future and it is so destructive and so sad especially for the minority owned small businesses and the families just trying to get by and stay safe. they don t want things vandalized, don t want things looted, they want things to get better. but i have to say there are signs that at least some common sense democrats see that they are on the losing side of this issue. after all public safety shouldn t be political. it is essential. a bill that would have required police to issue tickets instead of arrest suspects for a panoply of misdemeanors and petty crimes was defeated in committee in colorado when two democrats broke away from their party to oppose that legislation. matt gray, former prosecutor and shannon bird, the committee chair, voted with four republicans to kill the insane bill. permissive policeing leads to cities looking a lot like seattle, new york and portland, they are hellescapes, rampant homelessness and rampant crime. that defeated bill s author,