In addressing Joanna Allhands’ column on Gilbert teen violence, “Gilbert is too busy pointing fingers to put parents like me at ease,” Mayor Scott Anderson laid out the things Gilbert is doing to help make his town a safer place.
While I applaud many of the positive events and initiatives to engage youth positively that Mayor Anderson outlined in his response, there was something critical missing in his guest column, “Teen violence remains in Gilbert. But we’re addressing it with eyes wide open.”
Not once did I read the word “accountability.”…