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Ilanaspax t1_j9lbyun wrote
That’s what happens when you plan a city so that it is filled with luxury rentals that families can’t afford to live in for more than a few years. Little long term investment or concern with the community and the people who’d like to stay and be involved will eventually get priced out.
Lebesgue_Couloir t1_j9ll8md wrote
Makes no sense; even folks in luxury housing want a functional 911 call center, but keep grinding that axe
Inkysin t1_j9lohi4 wrote
But will they take the time to register to vote in JC? Then show up for elections?
Ilanaspax t1_j9lst1t wrote
Keep wondering why a community full of transient renters results in poor voter turn out. You’ll figure it out eventually (don’t hurt yourself thinking too hard)
Lebesgue_Couloir t1_j9lx4a9 wrote
Source please on low voter turnout? Also, hating downtown is not a personality
Ilanaspax t1_j9m16as wrote
Is demanding a source supposed to deflect from you being a moron?
Lebesgue_Couloir t1_j9m3r13 wrote
Your ignorance is on full display; well done.
Ilanaspax t1_j9m4h7l wrote
😱
Lebesgue_Couloir t1_j9m5p5h wrote
Also, here's a voter turnout map from 2022
Of course you're fucking wrong. Downtown had the highest voter turnout in the city. But, again, spread misinformation because you have a superficial fetish with hating downtown.
objectimpermanence t1_j9ml2pm wrote
Thanks, I was looking for a map like this the other day.
Certain people on here love to make up their own facts about things like this because they have an ax to grind.
By the way, it’s been well established that there’s a strong positive correlation between voter participation levels and income, so I’m not surprised to see that downtown has relatively high voter turnout levels.
Higher income people are also more likely to engage with their local elected leaders, which explains why downtown often gets “nice” things earlier than the rest of the city. Things like protected bike lanes, the pedestrian plaza, etc. are a direct result of people lobbying their council person for improvements.
It is true that homeowners tend to have higher voter participation rates than renters, but I suspect that downtown (not including Newport) also has a higher homeownership rate than other less affluent parts of the city. The Census bureau has this data, but I’m typing this on my phone and they don’t seem to have a convenient way to query this data at a census tract level using a mobile browser.
Ilanaspax t1_j9ms51m wrote
lol I never said low (you did) and I never specified downtown (you did).
Congratulations on winning the argument you created in your head I guess?
jersey385 t1_j9ldwt2 wrote
Completely agree.
Aggravating-Address6 t1_j9k584t wrote
Shea had the ability to hire and fire dispatchers at his own discretion. The same company that Shea has selected to do 3 studies on the dispatch department also conveniently offer private dispatch services.
This same company was in charge of the search and eventual hiring of Shea as the public safety director. This reeks of corruption.
restricteddata t1_j9krrlq wrote
Shea says that the department handles 43,000 calls per month. So that's around 1,400 per day, which comes out to almost 60 an hour, or one per minute, assuming they were evenly distributed across 24 hours, which of course is an unlikely if simplifying assumption.
From the reporting it sounded like the dispatch had two people on call for the Taqueria night, and one was late, or something like that. I don't necessarily doubt the claim that they had +200 at that moment — it's a big city and 911 is used for a lot of different services — but by his number cited, that is pretty close to the norm? Like why can their system not scale to 2X normal volume? Any reasonable system would assume that there would regularly be demand above baseline, especially for a system based around emergencies.
Shea also seems to be pitching the idea that the problem here is "government technology" lagging behind "civilian technology," and that the "modern environment" is what is "overwhelm[ing]" the system. I find this... unlikely, and a strange framing. It does not sound like an informed or accurate response.
He really doesn't seem to get that this is a vital, necessary, emergency system. Having this work reliably is not optional. It is the bare minimum.
Own_Pop_9711 t1_j9l1wf0 wrote
43,000 per month means the average adult calls 911 once every 5 months? That's not totally crazy, but seems like a lot?
restricteddata t1_j9n2dvg wrote
Agree, the whole thing sounds totally unlikely.
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expertinbirdlaw99 t1_j9ok04o wrote
This story from last week pretty much explained it.
Maleficent-Baby-1926 t1_j9pa0th wrote
JC is screwed if they cant fix 911 issues
JournalSquire t1_j9r7eyz wrote
This FLOP mayor who thinks he’s gonna run for governor can’t even run a city well. What’s the opposite of an imposter syndrome?
jersey385 t1_j9jt1xl wrote
This is why people need to vote and stop putting up with corruption. I sometimes wonder if people are just fine with their taxes doing nothing. Except for the fire department, I feel like they do a lot.