YET ANOTHER SHOOTING IN SANTA MESA
Eight suspected gang members were arrested yesterday in a shooting near James Street and Pomona. That location is in the Shalimar slum behind the Smart and Final on W. 19th Street.
Another guy was attacked by a gun toting duo at a restaurant on W. 19th the other day.
This can't be happening. After all, the City has put in medians and flowers along W. 19th Street.
Right, we're being sarcastic.
Note that we're not yet into truly warm weather--when such crimes increase--and we're already having all these violent crimes linked to illegal aliens and Hispanic gangs. And, almost all of them have a link to the nearby slums.
What's the real solution? Mr. Mayor, tear down the slums!
As we've been writing for years, you can't improve the Westside until you tear down the slum buildings that are acting as safe havens, recruiting centers, and habitats for gangs and until you start encouraging nice homes on the Westside bluffs that will attract upwardly mobile people back to Costa Mesa.
Costa Mesa has to become the place to be, not the place to flee.
Start telling the City Council to take bold measures to buy up and tear down the slums. Don't let your kids become innocent victims of stray bullets fired by illegal aliens and gang members who are being coddled in Costa Mesa by a fuzzy thinking establishment of effete do-nothings.
Here's the City's Website address. Go there and you'll find email contacts for the City Council and the City Manager. Let them know what you think. http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us/
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