Editor:
When I picked up the title of your editorial “Council needs to ensure cure for substandard housing isn’t worse than problem” (Nov. 30), I immediately remembered my years on the City Council of a small town in Texas. No police department – we were dependent on the County Sheriff’s deputies for any policing. A low-income county on the border of a much wealthier county, we were an older established small town plagued with non-law-abiding…