Do you vote Democrat? Do you support Democrats? As most of my regular readers know, I'm not a big fan of Democrats or Democrat-supported policies. I attempt, via this blog, to point out the problems and shortcomings of those Democrat policies. Here is yet another example.

The Democrats run the County in Mecklenburg, North Carolina. They decide what goes on in all aspects of government in the county. They decide what crimes get money for prosecution and which crimes will be ignored.

From 2001 to 2004 one hundred and eighty-three GIRLS age 16 and under got pregnant -- from men age 20 and older. In case you didn't see that the first time, that's 183 young girls in middle school or just starting high school that got pregnant by adult males.

Each and every one of those incidences was a felony. Keep in mind, of course, that the 183 there were just pregnancies that resulted in live births -- not the number of times a young girl was raped by an adult male. How many prosecutions were there? Less than 70.

Clearly there is a major problem here. In addition to the 183 live births, there are many others that have abortions, and even more that just don't report the incident. Girls aged 10 to 14 are not supposed to be having babies, much less the relations that lead up to babies! In Charlotte, they are, and they are with men much older than them.

So what do the Democrats want to do about it? Absolutely nothing. County Commissioner Norman Mitchell: "I don't want to waste the community's time on one item when we have a lot of items before us." Apparently he views stopping statutory rape as a waste of time.

County Health officials: "these girls aren't stupid." Yes, the County actually believes that 10 year old girls have sex with adults because they want children and that they're able to make that decision because they're not stupid. The officials certainly are.

Why the lack of willpower to actually enforce the law and protect 11 year old girls from being raped? It seems that the vast majority of the victims are black or Hispanic. According to government officials, this is a "cultural thing," so it should be allowed.

Hey, if we can ignore crimes if it's a cultural thing, my culture doesn't support paying taxes or driving the speed limit. Others' cultures support beheading infidels. Guess we have to ignore all those violations of law, too, don't we?

While at least 183 actual crimes have been committed and there is clear evidence of the crime, and there are likely hundreds more incidents of raping children, the Democrats on the County Council refuse to do anything about it.