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

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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.

Catastrophize much? The recall is a step toward change, embrace it. Tommy Wells may be a "nut" now but he was not when he was on the Council. Cheh was not a "nut" until she said way too much about crime and linked it to vouchers outside the Days Inn, ahead of her time there, even Frumin commonly acknowledges that now. We may not even have a Council in the foreseeable future. Drop the Eyore act, PP.

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Before the Control Board, were lots of companies leaving DC? In the 90s there was little remote work and the feds were much more firmly ensconced in DC. Now it is literally hollowing out in multiple senses of the word.

Can DC really afford a sizeable underclass that is poorly educated with few to no legal work skills? It seems to be past time to address truancy and to invest resources in catching kids up with basic math and literacy and perhaps expanding resources to learn trades. Breed in SF is talking about drug testing before benefits, like making involuntary commitment easier, another direction of CA that DC would be WISE to emulate.

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Sales tax is also going to have to go up. As incoming revenue plummets a lot of the BS spending is going to have to stop along with a lot of the unaccountable "wrap around services" that are not delivered or that are ineffective. So much grift and graft in DC, the gravy train has gone off the rails.

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Anonymous wrote:Before the Control Board, were lots of companies leaving DC? In the 90s there was little remote work and the feds were much more firmly ensconced in DC. Now it is literally hollowing out in multiple senses of the word.

Can DC really afford a sizeable underclass that is poorly educated with few to no legal work skills? It seems to be past time to address truancy and to invest resources in catching kids up with basic math and literacy and perhaps expanding resources to learn trades. Breed in SF is talking about drug testing before benefits, like making involuntary commitment easier, another direction of CA that DC would be WISE to emulate.

You learn a lot of work skills...by working. Kids across America have flipped burgers to start out, DC kids can too. Require folks that get benefits to get entry level jobs. Flip burgers, answer phones, DC could employ people beautifying the city and placing bair for rats. Provide daycare. End of story.

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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: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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-1 This city is NOT going to be better under Trump. Everyone will pull to the left to distance themselves from his outright insanity.

Do we not remember how much of a shitshow this city was under Trump? Leaving aside the J6 riots, he was non-stop inflaming racial tensions, leading to chaos and borderline riots after George Floyd.

Remember how Biden threatened to veto the Charles Allen's stupid crime bill when Allen was too tone deaf to get a sensible crime bill passed? Biden is a centrist.

We need an adult in office.

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These types of arguments also need to be called out and pushed back on. WP does it as much or more than LA Times. Compare arrest data to OFFENDER DATA. Arrest criminals. Take them out of communities. You will save the lives of poor POC who are most commonly their victims.

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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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-1 This city is NOT going to be better under Trump. Everyone will pull to the left to distance themselves from his outright insanity.

Do we not remember how much of a shitshow this city was under Trump? Leaving aside the J6 riots, he was non-stop inflaming racial tensions, leading to chaos and borderline riots after George Floyd.

Remember how Biden threatened to veto the Charles Allen's stupid crime bill when Allen was too tone deaf to get a sensible crime bill passed? Biden is a centrist.

We need an adult in office.

No one wants Trump. We are saying Trump will federalize if he wins. Allen and the situation in DC are hurting Biden’s election chances (yes, really) because he looks weak and like he can’t get the city to be safe. So, if we do nothing, Biden might not get elected. Either way = federalization

If you want certainty, the only move is to pull a Clinton and institute a Control Board now. That way Dems control the appointments and rules. The local government is back in 4 budget cycles. That’s the right move.

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Unlikely to happen, PP, despite your repeated posts. Perhaps you should lobby the WH instead of us?

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I’m not the only one saying this. People at the WH are saying this. Ask me how I know. I won’t go lobbying because I have a life, but the recall gets my vote

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We are not partisan; we just want accountability

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Crime is down bigly in NYC year over year.

But most reported crimes are up significantly year over year in Washington DC. Some areas have seen a doubling.

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Har har har

#recallcsrjackchuck

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Report some more posts, Chuckies

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Anonymous wrote:Crime is down bigly in NYC year over year.

But most reported crimes are up significantly year over year in Washington DC. Some areas have seen a doubling.

Not to mention all the activities that would have been crimes five years ago but are decriminalized today.