Politicians are weak and media-driven

State Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith is only doing her job in highlighting crime on the Peninsula.

Late at night, particularly on a Friday or Saturday, it can be very scary.

The major political parties have compounded the problem with their mantra: development at any cost.

The result, overcrowding, poor roads, traffic chaos, rampant crime, terrorists, homeless people.

All that's wrong with the lucky country.

Drug lords rule crime kingdoms with impunity, gun shoot-outs are rampant, callow teenagers ingest mystery drugs without any thought whatsoever, savage brawls erupt late at night, the list goes on.

The politicians are weak and media-driven.

In the past, Mr Jack Lang, Premier of NSW and the deputy police commissioner said that we've got to get rid of the razor gangs in Sydney.

They set about it and they got rid of these gangs, so it can be done.

Email, 8 Mar 2016

Keith Whitfield, Woy Woy