ConversationNext2821 t1_iri0nl8 wrote on October 8, 2022 at 9:34 AM

Reply to comment by k0vi86 in Calvin so sexy by Ultraxxx

He gave away free trees, never misses a photo opportunity, and shows how little he knows about complicated issues. Those are some things he is good at.

ttsci t1_irjeuqc wrote on October 8, 2022 at 6:05 PM

Howard County has done tree distribution programs for years. I have several mature trees in my yard from the 2010 distribution, and they were given away from 2017-2022, which includes both Republican (specifically, Kittleman) and Democratic executives.

What a weird thing to be mad about.

ConversationNext2821 t1_irjoar6 wrote on October 8, 2022 at 7:21 PM

Ah so he’s even more useless than I gave him credit for. Thanks for correcting the record.

So he has even less of an excuse for dealing with the increase in handgun crimes, robberies, and carjackings that have become a regular tradition in Calvin Ball’s Howard County.

setho212 t1_irksom3 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:42 AM

Ah yes the Howard County is a crime riddled hell hole argument. I shudder every time I leave my house at the fear of bullets flying.

ConversationNext2821 t1_irktwdu wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:52 AM

Clearly you don’t read the HoCo Police Blotter. Ignorance is not an excuse.

And I live in an area of Columbia that has had several fatal shootings in the last few years. All of which were tragedies. No one deserves to lose their life like that. So excuse me if I don’t find any of your snark at all funny.

setho212 t1_irkxezv wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Give me stats, don’t give me anecdotes. How much exactly have all types of crime gone up in the county and how much have they gone up on comparison to surrounding jurisdictions. How many of those crimes were committed by people from outside of the county on other people from outside the county but they just happened to be in the county. How many of the the victims of those crimes were innocent people and how many were targeted crimes based on drug deals that went bad or something similar. You need to present the full story and not just say have you see how many crimes are reported lately.

Of course every death or shooting is a tragedy, but the way Kittleman and his right wing followers are using crime as a political talking point is disgusting. We hear residents of rural western Howard county decrying the increase in crime based primarily on anecdotes about events in eastern Howard County. We hear people decrying shootings, many of which are targeted and are not random events putting innocent lives at risk. We have commercials complaining that SROs are not in school to protect kids against school shootings without any explanation as to how a single police officer with a pistol is supposed to stop a lunatic with an AR-15 shooting into crowds of panicked students. The crime argument is nothing but fear mongering aimed at appealing to a certain crowd that spends more time worrying about some “thug” mugging them than thinking logically.