That once beautiful City by the Bay
Is shedding businesses like a bad case of dandruff on
display
Shopping downtown San Francisco is choice that cause many to balk
What shopper in their right mind want to step over needles
and feces on the sidewalks?
To have their car broken into or worse with them in it car
jacked
Have no doubt about it businesses are leaving and they are
not coming back
Unless one’s display cases are made of bullet proof glass
The near certainty of a smash and grab robbery by a thieving
mass
As businesses leave the downtown and office buildings
tenants lose
A crippling ripple effect shoppers and diner the suburbs
soon choose
The decline in Blue Run downtown areas like SFO may have
passed the point of no return
As the state and cities continue to sound economic and law
and order policies spurn
Raising the felony hurdle to $950 means a thief can steal
and never see the inside of a jail
If the state passes a law that prevents an employee from
trying to stop a thief more and more retailers will fail
Either we lower the hurdle or require D.A.’s to send
misdemeanor criminals to one year in jail
Along with in the name of public safety put an end to
cashless bail
Add more police and issue more conceal carry permits
With armed guard warnings so a thief fears he will be shot if a robbery he
commits
And if a gun or knife by a thief is shown during the crime
Add to the sentence an additional 5 plus years of time
May not stop the exodus of business seeking to depart
But along with more visible cops a needed welcome start
© June 24, 2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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