Stabbing at The Brandywine in 4500 block Connecticut Ave. NW DC

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Anonymous wrote:I went back and looked at campaign issues in the last Ward 3 election. Crime was not even listed as an issue. That tells you how quickly things have spiralled out of control.

People, we need candidates! Retirees are great for this - they have plenty of time to give. Talk to your wise neighbors and colleagues, please!!

It was literally the first issue Krukoff listed! Come on people, let’s do better next time.

DC Issues

Public Safety/Support Police and the Rule of Law: Crime is on the rise. We must invest in police and empower them to do their jobs, with empathy, but with the knowledge that we have their back. We need more police officers on the beat. A cost benefit analysis must occur prior to anyone breaking the law, even for a minor offense. Homeless encampments must be appropriately removed. Clean shelters with wrap around services must exist and be utilized for DC homeless residents that qualify.

https://www.davidforward3.com/about-5

Look, a Republican, commercial real estate developer, self-described private school "lifer" who moved to MoCo to send his kids to school then came back after they went to college to run for office as a Republican, is not going to get elected here no matter how much he talks about crime.

It should have been Goulet, who also was talking about the crime issue then (and now).

I don't care if the candidate has been living on Mars for the past two decades, if they have the ability to successfully address crime, homelessness, substance abuse, school truancy and other problems, I'll vote for them (and I did vote for Krucoff). I don't need my candidates to have sent their kids to public school, I need them to make educational success a priority and to figure out how to empower experts in the field to do what's right for our schools. If you start making residency in DC for a prolonged period of time or sending your kids to public schools a litmus test for candidacy, you're going to miss out on people who might be able to take us in a better direction.

Indeed. Perhaps the pendulum will swing from 'crowning' obvious candidates to selecting less obvious candidates. This would be a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:The real question is how we take down the Greater Greater Washington lobby. They endorse and promote these faux progressive candidates who care only about bike lanes. Based on what I've seen, the group has not made DC greater. Quite the opposite.

Get them off the ANC and support the 'counter groups'--likely we need to donate.

The ANC districts were gerrymandered to try to give less influence to single family home owners.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone post Frumin’s talking points on voucher problems?

The problem is that you can’t put the people placed through Housing First in the cross hairs bc of a huge systemic problem in the government. We are not seeing the forest for the trees.

I don’t understand your second paragraph.

Is there any way to learn which buildings are eligible for voucher residents? My building is fine but I want to know if it could potentially turn to sht like other places in the neighborhood.

All of them are required to take people w/o consideration of how rent is paid. This included condos rented out.

So is it just dumb luck that my building hasn't flipped? It could happen anywhere in the city[/quote

yes, it has. the density and size of buildings on connecticut and wisconsin makes it more obvious, but yes.

This is PP. My building seems like an ideal candidate for this horsesht, so we’ve been lucky so far.

Who’d you vote for in ‘20? The other Ward 3 candidate presciently called for an immediate voucher moratorium. Unfortunately he lost. Just think how much better it would be if we could set the clock back two years. Choose better next time.

Everyone complaining here should ask that person to run again and contribute to his campaign.Who was it?

Everyone voted for Mary Cheh who had been in office for years. This year for the first open field in a long time.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone post Frumin’s talking points on voucher problems?

The problem is that you can’t put the people placed through Housing First in the cross hairs bc of a huge systemic problem in the government. We are not seeing the forest for the trees. [/quote]

So I just looked into Housing First. It’s a DC-based national nonprofit that advocates for ending homelessness by placing people in apartments. They do not worry about wraparound services. I think this is where people need to direct action as well. Who doesn’t want to end homelessness? The city has made strides, but look at all the unintended consequences. A city as wealthy as DC needs to start funding whatever comes second and third. [/quote]

It's a HUD program. There can be no conditions placed on recipient for participation in services. They do not even need to open the door to social worker.

HUD only requires 2 contacts from a social worker per month, 1 in person. More here

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/08/dc-paid-housing-chronic-homelessness/

and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First

There is a high rate of death by OD once people are isolated in apartments. There is not any effective addressing of the underlying mental illness and addiction that burned through social relationships so people ended up on street, or those that choose street party/tents/fent atmosphere over a 9-5. [/quote]

Nothing can happen without strong anti drug programs and support for parents including preK. [/quote]

This is the pp. Thank you to whomever posted the links. As I’m reading and learning about the theories behind these programs, I just want to clarify that I agree with the theory that people should not have to be “perfect” to be in the program, but instead I meant that we need to ramp up our “look the other way” reactions to drug use and our support for young families. [/quote]

One way to address this is to limit the distribution of vouchers -- meaning have a cap on how many voucher holders can reside in any given building. This is done is mixed income housing where a certain percentage might be subsidized but it is capped to prevent creating "projects." This isn't happening with this program and so the voucher program is bringing instability and crime. Also, there is no real vetting re: crime, mental illness, etc.

