Texas transplant Glenn Beck explained to viewers of his BlazeTV show last Monday why he wasn’t in his studio in the Dallas area. Beck was out reporting north of Houston for a forthcoming documentary about “the world’s most dangerous trailer park.” This was a huge story, he told his viewers. Colony Ridge, a booming subdivision just outside the Grand Parkway in Liberty County, was an “absolute nightmare.” He called it an “unbelievable cartel-run community. . . . It is the size of Miami.” He went on: “You’re talking about corruption and gangs. They’ve had body dumps there, massive drugs going on. . . . There are only six to eight police officers. Beyond that, the prosecutor, for some reason, won’t prosecute anybody in Colony Ridge. So cops don’t have a reason to…
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