Nadeau & Street Vendors

[Anonymous]

It’s difficult enough for a legitimate business to survive in DC without having to compete with a business which has no overhead and can circumnavigate health and safety regulations not to mention avoid paying taxes. Why is this woman intent on turning Ward 1 into a Third World nation? Notice what some of them are selling? Toiletries from CVS. If they’re selling stolen goods will they be arrested and shutdown?

[Anonymous]

Why do you assume the goods are stolen? Would it be possible to purchase those items from CVS and then resell them in neighborhoods that don't have a CVS every other block like they do in the suburbs?

[Anonymous]

Hahaha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s difficult enough for a legitimate business to survive in DC without having to compete with a business which has no overhead and can circumnavigate health and safety regulations not to mention avoid paying taxes. Why is this woman intent on turning Ward 1 into a Third World nation? Notice what some of them are selling? Toiletries from CVS. If they’re selling stolen goods will they be arrested and shutdown?

Very unlikely to be arrested.

I agree with your points, well said.

It does become a fencing operation to some extent.

[Anonymous]

What are they buying Tide wholesale?
Gimme a break
It’s been a thing for a decade but it took skill to steal and one could call it out for what it is before the pandemic
Now White (Guilt) Rhino Brianne is legalizing this crap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s difficult enough for a legitimate business to survive in DC without having to compete with a business which has no overhead and can circumnavigate health and safety regulations not to mention avoid paying taxes. Why is this woman intent on turning Ward 1 into a Third World nation? Notice what some of them are selling? Toiletries from CVS. If they’re selling stolen goods will they be arrested and shutdown?

Of course.

When they robbed Chanel, half the posts on Twitter from our erstwhile citizens were hit me up I’m buying
I think we should give up the Council

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s difficult enough for a legitimate business to survive in DC without having to compete with a business which has no overhead and can circumnavigate health and safety regulations not to mention avoid paying taxes. Why is this woman intent on turning Ward 1 into a Third World nation? Notice what some of them are selling? Toiletries from CVS. If they’re selling stolen goods will they be arrested and shutdown?

If you are the business owner can you please sue? It’s the only way

[Anonymous]

Sue the city and the council, collectively and individually

[Anonymous]

As a Ward 1 taxpayer, I am horrified by Brianne's coddling of street vendors---who completely block the sidewalk in front of DC USA. Brianne forgets that DC paid millions to subsidize the development of that complex in 2006-2008. Retail stores have it bad enough competing on-line and with DC's laissez-faire approach to combatting shoplifting. But it is made even worse when prospective shoppers can't even make it to the door of DC USA. And the owner of DC USA pays a ton to the District in commercial property real estate taxes. When the revenues for DC USA decline, their real estate tax assessment goes down, and less money goes to city coffers. But by all means let's coddle the mango sellers who aren't subject to any public health regulations or the people selling stolen soap for $6/bar.

[Anonymous]

Is she stupid? A devil? A foreign agent?

Rational explanations fail

[Anonymous]

One can only pray that this her last rodeo.

She needs to give her staffer who fired the gun at the marijuana pop-up his job back. Charity starts at home. Set a good example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you assume the goods are stolen? Would it be possible to purchase those items from CVS and then resell them in neighborhoods that don't have a CVS every other block like they do in the suburbs?

Have you been to Ward 1? There is a CVS every other block. I live in Adams Morgan and there are 2 CVSes within a 10 minute walk of me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Why do you assume the goods are stolen? Would it be possible to purchase those items from CVS and then resell them in neighborhoods that don't have a CVS every other block like they do in the suburbs?


Have you been to Ward 1? There is a CVS every other block. I live in Adams Morgan and there are 2 CVSes within a 10 minute walk of me.

Yeah. I am mystified why anyone would buy $6/soap. I just figured that the soap was a front for something else being sold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha!

+1

[Anonymous]

The produce vendor on Spring at 16th not only takes up the sidewalk but his open trunk station wagon takes up the entire right-turn lane during evening rush hour every day.