NW RT @BaltimorePolice: Shooting: 6300 block Fairlawn Ave. Adult female reported to be shot. Detectives investigating.
Did Prez Jack really write* this Sun op-ed on the youth jail? Because it really doesn't sound like the way he talks. But anyway it makes some good points. Well, really, just one:
•Alternatives to detention cost far less and produce better results. For example, "evening reporting centers" cost $44 per day compared to the exorbitant $462 a day for detention.
Please, expand on those evening reporting centers, I would so much like to learn more! But it's not to be, at that point things go kind of downhill:
"My P.L.A.Y. (Productive Lives, Active Youth) campaign has provided many of Baltimore's youth with a wide range of opportunities to strengthen their self-confidence, develop leadership skills, learn from positive role models, and be rewarded for their academic achievements. ... during the past two years I have created a number of public-private partnerships ...Last summer, over the course of seven weeks, hundreds of youths participated in my Charm City Talent contest. Students under age 18 competed at local recreation centers as singers, rappers and instrumentalists and were judged by a panel of talent experts. A group of seven youngsters performed in front of family, friends and complete strangers for the chance to be crowned Baltimore's best talent. ... "Just being in the contest is a great achievement that I can look back on later in life," [then-12-year-old Immanuel "Mannie" Payne] told The Sun.
Imagine the amount of positive programming and its impact on Baltimore's youth that a $70 million investment could achieve."
So, wait, what? How much did this talent contest cost us? He want $70 million for talent shows and sports team meet-n-greets? Does Jack Young even live here? did we ever get to see that "damn underwear*"?
