Rolling gun battle in Capitol Hill tonight.
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Anonymous
| You’re on, Useful Idiot. You’ve no idea who you are talking to do you? |
Anonymous
I am sure you are very important, and concerned about the Allens' income as well as violent crime, and I look forward to reading news by responsible adults instead of this crap. You, whoever you are, are not intimidating to me! Are you kidding? |
Anonymous
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Interested to see the argument that the recent crime wave, and especially the troubling increase in minors committing violent offenses, can be traced to school closures during the pandemic. I agree with this as a major factor and it's something some of us raised during the closures.
I'll note here that progressives on the Council were not vocal in calling for schools to be reopened in 2020 or 2021, even after a vaccine was available and teachers were given priority access. Instead, I recall the progressive wing of the council remain either silent or continue to support the argument that schools needed to remain closed until we could guarantee absolute safety from Covid for everyone in the building. Again, even after vaccines were available. I have little love for Murial Bowser, but I seem to recall her focusing pretty hard on getting schools open and getting a wall of pushback from the teachers' union and progressives in the city who believed doing so would result in deaths. Again, AFTER vaccines. I also remember many of us arguing for maintaining some form of in-person school contact even before vaccines, to keep kids from checking out of the system. One thing we proposed was outdoor school on a hybrid or abbreviated schedule -- it wouldn't be perfect, but it would be a way for the schools to maintain more contact with students, give students much need in-person socializing opportunities, all while addressing critical safety concerns. We were told this was a pipe dream, unrealistic, and that virtual school was going great, despite persistent issues for high risk kids who lacked access to internet, devices, and adult support and supervision throughout the closures. When I raised this precise issue in my neighborhood (in Ward 6) and here on DCUM, I was yelled at by progressives who told me I only cared about getting teachers to babysit my kids and that I wanted teachers to die. Repeatedly. So if you are serious in arguing that this city's abandonment of children, and especially high risk children most likely to become involved in violent criminal activity at a young age, during the pandemic is partly to blame for this mess, I question how you can also offer support to the do-nothing progressive wing of the council, which wants only to parrot the slogans of myopic activists (Defund the Police, Only When It's Safe, Black Lives Matter) but have little interest in actually crafting policy that would help black people in this city. And before you yell at me that Charles Allen doesn't control the schools, I KNOW. But part of the point of having Ward Councilmembers is that they are supposed to advocate for their constituents. I wanted advocacy and instead was told that I was selfish. Oh, and I'd love to ban guns or assault rifles or make it harder to bring weapons into the city or at least increase penalties for carrying weapons. I'd love it! Where is Allen on that issue? Did the crime bill he oversaw do any of those things? I guess I missed it. |
Anonymous
| Preach. |
Anonymous
You’re confusing me for someone who gives a sh*t. I don’t care at all before you piled on. Now I’ll make it my mission at no expense to myself to just undermine the Allen’s whenever and wherever I can (and I can). Because you don’t care about our children dying and have called me a troll. And when I say I, it’s a bunch of the current neighbors. |
Anonymous
His answer was the proposed loosening of the criminal code, which Congress shot down, and even Biden would not save. He does not care whatsoever about your safety. |
Anonymous
| The poster suffering from Fox News Derangement Syndrome sure is fired up! She is also a self proclaimed scientist. What a treat! |
Anonymous
| Useful idiot is correct. Running for the Council would be a hardship on most people’s CVs. Can we get a young, smart kid to run? Howard University graduate? Let’s get this done. And save this city like at least $100k and just as many lives |
Anonymous
Hey, Useful Idiot? I’m not the PP. good luck and good night Report me to your Daddy again |
Anonymous
Truth |
Anonymous
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Aurora Market!
Let’s go |
Anonymous
Not really. But you can’t get an appointment at the specialist? You have to wait 45 minutes? IRS audits you? Your car gets towed? Your card has to be replaced? So many indignities can be inflicted upon a self-appointed twerp I wish I had a real influence and could get a South Park episode going. It would be a good one seeing how Allen looks like Mr. Garrison, but seeing how he was already a Trump figure, it’s not so funny any longer to portray a deluded self-obsessive. |
Anonymous
This has to be Charles or Jordi! No one else cares as much or has so much spare time! |
Anonymous
I don't know them, don't care much in particular about them. I am a strange person who hates nonsense and stupidity. I guess y'all still posting because you recognize yourselves in my description of vapid, misinformed, obsessed, useless people. Sorry for your low HHIs, lack of ambition and lack of anyone who would ever vote for you for any kind of role in any situation. Actually it makes sense that the four of you would congregate here to get your existential frustrations out. Where else would anyone listen to you? Look, I am doing public service. You Alken obsessives are losers, and apparently, there are four of you. 
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Anonymous
I am hearing that you may influence my wait to see a doctor, my IRS status, my car's integrity! Wow, you are the bird. |