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he decriminalized fare evasion on metro. This led to a general state of lawlessness on the metro with people of all stripes jumping the fare gates and metro losing a ton of money.

11-2 vote, Mendo and Jack Evans voted no.

he loudly supported and voted to decriminalize street vending. This has led to people ransacking stores and selling stolen goods on the street. My local stores now have a majority of their products behind glass. Now when I go into a CVS in the city, I have to wait around for someone to unlock the shampoo.

Passed unanimously

using budgetary control, he implemented a hiring freeze on new police officers. This resulted in police numbers dropping dramatically and led to a spike in crime. Then he bragged about it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1277421585993994243

Passed unamimously. No member introduced an amendment to rollback the reallocations made in the public safety and justice budget.

It's like you think because there are other people making bad decisions, I shouldn't be upset that my own Councilmember is making bad decisions. I live in Ward 6. I only get one Councilmember, and he's not doing his most basic job of trying to keep his constituents safe. First his supporters said his voting record was "misrepresented" and now you're saying "oh but other people voted for those things as well." For me, the fact that there are other people who are ALSO not doing their job doesn't make a lick of difference.

he decriminalized fare evasion on metro. This led to a general state of lawlessness on the metro with people of all stripes jumping the fare gates and metro losing a ton of money.

11-2 vote, Mendo and Jack Evans voted no.

he loudly supported and voted to decriminalize street vending. This has led to people ransacking stores and selling stolen goods on the street. My local stores now have a majority of their products behind glass. Now when I go into a CVS in the city, I have to wait around for someone to unlock the shampoo.

Passed unanimously

using budgetary control, he implemented a hiring freeze on new police officers. This resulted in police numbers dropping dramatically and led to a spike in crime. Then he bragged about it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1277421585993994243

Passed unamimously. No member introduced an amendment to rollback the reallocations made in the public safety and justice budget.

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Notice how recall opponents never, ever defend Allen's policies or the man's character but instead attack the people behind the recall? It's a sign that they're terrified and are coming to realize they're on the wrong side of history here.

DP and I'd accept that criticism, IF the people trying to recall Allen would be genuine in their discussions. He has never tried to legalize carjackings, the "policies" people complain about never were even put in place, he never defunded the police. He was the chair of the public safety committee during the crime spike and if people feel that is worthy of a recall, that is certainly their choice, but it is also a bad precedent to set.

Allen is still standing in the way of safety in DC! Even in the face of a 20 year high in murders, 1000 carjackings and his constituents expressing how worried they are about crime, Allen still managed to pander to activists in his handling of Pinto's Secure DC crime bill by watering it down with amendments. Notable amendments that Allen voted for:

- removing the provision that would allow DNA collection upon arrest (instead of only allowing it after conviction)
- removing the provision that allowed for penalties when a facemask is used while "causing a person to fear for his or her personal safety"
- an amendment sunsetting the bill's changes to pretrial detention after 225 days
- a poison pill amendment expanding the types of criminal records eligible for sealing and expungement (which puts the entire bill at risk because Congress is likely to strike down the bill with this amendment)

We need a centrist Democrat in that seat.

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Notice how recall opponents never, ever defend Allen's policies or the man's character but instead attack the people behind the recall? It's a sign that they're terrified and are coming to realize they're on the wrong side of history here.

DP and I'd accept that criticism, IF the people trying to recall Allen would be genuine in their discussions. He has never tried to legalize carjackings, the "policies" people complain about never were even put in place, he never defunded the police. He was the chair of the public safety committee during the crime spike and if people feel that is worthy of a recall, that is certainly their choice, but it is also a bad precedent to set.

Please tell me which of these I’m being dishonest about:

- he decriminalized fare evasion on metro. This led to a general state of lawlessness on the metro with people of all stripes jumping the fare gates and metro losing a ton of money.

- he loudly supported and voted to decriminalize street vending. This has led to people ransacking stores and selling stolen goods on the street. My local stores now have a majority of their products behind glass. Now when I go into a CVS in the city, I have to wait around for someone to unlock the shampoo.

