Charles Allen faces recall effort

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the bill in question, approved in 2022 (Pinto and Gray recorded absent for the vote):
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/24-345

You can find the no chase (which if you read it carefully doesn’t protect the officer from prison time under any circumstance at all if they chase anyone at all) policy enshrined in a law in:
SUBTITLE S. LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF VEHICULAR PURSUITS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

In case you’re having trouble finding it, it comes after the law section:
SUBTITLE R. PREVENTING WHITE SUPREMACY IN POLICING.

This is so revolting - the subtitle, the substance, Allen, Nadeu, all of them. Most residents have no idea how far left the council has gone. Would be great to see fed takeover.

Given that white nationalists have spent years infiltrating police forces, it seems like stemming that tide is a good idea. Do you want white supremacy in policing?

[Anonymous]

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That's the good sense I want in a Councilmember.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s been at it since 2014. It’s a dictatorship length of tenure. Things have gotten worse and worse. FFS, enough

You know who else has been at it since 2014, and receives a fraction of Allen's criticism despite having much more power?

[Anonymous]

[twitter]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s been at it since 2014. It’s a dictatorship length of tenure. Things have gotten worse and worse. FFS, enough

You know who else has been at it since 2014, and receives a fraction of Allen's criticism despite having much more power?

The Mayor? Yeah, that’s because she occasionally shows some reasonable and balanced views. She used the word “crime” during the 3 years that Allen and Nadeau refused to say it or write it. When a child was shot on my doorstep, the Mayor and the Chief of Police came and talked about crime. Guess who didn’t?

I agree that she's better at performance politics than Allen and that's what's saving her. In practice she's destroying our schools which I'm worried will have many more long term consequences

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s been at it since 2014. It’s a dictatorship length of tenure. Things have gotten worse and worse. FFS, enough

You know who else has been at it since 2014, and receives a fraction of Allen's criticism despite having much more power?

The Mayor? Yeah, that’s because she occasionally shows some reasonable and balanced views. She used the word “crime” during the 3 years that Allen and Nadeau refused to say it or write it. When a child was shot on my doorstep, the Mayor and the Chief of Police came and talked about crime. Guess who didn’t?

I agree that she's better at performance politics than Allen and that's what's saving her. In practice she's destroying our schools which I'm worried will have many more long term consequences

How is Bowser ruining school? Genuine question. I think she's an empty suit for the most part but I voted for her over White because unlike White she wasn't trying to close schools again over a Covid surge, and she was one of the few politicians who seemed to understand that getting schools back in person needed to be a priority during the pandemic.

I think she's been weak in crime but I'm okay with her on education.

[Anonymous]

She’s not. It’s just a common deflection talking point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[twitter]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s been at it since 2014. It’s a dictatorship length of tenure. Things have gotten worse and worse. FFS, enough

You know who else has been at it since 2014, and receives a fraction of Allen's criticism despite having much more power?

The Mayor? Yeah, that’s because she occasionally shows some reasonable and balanced views. She used the word “crime” during the 3 years that Allen and Nadeau refused to say it or write it. When a child was shot on my doorstep, the Mayor and the Chief of Police came and talked about crime. Guess who didn’t?

I agree that she's better at performance politics than Allen and that's what's saving her. In practice she's destroying our schools which I'm worried will have many more long term consequences

How is Bowser ruining school? Genuine question. I think she's an empty suit for the most part but I voted for her over White because unlike White she wasn't trying to close schools again over a Covid surge, and she was one of the few politicians who seemed to understand that getting schools back in person needed to be a priority during the pandemic.

I think she's been weak in crime but I'm okay with her on education.

That's a fair question and one that probably looks different on the outside than the inside. Some examples of how schools have been impacted by her.
Refusal to come to the table to meet with teachers about their expired contract. The last time DCPS responded to WTU, they offered 5AM as the only time they would be able to meet. When WTU responded to accept those terms as to ensure there would be no excuses, their response was ignored.
This has obvious impacts on educator morale, but beyond that it causes issues with budgeting because Central Office doesn't know how to assign future financial value to essential personnel. From what I've been told there are going to be massive cuts to school budgets this year, causing even more overcrowding.
Poor oversight of school buildings. Buildings often find themselves without functioning heat or A/C during extreme temperatures. My own classroom hits about 95 degrees due to greenhouse effects and lack of air conditioning. Many schools complain of broken bathrooms and vermin infestation, leaks, mold, etc.
Poor oversight of federal funds. When we received Covid money for high impact tutoring as a district, schools were not given any additional staffing or resources to actually facilitate this work. I was the appointed person at my school and all I could do was offer admin premium (at that time $40/hr) to our aftercare team to watch kids fill out packets. That was never going to close the gap.

