Cleveland Councilman Writes Strongly-Worded Letter to Drug-Dealing Teen

Michael D. Polensek is a councilman for Cleveland's 11^th Ward. Normally, one would not hear much about this man, but he is certainly making plenty of news in the Cleveland area. Pretty soon, depending on the people involved, this situation could reach the national media.

Polensek wrote a letter to Arsenio Winston, an 18-year-old living in his ward. He wrote the letter to Winston to essentially call him out for being a "crack dealing piece of trash", which he is. Mr. Winston has once again been arrested by the police, this time for dealing drugs outside of a local Convenience Food Mart. Previously, Winston got into trouble with the law for assaulting a police officer.

Councilman Polensek had met Winston last year, when he was at the local R.J. Taylor playground because of complaints about broken glass and drug dealing taking place. According to Polensek, he asked the kids to help keep the playground clean. Winston's reply included the request for Polensek to kiss his black you-know-what. He then told the councilman he was going to be a quarterback in the NFL.

The full letter can be found here. It is certainly not nice, nor does it need to be. Polensek is dealing with someone who could not care less about the well being of others. Arsenio Winston is assaulting police officers and dealing drugs: is there any reason to attack this situation nicely? The councilman has made it clear that he is fed up with the way things are going in his neighborhood. The population continues to decline as the crime rate increases in the city, so something drastic needs to take place. Hopefully, this is the start of it.

Polensek has said that he is done with political correctness. It is time to rid the city of these kinds of people once and for all. He has been in contact with both Arsenio and his mother, Tonya Lewis, in the past. In fact, the councilman sends many letters to criminals pleading with them to change their ways. There are a few reasons as to why this particular letter has caused so much of an uproar.