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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do wonder how this guy is considered a “reporter” instead of an editorialist. https://twitter.com/maustermuhle/status/1631400757068017665[/quote] Martin is nothing more than Charles Allen's stenographer these days. Go through his coverage of Allen/Nadeau/Janeese and compare it with his coverage of Bowser/Mendo/Pinto/McDuffie. Every statement from the former group is presented as gospel and unchallenged. Every statement from the latter group has 3-4 "expert" voices denouncing it. A complete joke. He's getting roasted on social media today, and has been for a few months now because of his terrible reporting. Good. Go back to Switzerland and cry.[/quote] I suspect today will negatively impact his career as well as Allen's. Racine may find his mayoral chances poor too, not only was he AG during an explosion of juvenile crime, the majority of the most out of touch on the Council are alums of his office. His comment that restorative justice was appropriate in the case of homicide in a speech at AU has always stuck with me, how was the victim to participate, via Ouija board? I think the reality of the policies that have been pushed is not one the majority accepts. Those who supported the Council's handling of this can huff and puff and proselytize but your views have suffered a big defeat today, add that to the trouncing they took in LA. The pendulum may be swinging back. The recent carjacking of tourists here to tour the Capitol, and the mugging of the diplomat today and a Congresswoman in her apartment building by a man with a long rap sheet are an international embarrassment. For anyone who claimed it would go differently, have they not heard of Biden and the 94 crime bill? Truly, are the Council on drugs? What was the thinking behind doubling down again and again? [/quote] It's not about the views of the bill. I don't think it was going to have an impact on crime one way or the other. It's weird how many people have a domination fetish tho [/quote] You lost. There was not any realistic chance that Joe Biden, of all people, would veto this. Allen and Mendo really messed up the handling of this bill and did their careers no favors. "I don't think" got a reality check today. [/quote] Mendo is 70, and it would surprise no one if he steps away after this term. And anyway, he's always maintained that Council chair was more or less his dream job, so this is a natural end of the line for him. His career isn't going to suffer. Allen, on the other hand, has probably destroyed any hopes of being anything else besides a ward council member, and he's well on his way toward destroying his chances of reelection. Any opponent is going to have a field day with this, especially if violent crime continues in the direction its headed.[/quote] Completely agree. And Mendo is a co-sponsor of the SRO bill announced today, that timing makes him look a bit more deft. I would love to hear the backstory on why Allen did not back off and change tactics, even out of self interest, in the past few weeks? [/quote]
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