In most big cities violent crime is declining. In Washington the opposite is true

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Anonymous wrote:650 more high paying jobs going across the river. This whole government needs to be recalled.

https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/02/costar-group-buys-rosslyn-building-moves-dc-headquarters-across-the-river/

Bowser and the Council will hunt impose an income tax surcharge on higher income DC residents. While they lower office building assessments, they will be raising residential assessments through the roof.

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Anonymous wrote:Time for DC to implement a cognitive test as part of the voting process. Only way to fix the problem on their own and avert a Federal takeover.

A corruption test should be a higher priority in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Time for DC to implement a cognitive test as part of the voting process. Only way to fix the problem on their own and avert a Federal takeover.

I actually have though that DC has let some.of these problems simmer because they could say "if only we were a state, we could fix this". The overwhelming focus (whining) on statehood versus running the parts of the city we have control over well, and holding the federal government accountable for the same was a huge waste of energy + focus.

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DC will never be a state, and it is not equipped to be one. I say that even though I'd love to have real representation.

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Anonymous wrote:Donald Trump has never been a fan of Washington, D.C., and the feeling is mutual among most of its residents, who broke into spontaneous street celebrations when he lost the White House.

But the former president’s animosity has only grown since he left the city and as violent crime has continued to climb in the capital, while falling from pandemic-era highs in other cities, leading Trump to campaign on a “federal takeover of this filthy and crime-ridden embarrassment to our nation.”

He had me at filthy...

Can we get Biden to say something similar so I don't have to vote for Trump?

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Anonymous wrote:Time for DC to implement a cognitive test as part of the voting process. Only way to fix the problem on their own and avert a Federal takeover.

I actually have though that DC has let some.of these problems simmer because they could say "if only we were a state, we could fix this". The overwhelming focus (whining) on statehood versus running the parts of the city we have control over well, and holding the federal government accountable for the same was a huge waste of energy + focus.

DC statehood at the end of the day would be an expensive way for DC local politicians to aspire to more positions (governor, a larger state legislature -- think of more ANC commissioners becoming "state legislators."). It invariably would be an expensive excuse to expand the DC bureaucracy and patronage positions for "the community." Some activists even suggest that DC would maintain both state-level agencies and a local government!

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Anonymous wrote:Time for DC to implement a cognitive test as part of the voting process. Only way to fix the problem on their own and avert a Federal takeover.

I actually have though that DC has let some.of these problems simmer because they could say "if only we were a state, we could fix this". The overwhelming focus (whining) on statehood versus running the parts of the city we have control over well, and holding the federal government accountable for the same was a huge waste of energy + focus.

DC statehood at the end of the day would be an expensive way for DC local politicians to aspire to more positions (governor, a larger state legislature -- think of more ANC commissioners becoming "state legislators."). It invariably would be an expensive excuse to expand the DC bureaucracy and patronage positions for "the community." Some activists even suggest that DC would maintain both state-level agencies and a local government!

For sure. I've actually thought due to wanting statehood for these reasons, they've actually let some problems simmer / come to a head. When people inquire about the problems, they point fingers at not having statehood - as if they only had statehood, all problems would just disappear. Cynical, I know.

Along the same line they waded into a lot of national issues to kind of vie with SF and get on the national stage, when they should have been focused on running DC well.

Well, now they have the press attention. Hubris!

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Anonymous wrote:650 more high paying jobs going across the river. This whole government needs to be recalled.

https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/02/costar-group-buys-rosslyn-building-moves-dc-headquarters-across-the-river/

Bowser and the Council will hunt impose an income tax surcharge on higher income DC residents. While they lower office building assessments, they will be raising residential assessments through the roof.

Oof. The finances are going to be BRUTAL. And people are still dicking around weakening the crime bill, slowing the votes and appointing murderers to the Sentencing Commission and making it part of Secure DC that the Council appointee must always have been incarcerated. It's a clear signal from the Chair, no less. Matt "no paper" Graves exhorted them to "send a message" and "stop the revolving door" with their appointment. They ran the city off a cliff in good times, NO WAY are they up for the challenges now in play.

