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> I think it's scariest that there are no answers out
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[ws:] Yup. That is what O'Malley administration in Baltimore disovered during its seven-year tenure.
^^^^^ CB; Well, mayors and city councils don't really have the power to make changes necessary to cure American cities of crime epidemics. The rulers of cities are the business class, the chambers of commerce crowd. Also, state laws governs cities substantially. What acts within the powers of city government would be sufficient to reverse the socio-economic roots of mass crime ?