Statistics from the Fresno Police Department show that crime rises after midnight, says interim planning manager Arnoldo Rodriguez.

“Crime peaks when there’s dancing,” he says. “The data’s fairly convincing.”

Wow.  Crime peaks when there is dancing.  Really?  From all of the years I’ve gone out dancing with my wife, I’ve not seen crime “increase” because of people dancing.  Have you seen an angry dancer?  Maybe because he got mad that night and beat his wife so he went out to dance.

In all seriousness, this ordinance being discussed is stupid and here’s why — a quote from the article:

On one hand, bars could open in zones that are currently off limits – such as office parks along Herndon Avenue (known as CP zones) and small neighborhood shopping centers (known as C1 zones).

We also could hang out later in northeast Fresno, since businesses in large shopping centers (known as C2 zones) would have the same closing times across the city. That means northeast bars could stay open as late as 2 a.m. if they meet certain conditions.

This right here says it all.  Since the city can make money off of alcohol they feel it is much more important to allow people to drink more until 2:00a and possibly drive drunk, as opposed to letting people dance.

Way to go Fresno.  Another sure tell sign to get my ass out of here.