Another brilliant idea from Deval:
Gov. Deval Patrick, who often speaks of having been disciplined as a child as much by his neighbors as his own relatives, urged Boston-area parents to get similarly involved in response to a wave of violence that has plagued the state's capital city.That's the key to solving the crime problem in Boston... Adults, if you see a kid with his pants hanging low, tell him to pull those pants up. You might just stop that kid from shooting someone.There have been 13 murders in Boston this year, up from 10 the same time last year. Over the weekend, a 22-year-old New York woman was shot and killed after attending a party on crime-plagued Geneva Avenue in Dorchester.
"I realize it's a different time; it's not the '50s any more," the governor said Wednesday in response to a question after addressing the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. "But every once in a while, when that adult says, 'You know what? You're not supposed to come to work with your pants down there,' ... even when that kid rolls their eyes, they hear you. It gets through."
