Geez all you people condemning the Judge.. read whats actually said. This reporter ought to be ashamed of himself. Judge Emmetts reasoning is that its not smart to bring people from one hurricane zone to another hurricane zone. HE never said anything about crime. The Reporter is the one who brought up the crime..while Emmett himself never mentioned it. Terrible hackjob of sensationalized reporting.
so at least you admit that murder and robbery went up during that period, thereby pwn3ing you quite massively. love it I also love the husssssshhhhhh from the pile on posse when they know they've been silenced.
Maybe so, but this isn't Katrina. Also, this isn't communist nation, citizens are free to travel where they want. To say Houston won't welcome any one running from a hurricane is just flat out rude and a violation of his oath.
I'm pretty sure what he meant was the City of Houston will NOT be spending funds on evacuees, or housing them in shelters like Reliant park / Astrodome (isn't that condemned?) As for the article, watch the video. Judge never said it as they portrayed it / typed it. He was referring how it's asinine to shelter people from one coastal city...to another that is also prone to hurricanes. They should be going NORTH.
Understandable. What happened during Katrina was a horrible situation. But the City of Houston did learn from it. The comments from Emmett and the way the reporters worded the title could be taken out of context. However the tone of the whole comments doesn't sit right with me. The guy isn't even willing to compromise on the situation which to me says " screw louisiana and you and you will not get help from us". Which doesn't shock me, considering how Harris County does business.
but yet you want to spit out false information about it. Go look at the convicted murders and robbers during that time period. The crime rate in Houston started to rise mid-2004. One year before Katrina hit. I take it you live in Livingston,Texas by your lack of understanding of Houston Crime. Wouldn't shock me if that is where you reside.
Also, since New Orleans natives started to leave Houston, the crime rate spiked again. What is your reasoning for that spike?
In 2002 Houston had more violate crimes than 2005(after Katrina). So what is your logic for that bigtexxx. Was people from New Orleans taking road trips just to commit crimes?
Don't know or particularly care about general crime rates, but if you think that the Katrina aftermath didn't change certain parts and neighborhoods of Houston then you're delusional.
Like I said, from the mouth of me, in plain english, I don't particularly care about crime rates. Parts of town changed drastically within several months of the influx. I'm not saying it was the wrong thing to do, I believe that not doing what Houston did would have been unconscionable at the time, but there are always unintended consequences.
THIS^^^. Having lived in Louisiana and Texas over the past 10 years I can say 1st hand that in the areas that "refugees" were housed it made a very large difference, areas that at one time weren't considered that bad turned terrible, and areas that were considered terrible, turned out to be even worse as well. The people from New Orleans weren't really wanted here by the general population and it showed with the spike in violent crimes in Houston schools. It seemed like every week there was another huge fight or brawl between New Orleans kids and Houston kids. And when you really stop and think about it, it's pretty silly to think that the if you take a large amount of people from the murder capital of the country, and move them to another city, that the new city's crime rate won't rise as well. To say that it didn't is basically saying that once the people from Katrina evacuated to Houston they all changed their lives for the better and were on their best behavior until they left.....:grin: And a lot of people/sources still stand by the point that homicide and other crimes have risen since Katrina: http://teachingthelevees.org/
They can, but the city doesn't have to open up a space like the Astrodome again, and they don't have to cater to them.
