Prince George's County Police = Bad?

OK, as I think that Jack Johnson can't get any worse with the Prince George's County Police, he has done it again.

He is blaming the spike in crime on about 150 bad officers that are doing nothing. Never mind that most of the officers with no stats are either on desk duty, FTO duty, or medical leave. The chief is supporting our racist county executive's assertion that the police are responsible for the crime increase. These brownbeatings are going to decrease officer moralle even more, resulting in less work being done. Prince George's County is at a cross roads, where it can become the new urban poor enclave where crime runs rampant, and people live here out of need, not choice. Or it can move forward, break the crime cycle that is causing residents to leave at an incredible rate, and recover to being a decent and affordable place to live. However, with leadership, such as Jack Johnson and Marlyn Bland at the helm, I believe the county will suffer further decline. Young white professionals such as me that live in the county are here just because their parents have not moved for whatever reason, and most people like me are planning an exit strategy that involves either Charles County or Baltimore City for affordable housing, or if they make even more money, Montgomery County, Arlington or DC. Prince George's County is a depressing place to live, with it's high crime rate, lack of middle to upscale shopping opportunities, restaurants, poor quality of service at establishments and from the county government, and even racism directed by newcomers towards the remaining white people. I know my patience is wearing VERY thin, very quickly.

In another Washington Post article, yesterday, they talk about an oak tree growing out of a ten year old pothole in Fort Washington. Potholes are not supposed to remain in roads for ten years, leading to mature oak trees growing out of pavement. There are other county maintained roads in Prince George's County that are in similar shape. Rosaryville Road in Upper Marlboro, a major commuter road with at least 20,000 vehicles a day traveling on it, has not been repaved in over 20 years. South Osborne Road has not been repaved in over 15 years. There are parts of Old Crain Highway that are literally washing away. The pavement quality on Good Luck Road is substandard. The list can literally go on. Montgomery County does not seem to have the same problem with road maintence as Prince George's County does. Nor does the State Highway Administration, which has repaved MD 223, a road that connects with Rosaryville Road at least six times in the past ten years.

I think I have had it.