If you get a couple big things wrong, you can destroy a city. And here's what the two big things are. If you don't take crime seriously and if you chase out your taxpayers, you get yourself into a spiral from which you will not recover. And this isn't theoretical. This just happened in San Francisco about 10 years ago. They got a progressive district attorney, a very progressive mayor, and only now have they dug … (05:11–05:21)
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Asserts that not addressing crime and losing taxpayers can lead to an unrecoverable spiral for a city.
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