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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly Frumin looks like a deer in headlights most of the time.  I think he thought this job was mostly ribbon cuttings and PTA meetings.  We need someone who can push back and fight the crazies on the council to preserve one of the few livable parts of the city that is slipping away before our eyes. [/quote]

I get the same impression. You look at his Twitter feed and the guy is doing photo-ops with restaurant workers for a trendy restaurant in Ward 2. Yet no mention of the crime in the city, which is the number one concern amongst residents (according to the recent Washington Post poll). He can't even be bothered to write back to residents who have written him about these issue. It's crazy that these days your unpaid ANC commissioner is more likely to be responsive than Councilmembers who are paid to do this as a full-time job.[/quote]

I did not always agree with Cheh but she often had a more reasonable take. The tax base has moved before in DC, can happen again.

The rate of carjackings is insane as is the blatant daytime robberies of stores like CVS, goods to presumably be sold online. Either of those may impact me when I am out with my young kids. https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/carjacking

Public and Congressional pressure seems to be getting USAO Graves to take his job a bit more seriously. Not so with AG Schwab. And now there are 11 year olds holding kids up at gunpoint. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/boy-11-arrested-for-dc-robberies/ The slap on the wrist and return to a poor home environment that may glorify criminal behavior approach is not working. Truancy is high and does not seem to be a focus. Something needs to change. These kids are the grandchildren of the crack babies who may not have had stable upbringings with pro-social values and who may have been drug exposed in utero. The 6 year old who shot his teacher in VA comes from generations of teen parents. When kids don't attend school there is no influence but the streets, drill rap, peers, etc. Teaching child development and parenting skills in school could be worth a try along with routes to job training and skills, but there would have to be attendance. Remember the old parent an egg project? [/quote]

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