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Three officers shot.

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The fact that there are Ward 6 Republicans personally donating to the recall with full knowledge that there is a 99% chance that a different Democrat will win the seat gives me hope that bipartisanship is not dead. It also indicates how much of a war zone Capitol Hill has become and how desperate people are for change. These folks should be celebrated instead of doxxed by activists masquerading as journalists.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time for DC to implement a cognitive test as part of the voting process. Only way to fix the problem on their own and avert a Federal takeover.

I actually have though that DC has let some.of these problems simmer because they could say "if only we were a state, we could fix this". The overwhelming focus (whining) on statehood versus running the parts of the city we have control over well, and holding the federal government accountable for the same was a huge waste of energy + focus.

DC statehood at the end of the day would be an expensive way for DC local politicians to aspire to more positions (governor, a larger state legislature -- think of more ANC commissioners becoming "state legislators."). It invariably would be an expensive excuse to expand the DC bureaucracy and patronage positions for "the community." Some activists even suggest that DC would maintain both state-level agencies and a local government!

For sure. I've actually thought due to wanting statehood for these reasons, they've actually let some problems simmer / come to a head. When people inquire about the problems, they point fingers at not having statehood - as if they only had statehood, all problems would just disappear. Cynical, I know.

Along the same line they waded into a lot of national issues to kind of vie with SF and get on the national stage, when they should have been focused on running DC well.

Well, now they have the press attention. Hubris!

Their zeal to double the grift is nakedly apparent. Remember their "important work" re: Cuba and Gaza. Complete joke puppets with very ideological hidden hands doubling down on an anti-carceral agenda.

Several cops were shot just this morning at a barricade situation. These nut cases thing social workers are going to take those calls? Or is the plan to descend into complete anarchy?

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that there are Ward 6 Republicans personally donating to the recall with full knowledge that there is a 99% chance that a different Democrat will win the seat gives me hope that bipartisanship is not dead. It also indicates how much of a war zone Capitol Hill has become and how desperate people are for change. These folks should be celebrated instead of doxxed by activists masquerading as journalists.

This. And CH has always had a higher crime rate than I was comfortable with, we bought in Ward 1 years ago. So CH denizens are not shrinking violets.

CP has a history of doxxing citizens engaged in the political process. Disgusting. If Allen is so fab, why are they not focused on his amazingness instead?

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DC in 2024 has little to offer

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Anonymous wrote:It’s really incredible that citizens can’t connect their voting habits with the decline of living standards.

Such a simplistic, knee jerk and low information comment.

Which of the Whites would have been better on crime as Mayor? Trayon? Robert?

Who would have been better for AG? McDuffie, who did not even meet the qualifications re: legal experience? But, who, in true DC fashion, got them changed for next time?

Electable people with different views have to run. And not too many of them, or you get Nadeau. Grateful Lisa Gore stepped up this cycle.

You give away the game with the term "electable." Electable in DC means you have to comply with an ever growing list of check-boxes. DC voters will simply disqualify anyone who is essentially not a left-wing activist at this point. What is left to choose from is what ends up on the ballot. So yes, it is the voting habits of the residents that lead to them having to select from bad or worse.

Doesn't the Allen recall, with a cross section of donors undercut the point you are trying to make?

A lot of activists and CM are DSA, doubt the majority of the population of DC identifies that way. The pushback is real.

If Allen is recalled, a moderate takes his place, and gets re-elected in a "normal" election then I will believe it. But in all likelihood, we'll be complaining that the Ward 6 Councilmember is a nut for the foreseeable future.

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Anonymous wrote:Charles Allen literally said that all the legitimate claims about his record were MISINFORMATION

He has no shame

He relies on low information voters that are driven by emotion and ideology - the WCP and increasingly, NPR crowd.