GUEST COMMENTARY [Name withheld by request out of fear of retaliation] For two decades, Leo Lutz has occupied the mayor's office in Columbia, and his supporters are quick to credit him with every positive development in our borough, but leadership is a two-way street. If Mayor Lutz is going to accept praise for Columbia's successes, many of which, frankly, he had little direct involvement in, then he must also be held accountable for our failures. The facts paint a troubling picture. Despite the mayor's repeated assurances that our streets are safe, we've witnessed a disturbing rise in assaults, shootings, and vandalism. His promises have fallen by the wayside: the foot patrol we were promised never materialized, nor did the bike patrol that was supposed to increase our sense of security. Fiscally, the situation is equally dire. Taxes have increased at least twice during Mayor Lutz's tenure, yet the borough now finds itself millions of dollars in debt. This isn...
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0 Tolerance needs to take place, if under age hold the youth and both parents responsible.
Night after night after night, I watch good kids, punks kids, punk kids with their own parents instigating bad behavior, adults, drug addicts and drunks.
This town is over ran.
I don't feel there is a solution at all anymore.
Stay in your house, lock your doors and be a prisoner.
Very sad day...
One solution, get out of DODGE, or stand up for what's right!
Report welfare frauds, code please stay on top of all the rentals, and call the police everyday five times a day if you need to!
It's Property Owners tax dollars, use them.
Take the streets back and stand up against welfare fraud, drug abuse, harrassment, code violations and law breakers!!!
One suggestion to police department,,,, listen before you judge or accuse.
Yes this is aimed at a Wednesday Night incidence, excuse me?
No excuse you, boldly interrupt a conversation, not aware of property lines or who owns what.
No hard feelings but remember your hired to do your job, not Judge.
" A federal appeals court ruled in December that the state's mandatory, suspicionless drug testing of applicants in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program is an unconstitutional violation of Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. After the ruling, Scott decided to walk away from the lawsuit."
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article25114639.html#storylink=cpy
Disrespectful, ignorant, agitating juveniles, hold BOTH ACCOUNTABLE