My theory is that the Connecticut Ave buildings now have capacity as the wharf, Navy Yard attracted younger residents. Landlords took the vouchers to help reduce excess capacity. It's lucrative in the short term for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frumin is not the right person for this job at this time. His inaction and refusal to even engage with his constituents on the issue of crime will lead to further spiraling.
Too bad the voters didn’t pay more attention during the election. Elections, consequences, etc etc

A recall campaign can be initiated beginning January. People here should walk the walk and sign a petition when the time comes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Frumin is not the right person for this job at this time. His inaction and refusal to even engage with his constituents on the issue of crime will lead to further spiraling.
Too bad the voters didn’t pay more attention during the election. Elections, consequences, etc etc

A recall campaign can be initiated beginning January. People here should walk the walk and sign a petition when the time comes.

Sign me up.

[Anonymous]

We need viable candidates, and not too many so the vote is not split.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frumin is not the right person for this job at this time. His inaction and refusal to even engage with his constituents on the issue of crime will lead to further spiraling.
Too bad the voters didn’t pay more attention during the election. Elections, consequences, etc etc

A recall campaign can be initiated beginning January. People here should walk the walk and sign a petition when the time comes.

Sign me up.

X100.

Happy to see the recall frumin signs in AU Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frumin is not the right person for this job at this time. His inaction and refusal to even engage with his constituents on the issue of crime will lead to further spiraling.
Too bad the voters didn’t pay more attention during the election. Elections, consequences, etc etc

A recall campaign can be initiated beginning January. People here should walk the walk and sign a petition when the time comes.

Sign me up.

X100.

Happy to see the recall frumin signs in AU Park.

+1 in Forest Hills.

[Anonymous]

Street robbery this evening in Woodley Park, Connecticut & Calvert by Raj Indian. Victim robbed and pistol whipped. Happened @ 10, alerts are a bit delayed.

Mon, Oct 30 at 10:41 PM

This is an important message from the District of Columbia AlertDC system.

Alert: ROBBERY Investigation in the 2600 block of CONNECTICUT AVE NW. Lookout for 2 SUSPECTS WEARING HOODED SWEATSHIRTS, ARMED WITH A HANDGUN, DRIVING A BLACK 4 DOOR SEDAN
DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911 W/ EVENT #I20230614950
Sent to 2nd District (PSA 201-208) Alert DC
Sent by MPD Cad # 5269

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Street robbery this evening in Woodley Park, Connecticut & Calvert by Raj Indian. Victim robbed and pistol whipped. Happened @ 10, alerts are a bit delayed.

Mon, Oct 30 at 10:41 PM

This is an important message from the District of Columbia AlertDC system.

Alert: ROBBERY Investigation in the 2600 block of CONNECTICUT AVE NW. Lookout for 2 SUSPECTS WEARING HOODED SWEATSHIRTS, ARMED WITH A HANDGUN, DRIVING A BLACK 4 DOOR SEDAN
DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911 W/ EVENT #I20230614950
Sent to 2nd District (PSA 201-208) Alert DC
Sent by MPD Cad # 5269

This city is out of control. Ward 3 has fallen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We need viable candidates, and not too many so the vote is not split.

Have you supported the ranked voting initiative? It addresses this issue in DC exactly. I would love to hear people's opinions on it. Benefits and unintended consequences. Will it get reasonable people in office, or GGW types and even more ultra progressives, shudder?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frumin is not the right person for this job at this time. His inaction and refusal to even engage with his constituents on the issue of crime will lead to further spiraling.
Too bad the voters didn’t pay more attention during the election. Elections, consequences, etc etc

A recall campaign can be initiated beginning January. People here should walk the walk and sign a petition when the time comes.

Sign me up.

same

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone, my mom has lived in an apartment building in NorthWest DC for almost a decade now. Over the last two years several new people have moved into the building into new rent controlled units that the city decided the apartment complex must have. Recently two families have started having violent confrontations in the lobby together. My mom was walking into the lobby earlier this week when a fight broke out culminating in a woman beaten with a “Please sign in” metal sign and a knife being pulled. My mom was terrified and ran but now I worry that next time it could be a gun. My question is, does she have any legal recourse on recovering her security deposit and moving out given as how this is only the most recent incident in a series of violent incidents? Also there is no security guard only a front desk concierge.

Tldr; mom lives in building with new violent tenants can she get her security deposit back and move?

The above was posted on Reddit. Comments asked if this was The Brandywine.

The police report for the incident that is the subject of the thread stated that 2 females, known to one another, got into a fight and stabbed one another in the back. (Literally.) Both refused transport to the hospital. So, could, in fact, have been The Brandywine his mom lives in. Plenty of other options in Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors but there is a lot of violence INSIDE The Brandywine. Used to be so many Murch families.

[Anonymous]

^Further down OP clarifies that it is in fact, a building in Cathedral Heights, 4400 Massachusetts, NW.

I had a friend move out of that formerly SUPER quiet building. During covid they had a series of daytime burglaries WHILE people were working remotely from home. People would frequently try the doorknob. The buildings in that area used to have even more elderly than Forest Hills, FH always had more families because of proximity to Murch, Deal and Wilson/JR.

https://4000massaveapts.net/

The building touting the "suburban feel" of the neighborhood is a bit ironic given how urban it can feel in the building and outside the lovely new Giant.