Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kent Boese campaigned on a stupid song lyric “all about the Boese, no trouble.”

Nadeau worked hard on DC Medicaid and finding funding including backup funding when the GOP was threatening to take health care from poor people to allow them to lay out a bigger tax cut for the rich. That was work. Nadeau isn’t bad.

This is exactly right. Boese literally campaigned on a song. A stupid song.

Nadeau isn’t the warmest person ever, but she worked very hard for DC healthcare. She’s my council member and I respect what she did for healthcare for all people in the city, especially poor people.

It is poor people who bear the brunt of the nearly constant violence. Her base seems woke white newcomers, rather than people who understand the damage that violence causes to the working poor.

Nadeau is getting people killed on a daily basis and now that she's going to have a second child there's no way she'll leave the cozy confines of the Wilson Bldg.

I wonder if she'll stand by while the obstetrics ward is closed in her ward?

Nadeau lives in a fantasyland. She's going to get people killed.

You could just go down to the Wilson building and stop by her office. It's really not that difficult. I used to drop by Mendelssohn's office unannounced several times a year and was able to meet with him for a few minutes most of the times. For goodness sake, they're just council members, not celebrities!

Anonymous wrote:Literally the worst but Ward1 loves her. Kent Boese was far more qualified than Nadeau will ever pretend to be but she campaigned on baby boxes, tax rebates, and streets safe from sexual harassment. The only groups that profit from her election are the developers.

Deliverables? Never. She gets nothing done.

I live in Ward 1 and I don't love her. She is useless. I look forward to the reelection cycle so she can be challenged and hopefully replaced by someone who gives a F about public safety.

While crime and quality of life issues have been part of living in Columbia Heights and Park View since (pretty much) forever, the neighborhoods had seen some improvement before she began her tenure and MPD leadership changed. Crime and quality of life problems have become more pronounced in those neighborhoods since she was elected. It seems crime is also rising in neighborhoods like Mount Pleasant (arguably less prone to quality of life issues and more family-friendly than Ward 1 neighborhoods west of 16th), where someone was shot on the main street in broad daylight last month. All she seems to care about is decriminalizing behavior and encouraging citizens not to call the police to keep "vulnerable populations" out of jail.

Below is an email exchange between a PoPVille reader and Brianne Nadeau that was shared on a PopVille thread about the Mount Pleasant shooting. The reader sent the email about K2 overdoses in Columbia Heights (and DC in general):

"From: Nadeau, Brianne K. (Council) <bnadeau@dccouncil.us>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 11:00 AM
To: XXXX; Bowser, Muriel (EOM)
Cc: Newsham, Peter (MPD); Greene, Lamar (MPD); Boese, Kent C. (ANC 1A08); Whiting, Brandon (Council)
Subject: RE: K2 Overdoses in CoHi and DC in General

Good morning!

A couple thoughts. When we criminalize behavior, we create a scenario where someone gets arrested, and then forevermore has an arrest record. Which means getting a job, getting housing, building a life in general becomes hard, with more barriers. We’ve been talking here about people who are already struggling and the work we’re all doing to help overcome those struggles. Throwing another barrier in front of them seems like the opposite of the direction we want to go here.

Another thought – every time we make an arrest, we are taking a officer off the street for several hours. I believe, from prior conversations, that you prefer to have a strong police presence for dangerous crime, rather than having police focus on human services issues.

Brianne

From: XXXX
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:35 PM
To: Nadeau, Brianne K. (Council) <bnadeau@dccouncil.us>; Bowser, Muriel (EOM) <muriel.bowser@dc.gov>
Cc: Newsham, Peter (MPD) <peter.newsham@dc.gov>; Greene, Lamar (MPD) <lamar.greene@dc.gov>; Boese, Kent C. (ANC 1A08) <1a08@anc.dc.gov>; Whiting, Brandon (Council) <bwhiting@dccouncil.us>
Subject: RE: K2 Overdoses in CoHi and DC in General

CM Nadeau –

I think what you’re missing is that not arresting them does not get them into a program. Arrest doesn’t have to be without choices - which is what diversion programs are about. Letting them go creates a negativity that permeates the whole community.

For example, up until 2010 kids in this neighborhood grew up thinking drunk adults playing dice at the Park View Rec Center was normal. MPD hit it HARD with arrests that summer, and I haven’t seen groups of grown men playing dice, drinking, and selling drugs behind the gate since then. The beneficiaries are every kid that has used the rec center since then.

Having elected officials that really care (like you) is part of the solution. However, I am asking that you, the Mayor, and other councilmembers look at the other side of the coin – protecting quality of life. Brainstorming legislation that turns an arrest into a tool might be a solution that does all residents of the city good.

Regards,
PoPVille Reader"

Anonymous wrote:Kent Boese campaigned on a stupid song lyric “all about the Boese, no trouble.”

Nadeau worked hard on DC Medicaid and finding funding including backup funding when the GOP was threatening to take health care from poor people to allow them to lay out a bigger tax cut for the rich. That was work. Nadeau isn’t bad.

This is exactly right. Boese literally campaigned on a song. A stupid song.

Nadeau isn’t the warmest person ever, but she worked very hard for DC healthcare. She’s my council member and I respect what she did for healthcare for all people in the city, especially poor people.

Bet Nadeau isn't picking any more fights about violent crime in he ward because it's happening on a daily basis. Shooting yesterday at 4 pm. near Best buy.

Her response? Roll out those community do-gooders. We need a serious response.

Remember when she picked a fight with that Popville dimwit at a hearing about violent crime in her ward? She's simply not very bright.

Nadeau had a child and became the champion of all women except of course the women in DC in WARDS 7/8 who watched as city owned United Medical Center closed their obstetrics ward.

Did she say anything about it? Of course not because she would've had to have criticized the leadership namely LaRuby May who is a BFF of Bowser. If she had done that Bowser would've thrown her support behind Boese.

Nadeau only received 47% of the vote. I think she'll have a real problem in 2022.

Kent Boese campaigned on a stupid song lyric “all about the Boese, no trouble.”

Nadeau worked hard on DC Medicaid and finding funding including backup funding when the GOP was threatening to take health care from poor people to allow them to lay out a bigger tax cut for the rich. That was work. Nadeau isn’t bad.

She's great if you want soda/juice banned from restaurants or something silly along those lines.

But ask her why your garbage isn't being picked up and you get crickets.

She cares about the title & prestige, but not the actual governance and becomes agitated when constituents expect the latter. I was so relieved to move out of Ward 1 and not have to deal with her anymore. It was so frustrating.

Literally the worst but Ward1 loves her. Kent Boese was far more qualified than Nadeau will ever pretend to be but she campaigned on baby boxes, tax rebates, and streets safe from sexual harassment. The only groups that profit from her election are the developers.

Deliverables? Never. She gets nothing done.

Anonymous wrote:First off, let me just say that dealing with her as a constituent is hard and on par with trying to get a meet and great with the President. Second, she is not the best public speaker out there and too me is very lax and laid back as a councilmember. Why she was reelected is beyond me, but I hope some ANC takes her on next cycle.

She was reelected for the same reason the mayor and most of the other council members were reelected: she faced no serious opposition, for whatever reason. It just seemed like no one wanted to step up anywhere in the city this election cycle.

A viable candidate likely would have mopped the floor with her.

First off, let me just say that dealing with her as a constituent is hard and on par with trying to get a meet and great with the President. Second, she is not the best public speaker out there and too me is very lax and laid back as a councilmember. Why she was reelected is beyond me, but I hope some ANC takes her on next cycle.