On the Back Streets Tonight

Well, two weeks from tonight.

Councilor Ted DeSalvatore's Back Streets Association is hosting the State Police Gang Unit for a presentation and Q&A on Thursday, Aug. 17, at the Wallace Civic Center.

This DeSalvatore's follow up to not getting the gang unit in last month, when he asked the Mayor's Office and the Police Department to set it up. He said he was going to do it himself, and he has.

We've said it before, and we think it bears repeating: Not everyone is in love with DeSalvatore right now. He has that scent of grandstanding to him, and he's new in town. But he's chomped down hard on this issue and doesn't appear to be letting go. Forget the methods, he's working for some results, and that's not a bad thing.