Has Au/tenley town gotten seedier? Lots of homeless and random people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody wanted to vote for Monash or Goulet. That was a mistake. DC needs Republicans on the council to counterbalance things.

Oh yeah, republicans will save us by changing our schools to all charter programs, defunding the regular ones, and getting rid of housing vouchers. Jesus.

DC-based Republicans are a different breed and will be moderate. They have to be by virtue of their constituency. Frumin got elected because of the attitude above -- this blanket rejection of anyone other than a Democrat. You have to vote in Republicans and Independents at this level or else you are going to end up like San Francisco and Portland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody wanted to vote for Monash or Goulet. That was a mistake. DC needs Republicans on the council to counterbalance things.

Oh yeah, republicans will save us by changing our schools to all charter programs, defunding the regular ones, and getting rid of housing vouchers. Jesus.

DC-based Republicans are a different breed and will be moderate. They have to be by virtue of their constituency. Frumin got elected because of the attitude above -- this blanket rejection of anyone other than a Democrat. You have to vote in Republicans and Independents at this level or else you are going to end up like San Francisco and Portland.

Public charters have been a boon to cities like DC and New Orleans, you know, with large minority populations who want options for their children. They're not perfect, but neither are regular public schools. As for housing vouchers, they should be frozen until there is more oversight. The program is a complete mess, and has been in violation of the law at times. You should get out and about, get informed. I'd take a DC Republican anyday over a reflex progressive with tired talking points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody wanted to vote for Monash or Goulet. That was a mistake. DC needs Republicans on the council to counterbalance things.

Oh yeah, republicans will save us by changing our schools to all charter programs, defunding the regular ones, and getting rid of housing vouchers. Jesus.

Arguably charters are better choices than the dumps that are DCPS - and yes, that includes the Ward 3 schools. Wilson kids are a big part of the problem in Tenlytown - and no, not all of them. But anyone working in a store or business there will tell you the same story.

Now cue the so-called progressives who will tell us that the businesses don’t know what they’re talking about. Just as they reflexively dismiss business concerns about bike lanes and street parking by claiming that they know more about the businesses’ customers than they do. I doubt that many of the “progressives” and the GGW crowd have ever run even a lemonade stand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And yet it’s Ward 6 schools who are actually at the bottom of the funding list. How about explaining why that would be the case???

Where are you getting your numbers from? I'm seeing CHEC and Wilson/JR as the lowest funded high schools:

https://dcpsbudget.ourdcschools.org/

If you look at elementary, Ward 6 is getting more, with 1/3 of the schools in Ward 6 having higher funding than the highest funded school in Ward 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody wanted to vote for Monash or Goulet. That was a mistake. DC needs Republicans on the council to counterbalance things.

Oh yeah, republicans will save us by changing our schools to all charter programs, defunding the regular ones, and getting rid of housing vouchers. Jesus.

DC-based Republicans are a different breed and will be moderate. They have to be by virtue of their constituency. Frumin got elected because of the attitude above -- this blanket rejection of anyone other than a Democrat. You have to vote in Republicans and Independents at this level or else you are going to end up like San Francisco and Portland.

Just look at Hogan.

[Anonymous]

OP, just be polite, say hello when passing by to enter into a building and keep it moving. Ward 3 is not immune from societal problems caused by this country's ineptitude to givve everyone access to basic necessities such as quality childcare, food, housing, and other financial living needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, just be polite, say hello when passing by to enter into a building and keep it moving. Ward 3 is not immune from societal problems caused by this country's ineptitude to givve everyone access to basic necessities such as quality childcare, food, housing, and other financial living needs.

Wrong you make it uncomfortable for the rats and they will move out, raise the rent and more fail time for all offenders

[Anonymous]

When Friendship Place moved in they brought the homeless from other neighborhoods to loiter around while they padded their lifestyle of bad behavior. They solicited the churches to give them money so they can encourage these people to live lawless and be dependent on the 3rd ward neighborhood for handouts. They want the neighborhood to feel like they are obligated to fund them and somehow owe these people who belong in a halfwayhouse.

The churches are under the impression they are helping the disabled who live in the neighborhood to prevent homelessness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, just be polite, say hello when passing by to enter into a building and keep it moving. Ward 3 is not immune from societal problems caused by this country's ineptitude to givve everyone access to basic necessities such as quality childcare, food, housing, and other financial living needs.

Yes, this is the problem. It can't be that criminals learn that they can commit crimes in DC and get away with it....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When Friendship Place moved in they brought the homeless from other neighborhoods to loiter around while they padded their lifestyle of bad behavior. They solicited the churches to give them money so they can encourage these people to live lawless and be dependent on the 3rd ward neighborhood for handouts. They want the neighborhood to feel like they are obligated to fund them and somehow owe these people who belong in a halfwayhouse.

The churches are under the impression they are helping the disabled who live in the neighborhood to prevent homelessness.

I'm not a fan of friendship place. For one thing, they are barely open. Which means they barely provide services. Also, I can recognize the same homeless for over a decade in the neighborhood. Let's call them 'the locals'. To me, this means friendship place is also ineffective. Unless their goal isn't to get people off the streets, gulp.

[Anonymous]

The plaza outside the Giant on Wisconsin Ave has become a gathering place for panhandlers and people who appear to be high on drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The plaza outside the Giant on Wisconsin Ave has become a gathering place for panhandlers and people who appear to be high on drugs.

This is how we make Ward 3 more welcoming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The plaza outside the Giant on Wisconsin Ave has become a gathering place for panhandlers and people who appear to be high on drugs.

This is how we make Ward 3 more welcoming.

Equity. You voted for this. Enjoy it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And yet it’s Ward 6 schools who are actually at the bottom of the funding list. How about explaining why that would be the case???

Where are you getting your numbers from? I'm seeing CHEC and Wilson/JR as the lowest funded high schools:

https://dcpsbudget.ourdcschools.org/

If you look at elementary, Ward 6 is getting more, with 1/3 of the schools in Ward 6 having higher funding than the highest funded school in Ward 3.

That's because school funding discrepancies are usually explained by funding for having at-risk kids in your school population. As a parent with kids at two different Ward 3 schools, I have absolutely no equity-based grounds on which to complain about D.C.'s school funding practices. Whatever needs the the schools up here think we have that the city isn't meeting, the community has no problem whatsoever paying for it, and I'm certainly not going to start advocating for taking money from schools elsewhere in D.C. and sending it to my neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

I think the people on the Giant plaza are from the nearly homeless shelter. They are not allowed to do drugs in the shelter, so they come over to Giant. The interesting thing is that the 2nd district police station is a block away. No enforcement.