Wizards and Caps could be moving to Potomac Yard

[Anonymous]

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Yeah, basically the entire progressive l criminal justice reform movement that arose post George Floyd and 2020 essentially became about alternatives to incarceration which many criminal saw as free license to commit crime with impunity. I’m liberal, but I can’t stand how liberals handle violent crimes. It’s dangerous. They create a dangerous environment and everything gets worse.


I think something else happened in 2020 to spike crime. It is more related to the social fallout from COVID.

It is a "both/and". The progressive criminal justice reform pushed alternatives to incarceration at all costs in a post-George Floyd world. In the meantime, there was an entire cohort of kids in DC who were left to run wild for 2 years when the schools were closed. Many of those kids only had stability (and limited stability at that) and attention from competent adults when attending school. Now they are young teens, hopelessly behind in school, and anti-social because they missed critical elementary school years where the school is setting behavioral expectations. UMC parents on here complain about how school closures negatively impacted their kids' overall socialization---the impact on kids already at-risk was far worse. Young teens ---12 and 13 yo girls---were arrested today for beating a 64 yo man to death on Georgia Avenue earlier this year. This is "lord of the flies" type levels of feral behavior by young teens.

But the progressive criminal justice crowd hasn't wrapped their minds about how what we really need are humane, highly structured juvenile detention centers where these under-socialized and violent young people can be civilized back into productive behavior.

Singapore may have a more quick and effective way to civilize under socialized and violent young people back into productive behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is such a bizarre complaint about the buskers and vendors. The vendors have licenses or else they are selling illegally. The buskers are great. It is how bands like the Junkyard Band got their start. Ted may not like it, but most of the fans coming to and from the arena, do. I base that on the money given the the musicians and the smiles on people's faces as they walk by, and their head bobbing to the beats on their way into the arena.

Vendors need better regulation and health inspections. Some of them don't post their prices and gouge tourists. Some of the trucks are filthy and disgusting.

[Anonymous]

I think Ted knew the clock was ticking for him if he didn’t stay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gov. Youngkin is a deal-making master of the universe. Go Virginia!

Hahahahahahaha “he failed to count votes and got absolutely pantsed.”
https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/28/the-potomac-yard-stadium-deal-is-dead-here-are-the-winners-and-losers/?fbclid=IwAR2Kx8fkJY4dFDAJcLE-4soyH916ZNmF2_NB7RTKr3JnSedTZeUMzeVop44_aem_AXS3s8gEG_gFXNSO76lDdsByScZqe6TZcWruN2BNcH-jp4YY6X3F1eX7UK5qcoNXN5U

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is such a bizarre complaint about the buskers and vendors. The vendors have licenses or else they are selling illegally. The buskers are great. It is how bands like the Junkyard Band got their start. Ted may not like it, but most of the fans coming to and from the arena, do. I base that on the money given the the musicians and the smiles on people's faces as they walk by, and their head bobbing to the beats on their way into the arena.

Vendors need better regulation and health inspections. Some of them don't post their prices and gouge tourists. Some of the trucks are filthy and disgusting.

The food trucks have become a scourge, but they are almost always (illegally) parked on roads that fall under the purview of the NPS and so there ain’t much that DC can do about them, even if were inclined to do so.

[Anonymous]

Why is Leonsis so Orange? That Oompa Loompa shade doesn't exist in any natural human skin color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is Leonsis so Orange? That Oompa Loompa shade doesn't exist in any natural human skin color.

Just Obama said about Boehner, Leonsis is a man of color - just not a color that naturally occurs in this world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is Leonsis so Orange? That Oompa Loompa shade doesn't exist in any natural human skin color.

Maybe he's using "Trump Tan" spray.

[Anonymous]

Good luck, DC taxpayers. Just don't start complaining when Leonsis or a future owner looks to fleece the city even more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good luck, DC taxpayers. Just don't start complaining when Leonsis or a future owner looks to fleece the city even more.

The team is locked in to 2050. I will likely be long gone by then.

But this is the right move for Ted, the city, the teams and the region.

[Anonymous]

Ted synder is asking for $500 millions ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ted synder is asking for $500 millions ...

He was handed a $15 million check for losing out of the $500 million allocated to the arena. Who's the dummy?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/02/dc-council-arena-funds-leonsis-capitals-wizards/

[Anonymous]

The on-again off-again Amazon Fresh store is, apparently, still going to come in in Potomac Yards, as the Crystal City location has closed. Weird.

https://www.alxnow.com/2024/04/09/amazon-fresh-in-the-potomac-yard-shopping-center-is-still-happening/

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