- using budgetary control, he implemented a hiring freeze on new police officers. This resulted in police numbers dropping dramatically and led to a spike in crime. Then he bragged about it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1277421585993994243

- he decriminalized fare evasion on metro. This led to a general state of lawlessness on the metro with people of all stripes jumping the fare gates and metro losing a ton of money.
This bill was introduced by Trayon White. It was also in 2018, and Allen has run since then, so why use that as a reason now, when fare evasion is no longer decriminalized
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2018/12/05/dc-council-decriminalizes-metro-fare-evasion-giving-its-final-approval-contested-measure/

- he loudly supported and voted to decriminalize street vending. This has led to people ransacking stores and selling stolen goods on the street. My local stores now have a majority of their products behind glass. Now when I go into a CVS in the city, I have to wait around for someone to unlock the shampoo.
This bill was spearheaded by Brianne Nadeau and Phil Mendelson. It was also passed by council unanimously
https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/06/15/street-vending-in-dc-will-soon-be-decriminalized-some-columbia-heights-vendors-arent-happy-about-it/

- using budgetary control, he implemented a hiring freeze on new police officers. This resulted in police numbers dropping dramatically and led to a spike in crime. Then he bragged about it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1277421585993994243
I read the tweets. I disagree with your framing of him bragging about it. I read it as a reasonable explanation. I also wouldn't call a 5% drop as a dramatic loss, when that money was re - allocated for other public safety efforts. The Mayor also cut 22.9m from MPDs budget during that time, so not really Allen that should be under scrutiny for that.

Thank you for bringing those up.

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Notice how recall opponents never, ever defend Allen's policies or the man's character but instead attack the people behind the recall? It's a sign that they're terrified and are coming to realize they're on the wrong side of history here.

DP and I'd accept that criticism, IF the people trying to recall Allen would be genuine in their discussions. He has never tried to legalize carjackings, the "policies" people complain about never were even put in place, he never defunded the police. He was the chair of the public safety committee during the crime spike and if people feel that is worthy of a recall, that is certainly their choice, but it is also a bad precedent to set.

He was the architect or a lead proponent of so many soft on crime bills. The YRA, the second look act, no help on pursuing “the 12 o’clock boys” dirt bike riders on our streets. He blamed the fking city for not cleaning up leaves quick enough when kids were lighting them on fire in my neighborhood. He called that stabber at Potomac metro like “misunderstood” or essentially that he was the actual victim of society.

Enough is enough. He is a crime placating weak candidate who sides with the perpetrators of crime over victims. And this is especially fked up when we are having a commercial real estate crisis impacting our budget, when restaurants are closing, Ted Leonisis is trying to leave with our sports teams, and it’s just clear crime has a huge impact. Like, pull your fking head out of your azz, council member. I know it sucks to actually lock people up and, don’t get me wrong, I understand statistics, and the current era of post George Floyd progressive criminal justice reforms and the emphasis on not incarcerating and all that, but clearly being weak on crime isn’t working,

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Notice how recall opponents never, ever defend Allen's policies or the man's character but instead attack the people behind the recall? It's a sign that they're terrified and are coming to realize they're on the wrong side of history here.

DP and I'd accept that criticism, IF the people trying to recall Allen would be genuine in their discussions. He has never tried to legalize carjackings, the "policies" people complain about never were even put in place, he never defunded the police. He was the chair of the public safety committee during the crime spike and if people feel that is worthy of a recall, that is certainly their choice, but it is also a bad precedent to set.

Please tell me which of these I’m being dishonest about:

- he decriminalized fare evasion on metro. This led to a general state of lawlessness on the metro with people of all stripes jumping the fare gates and metro losing a ton of money.

- he loudly supported and voted to decriminalize street vending. This has led to people ransacking stores and selling stolen goods on the street. My local stores now have a majority of their products behind glass. Now when I go into a CVS in the city, I have to wait around for someone to unlock the shampoo.

- using budgetary control, he implemented a hiring freeze on new police officers. This resulted in police numbers dropping dramatically and led to a spike in crime. Then he bragged about it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1277421585993994243

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Notice how recall opponents never, ever defend Allen's policies or the man's character but instead attack the people behind the recall? It's a sign that they're terrified and are coming to realize they're on the wrong side of history here.

DP and I'd accept that criticism, IF the people trying to recall Allen would be genuine in their discussions. He has never tried to legalize carjackings, the "policies" people complain about never were even put in place, he never defunded the police. He was the chair of the public safety committee during the crime spike and if people feel that is worthy of a recall, that is certainly their choice, but it is also a bad precedent to set.

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Notice how recall opponents never, ever defend Allen's policies or the man's character but instead attack the people behind the recall? It's a sign that they're terrified and are coming to realize they're on the wrong side of history here.

