Commentary on Political corners illegal immigrant blog

My colleague at the Political corner blog wrote a commentary about a Texas loophole in the judicial system and it is extremely alarming. I had no idea this was going on, and in Texas? I know we have been taking a hard stand against illegal immigration including investing millions of dollars on a wall and border patrol personnel, but this does not mean we should simply send all illegal immigrants back across the border excusing them of the crimes they had committed while on their little "stay" here in Texas. What about the victims of some of these violent crimes? Where are the judges? Are they simply turning their heads the other way? According to one Dallas article , since 1991 in Dallas County, nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants have not stood trial after being accused of felonies! Apparently officials from the DA's office, the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, and the ICE met, but no quick fixes were found. I have an idea, DON'T SET A BOND! Do we need legislation for a judge to decide that a bond should not be set? Maybe we are purposely setting them free because our jail system is so overcrowded that we simply cannot accommodate illegal immigrants. This is a very dangerous situation, and as more and more illegal immigrants find out about this loophole, the more crimes they will commit, and the worse they will get.

Bikes and Cars Coexisting

People need to get it through their heads that bicycles and Austin go hand in hand! And with our public awareness of global warming and dependency on foreign oil, the ratio of bikes vs cars is only going to get higher. I find it disturbing that our youth is still ill informed and ignorant enough to shoot a bicycler in the back with a metal projectile simply because he didn't like bikes on the road. As stated in this Make Way For Peaceful Coexistence editorial, although attacking bicyclists with weapons isn't common, Travis County prosecutors can cite plenty of examples of threatening behavior by aggressive motor vehicle drivers. Is this due to lack of education or straight stupidity? I would like to think education is the problem, and if so, we need to implement some kind of training into high school (in particular) since this is when our youth begins hitting the Austin roads. Maybe a billboard campaign is in need. There are plenty of Signs for Bicycles and certainly this helps, but what about some sort of (large billboard) reminder campaign. I can't really remember seeing any billboards in Austin reminding people to share the road, although I am sure there are some (just not enough). I'm not even sure this would be a good election campaign since so many people are surprisingly not on the right page yet, and in Austin?? If the human being and fish can coexist peacefully can't bikes and cars!!!