Perhaps one way to start is not to catch and release these suspects. Make mandatory minimums for robberies, murders etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that they also like to kneecap our finding and then say we can't manage the city.

DC Council can’t manage the city. In part because they’re incompetent but more so because they are self-interested. They repealed their own term limits so now it’s all about holding onto that paycheck and those bribes and not about DC at all

Repealing term limits was so corrupt.

Anonymous wrote:I don't particularly like the idea of someone that we residents didn't vote for in a local election swooping in to run our city. It feels really anit-democratic even if it's permissible. And I really don't like the idea of Trump being the one to do it. He's way too unpredictable, for one thing. I'm not saying I approve of the job the council and the Mayor are doing (at all), but Trump getting involved doesn't seem like a great solution either.

I am somewhat hopeful that ranked choice voting will introduce more moderates who will take a tougher stance on crime and improving the lives of the residents. I mean, the fact that Trayon White got voted back into office after being caught on camera accepting a bribe demonstrates how desperately we need other viable candidates to vote for.

While I agree with most of what you have said, DC doesn't seem to get it. The bolded is par for the course considering who will be in office in January.

I also voted for Harris the potential to do a serious cleanup of DC is a silver lining of the Trump win. Crime spills out of DC and affects many neighborhoods in Virginia and Maryland with robbers/carjackers from DC traveling to other neighborhoods looking for goods. Would really love to see a crackdown on crime - overzealous would even be okay given the extremely lenient policies that have caused the city to spiral.
Unfortunately Trump is very unpredictable, so it’s hard to say if there will be any follow through.

Thanks for the encouraging articles OP.

Could Trump lower taxes if he takes over the city with a control board? Would he align them with the federal levels or something?

Anonymous wrote:Good. One party rule is terrible when it is given carte Blanche for decades to do whatever it wants. The GOP needs to shake things up in DC in order to restore law and order.

I mean it is an utter disgrace the level of tolerance for ATVs and dirt bikes the city has, and they even have torn up the national mall with them. It is anarchy and the iron hammer needs to be brought down to restore order.

DC also once let out a teenaged serial killer, who murdered multiple people and shot a few others during attempted murders, to roam the streets free. Literal insanity.

They’ve done a lot under the banner of progressivism and selective “evidence based” policies that are simply tantamount to leniency for violent crime:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/second-chance-law-for-young-criminals-puts-violent-offenders-back-on-dc-streets/2016/12/02/fcb56c74-8bc1-11e6-875e-2c1bfe943b66_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/16/rock-creek-parkway-crash-suv-tickets/

It’s insane. The city council up and decides it just didn’t want anyone to go to jail.

We should look to El Salvador and its lowering of murders by 95% when it locked all the criminals up.

I live and work in DC and it's hard to deny that the city has been very poorly run over at least the past 5 years.

The roads are overrun by crazed maniacs not bound by any apparent concern for anyone else on the road. Meanwhile, MPD does next to no enforcement of basic traffic rules.

Crime, both violent and petty, has consumed some previously desirable parts of the city like Chinatown and it's hard to escape the smell of pot in many of the busier parts of town.

I don't doubt that Trump will take great pride in cleaning up the city and will do whatever he can to make this happen. If Bowser has any ounce of sense, she will be talking to her police chief right now about bringing "broken windows" policing to DC ASAP.

I don't particularly like the idea of someone that we residents didn't vote for in a local election swooping in to run our city. It feels really anit-democratic even if it's permissible. And I really don't like the idea of Trump being the one to do it. He's way too unpredictable, for one thing. I'm not saying I approve of the job the council and the Mayor are doing (at all), but Trump getting involved doesn't seem like a great solution either.

I am somewhat hopeful that ranked choice voting will introduce more moderates who will take a tougher stance on crime and improving the lives of the residents. I mean, the fact that Trayon White got voted back into office after being caught on camera accepting a bribe demonstrates how desperately we need other viable candidates to vote for.

Good. One party rule is terrible when it is given carte Blanche for decades to do whatever it wants. The GOP needs to shake things up in DC in order to restore law and order.

I mean it is an utter disgrace the level of tolerance for ATVs and dirt bikes the city has, and they even have torn up the national mall with them. It is anarchy and the iron hammer needs to be brought down to restore order.

DC also once let out a teenaged serial killer, who murdered multiple people and shot a few others during attempted murders, to roam the streets free. Literal insanity.

Anonymous wrote:I am completely in favor of all of this:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trump-could-federalize-dc-police-department-districts-gop-chair-suggests/3763442/?amp=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/08/dc-trump-home-rule/

The city council has proven they can’t tackle crime. Progressive criminal justice is an abject failure. The housing voucher program is a disaster where people take advantage of not paying their rent for years at the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in loses. I am a liberal who lives in dc. I can’t believe Trump won. But if there is one slight hope it’s that he cleans the city up and cracks the fk down on car jackers.

"I am completely in favor of all of this"
how did you vote op?

Anonymous wrote:I am completely in favor of all of this:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trump-could-federalize-dc-police-department-districts-gop-chair-suggests/3763442/?amp=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/08/dc-trump-home-rule/

The city council has proven they can’t tackle crime. Progressive criminal justice is an abject failure. The housing voucher program is a disaster where people take advantage of not paying their rent for years at the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in loses. I am a liberal who lives in dc. I can’t believe Trump won. But if there is one slight hope it’s that he cleans the city up and cracks the fk down on car jackers.

Agreed.

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that they also like to kneecap our finding and then say we can't manage the city.

DC Council can’t manage the city. In part because they’re incompetent but more so because they are self-interested. They repealed their own term limits so now it’s all about holding onto that paycheck and those bribes and not about DC at all

Um…we can’t manage the city. Charles Allen spent $9m on “violence interruptors” for instance. They interpret much. And studies show they don’t.

If we can get less like Portland, that’s cool. Maybe Trump will micromanage away the criminal element.

The problem is that they also like to kneecap our finding and then say we can't manage the city.

I am completely in favor of all of this:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trump-could-federalize-dc-police-department-districts-gop-chair-suggests/3763442/?amp=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/08/dc-trump-home-rule/

The city council has proven they can’t tackle crime. Progressive criminal justice is an abject failure. The housing voucher program is a disaster where people take advantage of not paying their rent for years at the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in loses. I am a liberal who lives in dc. I can’t believe Trump won. But if there is one slight hope it’s that he cleans the city up and cracks the fk down on car jackers.