CM PRESS # 102

WESTMINSTER COP HELD ON RAPE CHARGES HAS BAIL SET AT $2 MILLION
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Every police department should try to discover and remove bad cops before they harm civilians. As a society, we put a lot of faith and trust in our police officers, and bad cops can give a whole department a bad name.
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ARMED ROBBERY ACROSS FROM PAULARINO SCHOOL, ADJACENT TO THE FILLMORE-COOLIDGE SLUM IN MESA NORTH ON MONDAY
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Jogger robbed at gunpoint by two males. No race/ethnicity of perps given in newspaper. Wonder why? Right.

Is the OC Register bad mouthing Costa Mesa by reporting this latest crime? Apparently Steve Smith at the Daily Pilot might think so. You see, according to Smith, we must all shut up and not point out problems and crime in Costa Mesa.

We say, screw that. We want our families to be aware of the problems in order for them to be a little more wary and thus possibly a little safer.
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MEASURE TO REPEAL PROP 8 DOESN'T GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES
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KLITSCHKO BROTHERS GUNNING FOR BRIT BOXER DAVID HAYE
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It may just be hype, but Wladimir says it's personal and he wants Haye in the ring.

The guy on the canvas and hanging over the ropes is Eddie Chambers, who Wladimir knocked out last month. The problem with the KO was that Wladimir didn't put Chambers away until the final seconds of the last round.

Wladimir promises he'll handle Haye in a more aggressive fashion.

And, if 6' 5" Wladmir doesn't put Haye on the canvas, 6' 7" big brother Vitali is ready to do the job.
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STEVE SMITH WANTS YOU TO WEAR ROSE COLORED GLASSES AND DROP YOUR IQ DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU DON'T NOTICE PROBLEMS

In his silly Pollyannish column today (HERE), Flopsy Katrina Foley's pal Steve Smith shows just how much out of touch he is with reality.

Smith apparently doesn't know that to solve problems, you first have to identify the problems and you have to bring them into the open and examine them.

Only then can you solve problems. Pretending there are no problems, usually just makes them worse.

Smith's main target in his column is Mayor Mansoor, who Smith takes to task for telling the truth when Mansoor says that Costa Mesa has a problem with illegal aliens.

Costa Mesa does have such a problem. The CMPD has even issued a report that all the gangs in Costa Mesa are Hispanic.

And, anyone who pays attention is aware of the drive-by shootings, assaults and attacks in the city. Now, are all those criminals "illegal aliens." Probably not, but most probably have some nexus with the city being chock full of illegal aliens and the slums.

What about the schools in Costa Mesa? They're falling to Santa Ana levels because of the children of illegal aliens in them who have trouble speaking English.

Smith then denies that Costa Mesa has slums.

Maybe Smith just doesn't know what the word "slum" means. So, here's the definition from Your Dictionary.com:

"Slum--A usually heavily populated area of a city, characterized by poverty, poor housing, etc."

Smith should take off his rose colored glasses and drive to the Shalimar slum, or the Mission-Mendoza slum or the Fillmore-Coolidge slum. They're all in Costa Mesa and they all fit the definition of slum.

But, what can Smith's type of low consciousness denying of our problems lead to?

It can lead to innocent citizens being lulled into a false sense of security about the nature of the problems.

You may recall that a Daily Pilot employee was murdered by an illegal alien who had been living in the Shalimar slum. Had she been aware of the potential danger, she might have been able to protect herself.

You may also recall that a young OCC student moved into the Mission-Mendoza slum and was murdered. Had she been aware of the potential danger, she may not have moved there.

You may recall that a 16-year-old girl was murdered behind Estancia High School by a man who then fled to Mexico. Had she been made aware of the potential danger, she might be alive today.

You may recall that a 15-year-old pregnant girl living in a garage on the Westside was murdered along with her unborn child when a gang member shot through the garage door. Had citizens been aware of such living arrangements, and acted, she and her child might be alive today.

You may recall the drive-by shootings in the Mission-Mendoza, the Shalimar and the Fillmore-Coolidge slums that happened about two years ago.

It goes on and on.

As is usual with lefties, Smith offers no facts or figures in his column. He just spouts off.

So, the CM PRESS will make the same challenge to Smith that we made with another low consciousness lefty recently:

Smith, give us the facts and figures, the actual statistics, that show that Costa Mesa is not trending more like Santa Ana, than our natural sister city Newport Beach, and we'll pick up the pom poms, put on our rose colored glasses, and join you in what, as of this writing, seems to us to be a species of the "be true to your school" cheer (usually mouthed by young students who have not yet developed critical thinking skills or child-like adult lefties).
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