Where are DC’s elected leaders?

[Anonymous]

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

+1 Approximately half the country's voters do not want the progressive policies that Washington liberals promote. Since DC is the location of the core of our federal govt, the status quo will remain.

Cool, why aren't the NG in Ward 7 or 8...I don't see them here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1 Approximately half the country's voters do not want the progressive policies that Washington liberals promote. Since DC is the location of the core of our federal govt, the status quo will remain.

So they’re happy at the huge expense of sending troops and police into a city where they don’t live??

On any day of the week, 365 days a year there are people from every state and every country on the planet in DC. Everyone has a need for a safe DC.

Having roving gangs of armed men assaulting people seems pretty unsafe to me.

Agreed. Which is exactly why we need the extra police presence.

[Anonymous]

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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.

There are federal officers who refuse to identify themselves who are beating people up in the streets.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Ever heard of good trouble? The mayor needs to go get herself assaulted by one of these thugs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

+1 Approximately half the country's voters do not want the progressive policies that Washington liberals promote. Since DC is the location of the core of our federal govt, the status quo will remain.

So they’re happy at the huge expense of sending troops and police into a city where they don’t live??

On any day of the week, 365 days a year there are people from every state and every country on the planet in DC. Everyone has a need for a safe DC.

Having roving gangs of armed men assaulting people seems pretty unsafe to me.

Agreed. Which is exactly why we need the extra police presence.

Why didn’t all that extra police presence stop that armed gang from beating up the delivery driver on 14th street yesterday?

[Anonymous]

Surprise, DC doesn't have leaders. If we did, we wouldn't be in this mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprise, DC doesn't have leaders. If we did, we wouldn't be in this mess.

Stop blaming other people for the mess Donald trump made.

[Anonymous]

Eleanor Holmes Norton, our sole congressional delegate, is 88 years old and suffering from dementia. We deserve better local leaders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Surprise, DC doesn't have leaders. If we did, we wouldn't be in this mess.

Stop blaming other people for the mess Donald trump made.

Donald Trump did not make Councilman Trayon White

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprise, DC doesn't have leaders. If we did, we wouldn't be in this mess.

Stop blaming other people for the mess Donald trump made.

Donald Trump did not make Councilman Trayon White

- or Charles Allen

[Anonymous]

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

They work from home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

There are federal officers who refuse to identify themselves who are beating people up in the streets.

Or, rather, “federal officers”. Since they refuse to identify themselves and are often wearing clothing and accessories that can be easily purchased by civilians, we really don’t know if they’re actually federal officers — or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surprise, DC doesn't have leaders. If we did, we wouldn't be in this mess.

Stop blaming other people for the mess Donald trump made.

Donald Trump did not make Councilman Trayon White

- or Charles Allen

It should be very clear to anyone paying attention that we have several on the city council who are fine both with condescending preaching at us about what policies we are supposed to agree are best when they have the upper hand and with completely disappearing now. Obviously they are just blow hard politicians who care more about political survival than the principles they claim to espouse.

[Anonymous]

AG Brian Schwalb is working away, He already stopped Bondi from replacing the Police Chief. But there's only so much he can do in his role.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

+1 Approximately half the country's voters do not want the progressive policies that Washington liberals promote. Since DC is the location of the core of our federal govt, the status quo will remain.

So they’re happy at the huge expense of sending troops and police into a city where they don’t live??

Yes, ma'am, they do. It's our country's capital and a federal district. It "belongs" to all of us.