Quote:
Originally Posted by tomwed
Staying Safe is a lesson in street smarts. It doesn't change the behavior of an aggressive driver unless I missed something. Some see street smarts as cowardice. That's the rub.
|
I am talking about more community education to prepare family members and others and how to deal with the development of aggression. Lawyers and politicians in my experience usually cause more of this than lessen it. There are exceptions.
Case from my own experiences fighting for practical information for survivors/victims of crimes accessible in libraries. I was attempting to get links to the Florida Victim Services Directory in libraries across FL from 2000 through 2007 or so and beyond.
Instead of meeting my rather gentle suggestions about getting this link and keeping it the Palm Harbor Library Director Gene Coppola had the Palm Harbor Library General Counsel send me a 3-02-2004 Cease and Desist Letter about e-mailing people at the two Palm Harbor Libraries that there no longer was an active link to the Florida Victim Services Directory. Instead, there was on to the Lemon Laws. Coppola was acting more like some politician protecting his territory than an educator and person who is concerned about access to practical information in the community. This kind of politics made us want to get out of Palm Harbor, FL as soon as possible. We moved to the Villages about 16 months after this. I was certainly quite angry about the whole mess.