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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself?  What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?[/quote] [b]You are using a red herring and diverting from the elected offices that are elected and materially empowered to deal with DC crime. They are the city council, the DC Attorney General, the US Attorney General and US Attorney's office and the US Congress[/b].

The US Congress has done its bit by blocking portions of the catch and release crime bill and forcing its modification. The other offices above have done nothing.
The Mayor as argued  against defunding of police, and argue against reduced sentencing that has caused more crime. But she is not empowered, nor is she elected under DC's system, to be addressing crime. We have an AG and USAG who decides prosecution policy and they do not in any way answer to her, a council which decides funding and does not answer to her. Those are the entities responsible for crime fighting, not, in DC, the Mayor.[/quote]

Just astonishing that you think the Mayor - who runs the police force and the entire executive branch of the District of Columbia, who has veto power over the Council and writes and submits a budget to the Council, and works with the Council to get it passed - has no role or responsibility to fight crime.  The Mayor's abdication of responsibility is a black mark on her record.[/quote]

What is astonishing is you think the mayor funds the police force when she does not. Or that you think she passes laws on crime prosecution when she does not. It is bizarre that you are even commenting when nor knowing the basic of the running of DC govenrmence mechanisms[/quote]

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