Once again, these are tough kids from a tough community and they have always done their best".
"We have to provide a safe and sober place because, quite frankly, this is a tough community to stay sober in," he said.
He bragged about opening a private club in Palm Beach ("a tough community") that included African-Americans and Latinos, as if that insulated him against all charges of racism.
He said people using knives should go to prison, and those carrying them should either be given a jail sentence or a tough "community payback" punishment such as 300 hours of community service – including on Friday and Saturday nights.
"However, we also recognise that prison is not the right answer for every offender: for some the most effective way of turning them away from crime is through a tough community sentence," Hanson said.
After moving to Miami Beach in 1972, she became a tough community watchdog, employing her warrior Aries nature, courageously lobbying to maintain and improve the area's quality of life, while bringing drama and humor to the city commission meetings.
It's to Mr. Suozzi's credit that the focus, was not just on high-profile raids and gang crackdowns, but also on treatment, prevention, education and tough community-based policing.
Rather than turning away, through AmeriCorps, we chose to tackle tough community challenges head on.
In Palm Beach, Florida, tough community, a brilliant community, a wealthy community, probably the wealthiest community there is in the world, I opened a club, and really got great credit for it.
Nadia's new book, The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World (Viking 2016), tells the moving story of a determined school principal's journey to help her students succeed against impossible odds.
