Annapolis Capital Punishment

The Capital and Annapolitans United Against Crime may be on to something. The City is about to release a report about crime and policing in Annapolis and some alderman are concerned that the mayor may be suppressing some of the report. What's the big deal? We, the taxpayers and the residents of Annapolis deserve to see the entire report. Whether or not the mayor likes it or thinks some of it is not accurate is not the point. We can sort it out and her behavior simply makes everything suspicious. What gets me is how she is coming out now and claiming that anything any other alderman or political opponent is saying about anything is motivated by the mayoral election---still a year and a half away!!! CP has begged readers to simply ignore the mayoral election until about six months before the election or spring of 2009. Puhleeze! And please Mayor Moyer, get real and stop whining about supposed political machinations.

Here is what I got from Annapolitans United Against Crime:

Annapolitans United Against Crime members, we need you! Please make an all out effort to attend the City Council Public Safety Committee meeting scheduled for Monday, June 16th @ 5:00PM. the meeting will be held in the City Council chambers.

The single agenda item for the meeting is the presentation of the ICMA data analysis and findings about crime and policing in Annapolis. This is an extremely important meeting and should be attended by all who can make the 5 PM meeting time. The Annapolis Chief of Police will attend this meeting and comment on the ICMA findings.

Two members (Alderman Arnett and Alderman Cordle) of the Public Safety Committee have worked for months to get our city council to complete and make public the ICMA (International City/County Management Association) crime report. And now the Mayor's wants to make only parts of the report available to the public.

This is a study we all paid for ($60,000)and no part of it should be squelched. We all need to know what we are dealing with in order to make an adequate crime plan for the future.

Please come show your support for full and total disclosure of the report.

In case you missed it here is the link to The Capital's recent story about the ICMA's report and the Mayor's attempt to suppress it.

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_13-25/CAN

Even if you can't make the early time, come anyway as this may go long and spill over into a council work session.

Thanks,

Helena Hunter

AUAC, Steering Commitee


Here is what The Capital says about it:

www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/readne/2008/06_13-25/CAN