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...pacified -- and only after those who live there believe it to be thus. So Perot was on to something, and if he would stop to give a moment's thought to the problem, he would undoubtedly be on his way to Chicago for a photo-op with Vince Lane, one of the few public officials bold enough to push crime "sweeps" as an essential first step toward securing public safety...
...When Lane took over the Chicago Housing Authority in 1988, the ghetto projects he oversaw were rightly considered the nation's worst. The police estimated that violent gangs controlled 120 of the CHA'S 167 high-rises. "People were sleeping in bathtubs to avoid gunfire," Lane says, "and until that changed, you could forget the rest." Within weeks, Lane instituted Operation Clean Sweep, which continues to this day. Backed by the police, CHA officials examine apartments looking for places in need of repair and for "unregistered guests." If "by chance we uncover weapons or drugs," Lane says with a smile...
...Lane is finally beginning to "attract back" working families that "can serve as role models for the 80% of our residents who are still on welfare. Low rents help," he concedes, "but most productive people wouldn't even consider living in our buildings if we weren't gaining a reputation for providing a safe environment -- and that view would be impossible if we weren't sweeping aggressively...
...spent more time on this inquisition than was eaten up by traffic at La Guardia. Short of couples therapy, will nothing get us out of this trough? Maybe the Washington comment is a way out, a four-lane expressway to freedom...
...seem to dispute her career as a pubescent prostitute -- Fisher's sordid story still would seem to have little to reveal about the norms of her community. Her town of Merrick is a place where success is equated with discipline, exemplified in the manicured lawns and shrubbery of Berkley Lane, where she grew up, and with drive and ambition, epitomized in the way the high school carries grade-point averages out to four decimal places for precision in class rank. This is where the American Dream still works, where crime is something glimpsed on a newscast, where the next generation...