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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have they apprehended the person bashing babies with bricks in Charles neighborhood?[/quote]

Yes, but then the release is never publicized.  Who knows if he's being held or is already back out.[/quote]

This is the problem. We can have no confidence that known-to-be-violent criminals stay off our streets and away from our families as long as Charles Allen (and, frankly though I respect his intelligence and seriousness, Racine) remain in office. [/quote]

Well you can take their advice which is to avoid areas where these people live or keep children away from public parks.[/quote]

And if they live in our immediate neighborhoods?[/quote]

I wonder if we’re going to be Detroit in 10 years. Our downtown is being gutted by telework. We lost 20k people last year. And our city council is Uber liberal and doesn’t want to fight crime.[/quote]

This. Or like DC before Anthony Williams. The bad old days will come again if residents and politicians forget that those days were really bad. At least the last decade of progress has already been erased; the city council is now working on erasing 2000-2010 progress. They won't rest until Marion Barry's ghost gets reelected![/quote]
It’s not coincidental that all the data points to DC peaking in 2015.

I know a lot of people like Bowser, but that’s really the problem. She’s just been a god awful leader that has taken the city back, instead of moving it forward. The longer she’s in charge the worse it’s going to be. The true fear is that it will take DC hitting bottom before her core constituency of white professional women will finally turn their back in her. [/quote]

Vince Gray started the pushback against gentrification. His election heralded the beginning of the city's decline. Before him, we were aiming for a city that could maintain a thriving middle class of complete families. Williams and Fenty promoted the idea that cities should have good schools and that "world class" shouldn't be a lie or a joke. Under Vince Gray, we had his staff's admission (maybe from Linda Cropp?) that they were no longer interested in keeping educated families in the city and they would never recognize us as constituents toward whom they held any obligations. If we left, fine. We would always be replaced by an ever-refreshed pool of childless young adults who pay taxes but do not compete with their "real" constituents for city services.  [/quote]

When I was young and childless I don't think I paid attention to any of this but there was definitely a big shift. This recounting of history explains a lot.

Was realistic about Barry but he was getting kids internships at accounting firms, he did not treat them and their futures as disposable. It is mostly poor black and brown people who are the victims of crime, why is that never the focus? [/quote]

Because victims have no political value for progressives - they demand accountability and tough on crime measures. Criminals you can claim are acting out due to society then feel good about releasing them. If more affluent people become victimized you will see a sharp change in the direction of DC.[/quote]

I disagree about the affluent people part.  You know the response will be, "look how privileged these people are, who cares if they get carjacked at gunpoint?"

Then, when those same affluent people leave, they will complain about that too...

DC seems to view its upper quarter of earners as cash cows to be milked, but who shouldn't dare expect anything in return.

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