This welcome bit onf news for Irvine Mayor and CD-45 Congressional Candidate Sukhee Kang. Irvine has been named the safest city in America for the eighth year in a row.
During the entire eight year run, Democrats have been in charge of the city council majority. Kang can lay claim to keeping Irvine at the top of the FBI list during his entire four year run as mayor.
Here’s the release from Kang’s campaign:
Irvine Achieves 8th Consecutive Year as “Safest City In America” |
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – The FBI announced today that Irvine, for the 8th consecutive year, is the safest large city in America. According to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Crime Statistics for 2011, Irvine had the lowest violent crime and property crime rate in the country among cities with a population over 100,000. Per capita violent crime rates in 2010 and 2011 were the lowest in Irvine’s history.
Mayor Kang provided this statement in an Irvine Police Department press release, “This is history-making, eight straight years as the country’s Safest City is truly something to celebrate. It is the culmination of City Council initiative, our Public Safety Department’s efforts and our caring citizens… The well-being of our community is the cornerstone of our success.”
Sukhee Kang’s record on public safety has generated broad support for his Congressional Campaign. Sukhee Kang for Congress is currently endorsed by: Orange County Coalition of Police and Sheriffs, Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, Anaheim Police Association, Costa Mesa Police Officers Association, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, Irvine Police Association, La Habra Police Association, Orange Police Officers Association, Fullerton Police Officers Association, Santa Ana Police Officers Association, Los Alimitos Police Officers Association, Newport Beach Police Association, Placentia Police Officers Association and Laguna Beach Police Employees Association. |
Congrats on that. Also congratulations are due to Irvine for being tagged as “deliberatly and proudly boring” by an article in Mother Jones.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/04/no-irvine-not-most-fashionable-city-america
I, on the other hand, live “la vida loco” in wild and wooly Santa Ana. Just the nightly helicopter searches keep me pumped up.