problems. No one wants to hear what the real problems are. No politician wants to tell residents and voters what the real problems are. The problems are somewhat more complex than the symptoms. Gangs, guns, and drugs are like a runny nose, sore throat and cough. The real problem is that you have a cold for which there is no cure. Not believing there is any cure or that the drug store will have a magic remedy to buy with medications that fit the symptoms. I could solve the problem, except nobody with decision making authority wants it solved.
The problems that Albany faces were not created overnight and will not go away without outside intervention or without this administration conveying dramatic changes in the thinking of residents and City of Albany employees. The one asset Albany has that can help is the youth of our local universities. That is the only flicker of light. The drag on anything happening is Jennings and almost anyone he has hired. He looks and speaks like a thug, is a liar, a crook and a thief of taxpayer dollars. He is a good politician. A sociopath. He truly believes he is helping. It is not his fault, but he is an obstructionist. I got an earful of what he was like working at Albany High School. If half of what was said is true, I cannot believe t he was elected. It is time for him to retire gracefully like Bruno; his wife makes enough for them to move away.
I wish I was Black and was as slick as J.Jackson because that is the language that is needed here, and as a WASP I'm not slick at all, but once the disease of poverty, meaningful employment, opportunity, morals, sex, drugs, black against black violence, responsibility to brothers and sisters, lack of real education in our schools, of parents and community and religion are addressed - wow this is one long run-on sentence - can change be made.
I am from the generation that brought this country Woodstock, SDS, Black Panthers, Weather Underground, March on Washington, Peace Movement, National Strike in response to the Kent State murders, Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll. It is this generation that is sitting on its fat collective asses and wallets and doing nothing about how today's children are raised. You should all be ashamed.
Gangs, Guns and Drugs are just the symptoms. Sorry about the poorly written response. My secretary frowns on this waste of my time, as it will fall on deaf ears. Bounty hunters are a viable option, as they would get the job done more effectively than the police.
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