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This looks like a [[libertarian]] experiment on a grand scale, going from 0 to 100,000 in population in record time. | This looks like a [[libertarian]] experiment on a grand scale, going from 0 to 100,000 in population in record time. | ||
== Successful use of private police force == | == Successful use of private police force == | ||
| − | Crime is kept low in Colony Ridge through use of a privately hired police force, which is a model that many other communities could successfully imitate. "Colony Ridge property owners associations pay the salaries of 10 patrol deputies," and crime overall in Colony Ridge is relatively low accordingly to published statistics. | + | Crime is kept low in Colony Ridge through use of a privately hired police force, which is a model that many other communities could successfully imitate. "Colony Ridge property owners associations pay the salaries of 10 patrol deputies," and crime overall in Colony Ridge is relatively low accordingly to published statistics.<ref>https://houstonlanding.org/colony-ridge-republican-gop-crime-cartel-abbott-liberty-county/</ref> |
{{cquote|In response to claims that crime has skyrocketed in the area, Harris said Colony Ridge was being blamed for violence that didn't happen in the development, which pays for a dozen full-time law enforcement officers to patrol. Harris said he's noticed the arrival of state troopers recently — which he welcomed.<ref>https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2023/10/05/465727/colony-ridge-developer-defends-houston-area-community-as-state-leaders-vow-action-against-it/</ref>}} | {{cquote|In response to claims that crime has skyrocketed in the area, Harris said Colony Ridge was being blamed for violence that didn't happen in the development, which pays for a dozen full-time law enforcement officers to patrol. Harris said he's noticed the arrival of state troopers recently — which he welcomed.<ref>https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2023/10/05/465727/colony-ridge-developer-defends-houston-area-community-as-state-leaders-vow-action-against-it/</ref>}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:20, November 10, 2023
Colony Ridge is a new community experiencing unprecedented growth, located about 40 miles northeast of Houston, which has become the subject of a special session of the Texas legislature, convening beginning Oct. 9, 2023, in Austin.
An expose, perhaps one-sided, was published by the Daily Wire about this rapidly growing community.[1]
There is apparently no law against selling property to illegal aliens, and there are allegations that hordes of them have flocked to this community.
| “ | The development company, Terranos Houston [meaning "Houston land" in Spanish], has dismissed suggestions that Colony Ridge is a haven for people in the country illegally as “slanderous” and “unsubstantiated.” Developer William Trey Harris, a major campaign donor to Abbott, told local media this week he is “a little disappointed in our state government that they are taking action based on lies and gossip.”[2] | ” |
This looks like a libertarian experiment on a grand scale, going from 0 to 100,000 in population in record time.
Successful use of private police force
Crime is kept low in Colony Ridge through use of a privately hired police force, which is a model that many other communities could successfully imitate. "Colony Ridge property owners associations pay the salaries of 10 patrol deputies," and crime overall in Colony Ridge is relatively low accordingly to published statistics.[3]
| “ | In response to claims that crime has skyrocketed in the area, Harris said Colony Ridge was being blamed for violence that didn't happen in the development, which pays for a dozen full-time law enforcement officers to patrol. Harris said he's noticed the arrival of state troopers recently — which he welcomed.[4] | ” |
The privately employed police force is ensuring safer streets than in some neighborhoods in Houston. One person who happily moved to Colony Ridge says that was "lured by cheap land and the chance for his family to escape the crime he says was rampant around their apartment in nearby Houston."[5]
RINO response
The RINO response by the Texas Senate in October 2023 was to spend “$40 million for 'overtime expenses and costs' to increase law enforcement presence in Colony Ridge 'to preserve public safety and security.'”[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants
- ↑ https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2023/09/29/houston-area-development-has-become-a-right-wing-lightning-rod-on-immigration/
- ↑ https://houstonlanding.org/colony-ridge-republican-gop-crime-cartel-abbott-liberty-county/
- ↑ https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2023/10/05/465727/colony-ridge-developer-defends-houston-area-community-as-state-leaders-vow-action-against-it/
- ↑ https://www.westernslopenow.com/news/national-news/ap-a-texas-neighborhood-became-a-target-of-the-right-over-immigration-locals-are-pushing-back/
- ↑ https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/31/texas-senate-senate-bill-6-border-wall-colony-ridge/
