Where are DC’s elected leaders?

[Anonymous]

It is bananas how the mayor and city council and Eleanor Holmes Norton are completely awol during all of this. WTF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is bananas how the mayor and city council and Eleanor Holmes Norton are completely awol during all of this. WTF.

The mayor has been reasonably vocal — which makes sense given the power that the president actually has over DC and her ability to do her job.

I haven’t paid attention to the city council or the non-voting minority party Norton and Representation in the Senate. What exactly do you expect them to do? The Republicans in Congress are possibly delighted with all of this and are definitely not going to go up against Trump and risk his ire for DCs non-voting Democrats.

So, not absent — but definitely outnumbered and overpowered under the circumstances. I hope anyone with complaints at least supported statehood for DC, which would have given our congressional representatives actual voting power and given our mayor at least the power and autonomy of a governor— without all of the federal oversight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bananas how the mayor and city council and Eleanor Holmes Norton are completely awol during all of this. WTF.

The mayor has been reasonably vocal — which makes sense given the power that the president actually has over DC and her ability to do her job.

I haven’t paid attention to the city council or the non-voting minority party Norton and Representation in the Senate. What exactly do you expect them to do? The Republicans in Congress are possibly delighted with all of this and are definitely not going to go up against Trump and risk his ire for DCs non-voting Democrats.

So, not absent — but definitely outnumbered and overpowered under the circumstances. I hope anyone with complaints at least supported statehood for DC, which would have given our congressional representatives actual voting power and given our mayor at least the power and autonomy of a governor— without all of the federal oversight.

Statehood is a *complete* waste of time. It will never, ever, ever happen. Our elected leaders though could learn something from Republicans when they were in the minority. Democrats are big into learned helplessness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is bananas how the mayor and city council and Eleanor Holmes Norton are completely awol during all of this. WTF.

She's on vacation at Martha's Vinyard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bananas how the mayor and city council and Eleanor Holmes Norton are completely awol during all of this. WTF.

She's on vacation at Martha's Vinyard

She came back on Friday. It was a very quick trip made for family reasons. Not what most — especially most parents — would view as a “vacation “.



https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dcs-mayor-on-marthas-vineyard-trip-after-trumps-police-takeover/3975311/

[Anonymous]

The Council is on break.

The mayor was gone for a day and is back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bananas how the mayor and city council and Eleanor Holmes Norton are completely awol during all of this. WTF.

The mayor has been reasonably vocal — which makes sense given the power that the president actually has over DC and her ability to do her job.

I haven’t paid attention to the city council or the non-voting minority party Norton and Representation in the Senate. What exactly do you expect them to do? The Republicans in Congress are possibly delighted with all of this and are definitely not going to go up against Trump and risk his ire for DCs non-voting Democrats.

So, not absent — but definitely outnumbered and overpowered under the circumstances. I hope anyone with complaints at least supported statehood for DC, which would have given our congressional representatives actual voting power and given our mayor at least the power and autonomy of a governor— without all of the federal oversight.

Statehood is a *complete* waste of time. It will never, ever, ever happen. Our elected leaders though could learn something from Republicans when they were in the minority. Democrats are big into learned helplessness.

My point here is that anyone criticizing should also recognize the relative lack of power that the mayor, the city council and Norton (and any shadow senators) have relative to the resources, powers, and lack of federal encumbrances that the governor of a state or a mayor with their governor’s support would have.

As to “our elected leaders” I’ll ask again: what exactly would you like them to do or learn? Emphasize on the word: exactly.
Specifics really would be a lot more useful than complaints with zero solutions or even suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bananas how the mayor and city council and Eleanor Holmes Norton are completely awol during all of this. WTF.

She's on vacation at Martha's Vinyard

She is not. She had to go pick up her daughter at summer camp. She was gone overnight. She is a mom too. Kids’ lives go on during a crisis.

[Anonymous]

Our council is useless. They have all sorts of ideas about how to spend others money or push wild ideas when times are easy but they all go quiet now.

[Anonymous]

Most Washingtonians want safer streets. That’s just a fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our council is useless. They have all sorts of ideas about how to spend others money or push wild ideas when times are easy but they all go quiet now.

Useless? In what ways? What would you have them do? “Useless” really vague and — um — useless as a criticism without actual examples and specific recommendations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our council is useless. They have all sorts of ideas about how to spend others money or push wild ideas when times are easy but they all go quiet now.

They’re relieved to have safer streets.
Why would they interfere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our council is useless. They have all sorts of ideas about how to spend others money or push wild ideas when times are easy but they all go quiet now.

There is literally nothing they can do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most Washingtonians want safer streets. That’s just a fact.

What is happening right now is not about safer streets. Disappearing a muffin delivery guy from 14th and R is not making our streets safer. Having a bunch of armed national guard on the mall is not making our streets safer. A checkpoint at 14th and W is not making our streets safer. If they wanted to address crime, they would be where the open air drug markets are located. They are not close to there. If they wanted to address crime, they would restore our budget where they are withholding a billion of OUR dollars that go to MPD, social services, youth services etc - you know, the things that help give people alternatives to roaming the streets out of boredom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Council is on break.

The mayor was gone for a day and is back.

Trayon White is on the job and ready.