Television
Aug 27, 2013
MIKE SAYS ABOUT CHICAGO’S SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERNS: “CHICAGO IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECT OF WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT’S NOT JUST CHICAGO. THERE ARE AREAS OF LOS ANGELES [AND] THERE ARE AREAS OF EVERY LARGE CITY WHERE GANG COLORS ARE SUCH THAT ANY KID IS IN POTENTIAL DANGER WALKING TO SCHOOL WEARING THE WRONG HAT. CHICAGO, THOUGH, IT’S A PARTICULAR AREA, IT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THE SADNESS IS THAT THEY SPEND MORE MONEY, POTENTIALLY, ON PUBLIC SAFETY—GETTING KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL—AND EDUCATION IS SECONDARY. IT’S ‘LET’S GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL SAFELY, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SCHOOL IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, BUT LET’S JUST GET THEM THERE.’ ” ON MORNING JOE ON MSNBC

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