* The Alderman on Crime

This election cycle our Alderman is claiming a 49 percent decline in crime since he took office in 1991. Forty-nine percent. Here's another way the Alderman viewed the numbers during his re-election kick-off speech...

..."Put in human terms, there were 5,200 fewer victims of crime last year as compared to fifteen years ago."
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Updated December 23, 2006: I found this little diddy from the 2003 election cycle in a interview the Alderman did with Windy City Times.

We’ve had a significant decrease in crime—well over 40 percent, which means in terms of human beings we had 4,500 fewer victims of crime last year than we did in 1991.”

Blognotes: Change a few numbers here and there, nobody will ever check and wha-la, a re-useable campaign line.