The City of Houston has become a duty free zone for criminals under the administration of Mayor Annise Parker. Houston Chronicle reporters James Pinkerton and Mike Morris give us the rundown in their report titled “20,000 criminal cases not investigated in 2013 by HPD“:
The Houston Police Department, already reeling from a scandal involving shoddy work in its homicide unit, was dealt another blow Monday when a report revealed that some 20,000 burglary, theft, assault and hit-and-run cases with workable leads were not investigated in 2013.
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He noted the authors ranked Houston, with 9.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents, as having the highest rate of violent crime among major Texas cities.
(click here to read the entire article in the Houston Chronicle)
Of course, this being the Parker administration, the conclusion is that they need more tax revenue, ignoring the fact that the 18{997ab4c1e65fa660c64e6dfea23d436a73c89d6254ad3ae72f887cf583448986} increase in property taxes is going to provide them with millions of extra dollars. And oh yeah, what happened when Parker cried for more tax revenue for roads? Taxes increased, fewer potholes were filled.
What we really need is a mayor that will focus on public safety instead of UNequal rights. Under her terms in office, murders have not been investigated, there have been brownouts in fire protection, and now boatloads of “lesser” crimes have not been investigated and we have the highest rate of violent crime among big cities in Texas.
But hey, she did get what she focused on – now parents of little girls will have to explain why men are walking around in the little girl’s bathroom. So much for innocence. And if those men happen to be perverts, they now have a legal defense for being in the little girl’s bathroom.
Ah, progress. Isn’t it grand?
Dave, you need to drive along Buffalo Bayou, from downtown to Shepherd, on both Memorial and Allen Parkway. You will see how a lot of money can add “world class” amenities to a muddy sewer that floods several times a year. Houston Proud!
That is just a drop in the bucket if that is the total cases not investigated. The Harris County Sheriffs Office had almost 13,000 cases that were unable to be investigated just in family violence alone. That isn’t even counting robberies, theft, sexual assaults, fraud, etc. Count yourselves lucky for having so few in total.