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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Council candidates that ran on fiscal responsibility were soundly defeated.  We can't tax our way out of this.  If we offer too many freebies, DC will just become a mecca for those who want to live on the street.  DC has been an awesome place to live and raise kids in the 30+ years I've been here.  Let's not throw it down the tubes,[/quote]
It’s very telling that a many prominent voices in the city, including Councilmembers that should know better, are preoccupied with e-bike subsidies. It seems well timed to distract negative attention from the criminal code veto override. It’s hard not to feel sad and pessimistic for the future of DC. [/quote]

Yes, definitely there's no way the D.C. Council can legislate on multiple topics at once, including both an e-bike subsidy that isn't taking up a lot of money in the aggregate and is only controversial among a handful of opponents and also dealing with the criminal code.[/quote]
I don’t disagree that they are capable of multi-tasking. However they have not shown the ability to do so. I would be happy to be wrong but, but if you could point me to where they have taken up economic development, revitalization if downtown and fiscal sustainability in this session I am all ears.

People prioritize what’s important to them. I’m The priorities of this Council this far has been the criminal code veto override and e-bike subsidies.

No one who reads that article should come away with anything but the sense of how urgent the situation is and looking at the Council agenda, they don’t share that urgency.

As a result, figuring out how DC can economically thrive while losing a quarter of its economy takes a back seat to more handouts and entitlements.  [/quote]

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