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TrogL

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3. OK, that's NOT how it was done here

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 06:27 PM

Jan 2013

The city started with the support system for the homeless and worked their way up. One key part of the plan was mixed housing. Another was a way to report grafitti and get ti cleaned up. They even issued kits to do it yourself.

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City of Oakland hires Bratton, "stop and frisk" and "broken windows theory" proponent [View all] Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 OP

What's wrong with "broken windows"? TrogL Jan 2013 #1

It is most easily abused by the rich and destructive, as evidenced here in LA. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #2

OK, that's NOT how it was done here TrogL Jan 2013 #3

Good to hear that you have something positive occurring in your area. Note that in LA Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #4