Those ideas were used in Boston and other cities to good effect. But it's easy to announce and plan. It's hard to execute well and follow through. There's been no shortage of strategic planning on violent prevention, federal task force announcements and the rest, but there's been too little follow through. The courts, corrections, lawmakers, community groups, churches, federal agencies, state agencies and many others have to step up to the plate. It's mostly been business as usual here. You can't