Last night at a townhall meeting, Fourth Ward residents blasted city officials for the city’s continued inattention to their community’s problems (via KTRK-13’s Miya Shay):
Houston’s mayor found himself face to face with a tough crowd Thursday night. Dozens of residents gathered, wanting to know why city promises to improve their neighborhood have gone unfulfilled. We’re talking about the Fourth Ward, which recently has seen its share of crime, including a massive suspicious church fire.
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That’s why Williams and hundreds of neighbors with similar concerns brought their opinions to a fiery meeting between residents and city leaders, including Mayor Bill White
“For too long, we haven’t had the capital improvements and the public safety protection that we deserve in this neighborhood,” said Mayor White.
An alarming footnote to the story mentions that confessed killer and Fourth Ward resident Robert Durst attended the meeting:
Among the crowd Thursday night at that meeting on crime was admitted killer Robert Durst. He’s the millionaire who just ended his parole this week after cutting up a neighbor’s body and dumping it in Galveston Bay. Durst lives in the Fourth Ward, but most of his neighbors didn’t recognize him. However, his appearance was certainly a talking point among the politicians, police and reporters who saw him.
Oh dear. Fourth Ward residents concerned about crime would be well-advised to memorize his face and curb their neighborliness.
UPDATE: Shame on me for not thinking of visiting Miya Shay’s Political Blog. She has more on Durst, including a picture of him at the meeting.
