Can't See the Forest... Too Many Trees

The problem is gangs…. No, the problem is race relations… No, really I mean the problem is (fill in the blank)

Everyone seems to be pointing to symptoms rather than the root of our area’s biggest problem.

Why do you think the crime rate is so high?

The cancer attacking our area is … in my opinion… none of the above.

Judge-elect walker says we do not have enough qualified workers to fill the expected employment boom.

I think he chose his words very carefully.

I have talked with so many people in the know who tell me we have enough qualified people here, as long as the “qualified” part does not include a pee test.

There are plenty welders and ship fitters that could have met the needs of Signal International in Orange, but too many of them are on the dope… so the dopes lost their jobs to a bunch of folks from India.

Most of the time when I do a beat call and the dispatcher says 2am shooting on such and such street, I feel like I already know the story.

The guy didn’t agree on the buying price, or simply didn’t pay for his drugs.

Judge-elect Walker is correct, we need more qualified workers, but looking to expanded technical education is not the entire answer.

We need a REAL answer to the drug problem in Southeast Texas.

We are facing a labor crisis…. A high crime crisis…. And both are related to chemical recreation.

Unfortunately, every effort I’ve seen to combat drugs and drug use centers on old, proven-wrong premises.

I wouldn’t even begin to pretend I know what to suggest to tackle the problem, but I can say what we are doing now sucks, and we need to try something else.