NOW IS THE TIME FOR COMMUNITY COURAGE AND DEDICATION

The Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) is funded by 1/2 of a cent of your sales tax dollars, and for this coming year will be $50,625,926.00! That number represents a huge public investment, and we have been making that commitment in the police department for the past 14 years. Just ball park numbers here, but that would represent somewhere in the neighborhood of $600 MILLION funding for our police over that 14 year run of the CCPD, and clearly demonstrates that we have gone above and beyond in our support of and for our police department.

As you consider your stance on the renewal of the Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD), please consider that all of the programs that are currently being discussed and offered as a benefit to YOU such as the gang unit, Code Blue, COPS, graffiti, canine unit and neighborhood police officers and districts could be funded with HALF (1/4 cent) of the money (SEE BELOW) currently going into the CCPD. Wouldn't it be nice to have the other half of those available dollars for repairs to our neighborhood streets, keeping all libraries open and all community centers functioning at 100% percent capacity...and still have money left over?

Well it can happen, but because the CCPD Board did not give us the option on the ballot, the only way that it CAN happen is to defeat the CCPD on the ballot on November 3rd and then bring it back as a more efficient and productive CCPD in May of 2010.....funded with 1/4 cent of our available sales tax dollars.....and then rededicate 1/4 cent for neighborhood streets, libraries, and community centers complete with youth programs.

Consider it a "wake up call" election for the CCPD by voting against the CCPD this November...to be reborn anew in May of 2010 without one single police officer loosing their job, no closure of Neighborhood Policing Districts, COPS/Code Blueand the Gang Unit will continue to function as before.

Also consider that the current term of the CCPD doesn't expire until May of 2010, and even then the district has reserve funds to function for quite some time after even if the district were not renewed in May. In order to get real crime reductions (greater than the reported 35%) we need creative thinking and much greater accountability and independence within the CCPD.....AND please, it would be most helpful to "we the people" to loose the words would, could, should, might and maybe.....all of these words lead us only to unproductive speculation at a time when we need real facts and figures, and those "facts and figures" need to come from a source NOT benefiting from the dollars being spent.

Stay tuned. More will follow when our campaign on the CCPD continues in earnest with public meetings and discussion.

VOTE AGAINST THE CCPD IN NOVEMBER
VOTE FOR A RENEWED DISTICT IN MAY OF 2010!
What a positive way to support neighborhoods!

Early voting is NOW through October 30th.

Election Day
Tuesday
November 3, 2009