Anonymous wrote:She’s been lucky to have been mayor in an era when being mayor in DC was laughably easy, due to a rising real estate market at a time when people were moving back into cities, gentrification creating lower crime rates, and a surging economy. All she had to do was keep her hands off and resist the urge to “fix” things. Which she has largely done. So she’s at least smart enough to realize that.
But this year has shown that she’s not up to the task of being mayor in tough times. And things are likely to get worse as police begin taking a hands off approach, crime starts to surge, and people and their tax base start moving back out.
And yet she has still managed to screw that up. Homicide rates (the only stat that can't be juked) have been rising for years. We are up 15% over last year and we still have 2 months left in the year!