Bowser urges Biden to end telework policies for federal workers

[Anonymous]

I support her plan B, turning that space into community services offices, schools, or housing.

I have twice been through an agency move to a depressed part of town and heard the talk about how we'll revitalize it. It never happens and it's naive to keep pretending. Feds don't have the money or lengthy lunch hours to fund new restaurants or shops.

But, there are people who would live in DC if there were more options to do so. And more residents would actually mean more retail money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Metro is a mess. The roads are more congested than ever (and they just announced plans for 100s more speed cameras in case going down major arteries like 16th wasn't painful enough). And crime is worse than ever. Maybe Bowser should focus on ways to make it easier for people to get downtown, rather than forcing them to do it against their will.

They hate on suburban commuters, do everything they can to make their lives miserable, and then demand them to be forced back downtown to be fodder for subsidizing the tax base? It’s crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Metro is a mess. The roads are more congested than ever (and they just announced plans for 100s more speed cameras in case going down major arteries like 16th wasn't painful enough). And crime is worse than ever. Maybe Bowser should focus on ways to make it easier for people to get downtown, rather than forcing them to do it against their will.

Exactly! make it more attractive for people to want to come in. She has been bashing commuters, taking parking spaces away, creating more and more bike lanes, cameras, etc for years. Where the hell does she think feds can afford to live? It's not an easy bike ride to work.

The glib war on commuters they have been waging looks pretty counter productive and a lot like self-inflicted harm now that they are begging the Federal government to force them back.

[Anonymous]

DC has no votes in the house. The people in congress who are most apt to listen to and act on DC's issues are local congressmen. They all have federal workers as constituents who are opposed to this. Does Bowser really want to alienate them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Metro is a mess. The roads are more congested than ever (and they just announced plans for 100s more speed cameras in case going down major arteries like 16th wasn't painful enough). And crime is worse than ever. Maybe Bowser should focus on ways to make it easier for people to get downtown, rather than forcing them to do it against their will.

Exactly! make it more attractive for people to want to come in. She has been bashing commuters, taking parking spaces away, creating more and more bike lanes, cameras, etc for years. Where the hell does she think feds can afford to live? It's not an easy bike ride to work.

The glib war on commuters they have been waging looks pretty counter productive and a lot like self-inflicted harm now that they are begging the Federal government to force them back.

There's no "war on commuters", just like there's no "war on cars".

[Anonymous]

What a coconut!

[Anonymous]

Since federal agencies don’t pay property taxes she’s better off pressuring them to sell and either try to attract some Silicon Valley companies and/or convert to residential. She needs to prioritize actual taxpayers instead of non-profits, universities, and feds. It’s a beautiful city and quite livable due to the height restriction and park planning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC has no votes in the house. The people in congress who are most apt to listen to and act on DC's issues are local congressmen. They all have federal workers as constituents who are opposed to this. Does Bowser really want to alienate them?

As the former chief Mike Bloomberg surrogate, she has no pull with Biden. And you are right that MD and VA lawmakers have no reason to support this as it would be against their constituents interests, but they would also prefer for more Federal jobs in the suburbs so that is another reason that they would refuse to support this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Metro is a mess. The roads are more congested than ever (and they just announced plans for 100s more speed cameras in case going down major arteries like 16th wasn't painful enough). And crime is worse than ever. Maybe Bowser should focus on ways to make it easier for people to get downtown, rather than forcing them to do it against their will. [/

Agree. I am welcomed to DC with 25 mph speed limits and cameras ready to cause $100+ charges. The metro is full of people jumping the gates and si am paying full price (overpaying, IMO). It should not cost $5 each way to go somewhere.

[Anonymous]

She's out of her mind. DC is a total mess and this won't help it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Metro is a mess. The roads are more congested than ever (and they just announced plans for 100s more speed cameras in case going down major arteries like 16th wasn't painful enough). And crime is worse than ever. Maybe Bowser should focus on ways to make it easier for people to get downtown, rather than forcing them to do it against their will.

They hate on suburban commuters, do everything they can to make their lives miserable, and then demand them to be forced back downtown to be fodder for subsidizing the tax base? It’s crazy.

Yep. No thanks! Very few reasons to come in to DC more than a few times a year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Metro is a mess. The roads are more congested than ever (and they just announced plans for 100s more speed cameras in case going down major arteries like 16th wasn't painful enough). And crime is worse than ever. Maybe Bowser should focus on ways to make it easier for people to get downtown, rather than forcing them to do it against their will.

Exactly! make it more attractive for people to want to come in. She has been bashing commuters, taking parking spaces away, creating more and more bike lanes, cameras, etc for years. Where the hell does she think feds can afford to live? It's not an easy bike ride to work.

The glib war on commuters they have been waging looks pretty counter productive and a lot like self-inflicted harm now that they are begging the Federal government to force them back.

There's no "war on commuters", just like there's no "war on cars".

Are you really going to claim that commuting into DC hasn't gotten exponentially harder over the past 20-30 years as a direct result of policies enacted by the mayor/s?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't bowser reach out to the heads of all major DC law firms? Those folks still telework also (often even more than feds) and have tons more discretionary income.

They probably rent / lease their offices. It’s different because the government owns the buildings. If they don’t intend to ever use them as office space again, l see her point.

[Anonymous]

Wait, I thought all these people on cargo bikes making midday trips was going to revitalize DC and that commuters were not needed. At least that is what I have been hearing for months. Is that not true?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't bowser reach out to the heads of all major DC law firms? Those folks still telework also (often even more than feds) and have tons more discretionary income.

They probably rent / lease their offices. It’s different because the government owns the buildings. If they don’t intend to ever use them as office space again, l see her point.

Her point is that the government should just give away the people’s assets to her developer cronies for free? That doesn’t seem like a good point.