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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sock puppets on a Friday night.[/quote]

Council member Mink begrudgingly showed big increases in violent crime in White Oak for 2020 and 2021 during the meeting discussed in the article.

It's clear the county govt gives zero craps about shoplifting and property crime, because insurance will cover it so NBD right?  The only problem is that this kind of attitude towards crime emboldens criminals. When they can steal cars at gunpoint with impunity they keep pushing the envelope further to see what they can get away with.  Silver Spring has gone down the tubes because there is just no more law and order.[/quote]
This may or may not be correct, that shoplifting is a slipper slope to violent crime. But what is unambiguously true is that if Mink and the County really cared about economic development in White Oak then they need to get a handle on crime first. No major company is going to invest in White Oak if it has a high crime rate, regardless of whether it is property crime or violent crime.

Mink isn’t going to last more than one term. She got elected in a district with a high Black population because the Black vote was split across many candidates. She won’t be so lucky four years from now, unless she actually does something impactful in the community instead of posting about national affairs on social media.[/quote]

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