Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Blames Council For Rising Murder Rate

...and didn't Ballard think that the "Ten...

2013-05-08T16:46:46.288-05:00

...and didn't Ballard think that the "Ten Point Coalition" would stop all violent crime? What's up with that???

After all, the Ten Point Coalition had a convicted sex offender as a member to help them stop the violence. Ballard's police chief even wrote a letter to the court on the sex-offender's behalf stating the sex-offender before the judge for a violation of his release "has become a successful outreach worker with Ten Point and is called upon by both community and law enforcement."
"He is a valuable 'asset' in our efforts to rid our city of violent crime, through his street knowledge and willingness to provide crisis intervention mediation and counseling on the streets of Indianapolis"

Who better to stop violent crime that using violent criminals?

Rising murder rate couldn't be caused by lack ...

2013-05-08T16:41:10.998-05:00

Rising murder rate couldn't be caused by lack of police officers and detectives, could it? -Since Ballard has not been replacing those lost to attrition and shown that public safety is on the back burner to a cricket field that nobody plays nor has any interest in watching.

And there's almost no one around who will PLAY...

2013-05-08T08:55:40.240-05:00

And there's almost no one around who will PLAY 'these sports' or who will WATCH these sports. Two points the mayor seems to have overlooked.

He didn't 'drift' after getting elected, he removed the mask. A bona fide reverse-Robin Hood.