These are a few off the top of my head that I hope give some clarity. I can try and share more if you would like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[twitter]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s been at it since 2014. It’s a dictatorship length of tenure. Things have gotten worse and worse. FFS, enough

You know who else has been at it since 2014, and receives a fraction of Allen's criticism despite having much more power?

The Mayor? Yeah, that’s because she occasionally shows some reasonable and balanced views. She used the word “crime” during the 3 years that Allen and Nadeau refused to say it or write it. When a child was shot on my doorstep, the Mayor and the Chief of Police came and talked about crime. Guess who didn’t?

I agree that she's better at performance politics than Allen and that's what's saving her. In practice she's destroying our schools which I'm worried will have many more long term consequences

How is Bowser ruining school? Genuine question. I think she's an empty suit for the most part but I voted for her over White because unlike White she wasn't trying to close schools again over a Covid surge, and she was one of the few politicians who seemed to understand that getting schools back in person needed to be a priority during the pandemic.

I think she's been weak in crime but I'm okay with her on education.

That's a fair question and one that probably looks different on the outside than the inside. Some examples of how schools have been impacted by her.
Refusal to come to the table to meet with teachers about their expired contract. The last time DCPS responded to WTU, they offered 5AM as the only time they would be able to meet. When WTU responded to accept those terms as to ensure there would be no excuses, their response was ignored.
This has obvious impacts on educator morale, but beyond that it causes issues with budgeting because Central Office doesn't know how to assign future financial value to essential personnel. From what I've been told there are going to be massive cuts to school budgets this year, causing even more overcrowding.
Poor oversight of school buildings. Buildings often find themselves without functioning heat or A/C during extreme temperatures. My own classroom hits about 95 degrees due to greenhouse effects and lack of air conditioning. Many schools complain of broken bathrooms and vermin infestation, leaks, mold, etc.
Poor oversight of federal funds. When we received Covid money for high impact tutoring as a district, schools were not given any additional staffing or resources to actually facilitate this work. I was the appointed person at my school and all I could do was offer admin premium (at that time $40/hr) to our aftercare team to watch kids fill out packets. That was never going to close the gap.

These are a few off the top of my head that I hope give some clarity. I can try and share more if you would like.

What did Allen do?

There is really not much that one council member can do in regards to education. I believe I have previously shared wardspecific things he has done to support our school. Education in DC is under the Mayor.

[Anonymous]

Only so much Mayor can do. That’s Kihn you’re complaining about

[Anonymous]

Allen is a total patsy-pansy on crime. Time to go!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only so much Mayor can do. That’s Kihn you’re complaining about

The Mayor appointed Chancellor Ferebee who is the lead of contract negotiations. The Mayor appointed Kihn, who is the deputy mayor of education. These are all under the executive branch led by Mayor Bowser. I think it is fair to assign responsibility to her for the people she appoints.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the bill in question, approved in 2022 (Pinto and Gray recorded absent for the vote):
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/24-345

You can find the no chase (which if you read it carefully doesn’t protect the officer from prison time under any circumstance at all if they chase anyone at all) policy enshrined in a law in:
SUBTITLE S. LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF VEHICULAR PURSUITS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

In case you’re having trouble finding it, it comes after the law section:
SUBTITLE R. PREVENTING WHITE SUPREMACY IN POLICING.

This is so revolting - the subtitle, the substance, Allen, Nadeu, all of them. Most residents have no idea how far left the council has gone. Would be great to see fed takeover.

Given that white nationalists have spent years infiltrating police forces, it seems like stemming that tide is a good idea. Do you want white supremacy in policing?

Tell me you don’t live in DC without telling me…

[jsteele]

A crazy person has taken over this thread and I don't have the patience to continue dealing with them. I want to watch football. So, I am locking the thread.