Those weeds have been reduced by the 70-80 percent range in my counties (Lake and Chaffee).

Because we have 100 percent, you cant get higher than that. So out of the 58 counties that have jails, the worst we can do is tie. We are the best,

This is whacking out the weeds to get to the real issue. But I must say I don't view this as anything more at this point than dealing with dated odds and ends.

Broward County is the first county of substantial size to do so. The 10 largest counties generate 80 percent of the work.

We shoot 48.9 percent from the field, 50 percent from 3-point range, 86.7 percent from the line and get beat. It's hard to swallow.

But what attracted me to weeds was not their beauty, but their resilience. I mean, despite being so widely despised, so unloved, killed with every chance we get, they are so pervasive, so seemingly invincible.