He’s fine. He's one of the few council members who is able to get Mendo to grow a spine. His legislation is generally unanimously passed or with token opposition. Including the second look act (12-1, Brandon Todd), police reform of 2023 (13-0), criminal code revision (unanimous even on override including Brooke Pinto), etc etc. He killed the K Street transitway boondoggle. He’s pushed forward lots of good projects in Ward 6 (every day my kid plays at Tyler’s awesome playground, I know it’s there because of him). I’d certainly consider other candidates more in line with some of my principles, values, and goals. But he’s never been challenged by anyone remotely as close to the median voter as he is.

Also, he doesn’t publicly and proudly associate with people who fundamentally do not believe you and I have the right to self-determination via home rule. So, you know, he clears that lowest of hurdles.

Allen is a self-hating white leftist. Instead of pursuing policies that can only be understood as a sustained effort to assuage his white guilt by allowing violent criminals to prey on his constituents, he should resign, sell his modest possessions, give the money to blacks and move his family into a tent in front of Union Station. At first you could describe him as
well-meaning, but profoundly naive. But his steadfast refusal to switch course after years and years of evidence showing the catastrophic impact that his policies have had on the lives of the people in this city, I think you can only describe him as a profoundly evil and despicable human being.

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Notice how recall opponents never, ever defend Allen's policies or the man's character but instead attack the people behind the recall? It's a sign that they're terrified and are coming to realize they're on the wrong side of history here.

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

Ah - I recognize you from the pro-Allen Twitter trolls. Calling people MAGA isn’t going to transform this into a republican led recall. Examples of heavyweight dems running this: Moses Mercado - ran Kerry’s election campaign in New Mexico. Tonya Fulkerson - big dem fundraiser. Rich Masters - in press for the Dems.

Lots of people, like me, voted for Allen before, live in Ward 6, and are pissed about crime. You can name call all you want, but this is a Democratic effort. I frankly don’t care if it ends up being bipartisan, as long as in the end we get a Democrat who is willing to keep us safe into office.

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Anonymous wrote:Recall petitions have been issued for the Charles Allen recall. It would be great if we could have an actual discussion about this without trolls getting it shut down again.

I voted for Allen about 10 years ago. In the past two elections, I wrote someone in. I am feeling desperate for our elected representatives to take crime in DC seriously. I do not feel like Allen has the inclination or the credibility to move the needle on crime (and I think several of his policies have made crime a lot worse).

https://www.hillrag.com/2024/02/13/board-of-elections-issues-petitions-in-ward-6-recall/

I live in the area. Crime is a problem. Allen isn't solely responsible for it - it's systemic issues at the Mayor's office, with MPD, with the AG's office, with lack of home rule, with some sub-cultural mores, the revoked crime lab and losing the faith of prosecutors, with numerous other factors. Allen is just one guy in the mix. Anyway, I like him for a lot of issues. Not signing a petition and (if your petition to recall actually makes it), I'll be voting to retain him.

How does the mayor have more to do with crime than the Council who refused to pass legislation until very recently with Pinto’s bill?

She literally runs MPD. This can’t be a serious question.

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Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It’s not “republicans” - the recall is being run by high profile democrats and many of the donors are democrats. I’m OP, and I’m a liberal democrat.

Prominent? Jennifer Squires has never been active in local dem politics. April Brown the treasurer is a crime bro troll. Ned Ertel, husband of Squires and the only contractor to receive money from the campaign as of Jan 31, helped run the failed campaign of an ex-Republican who finished in 11th place in the 2020 at large (Chander Jayaraman).

It’s ok, you’re now on the same team as insurrectionists and people who believe that you personally should have no say in local or national politics. You have to own that.

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Anonymous wrote:Recall petitions have been issued for the Charles Allen recall. It would be great if we could have an actual discussion about this without trolls getting it shut down again.

I voted for Allen about 10 years ago. In the past two elections, I wrote someone in. I am feeling desperate for our elected representatives to take crime in DC seriously. I do not feel like Allen has the inclination or the credibility to move the needle on crime (and I think several of his policies have made crime a lot worse).

https://www.hillrag.com/2024/02/13/board-of-elections-issues-petitions-in-ward-6-recall/

I live in the area. Crime is a problem. Allen isn't solely responsible for it - it's systemic issues at the Mayor's office, with MPD, with the AG's office, with lack of home rule, with some sub-cultural mores, the revoked crime lab and losing the faith of prosecutors, with numerous other factors. Allen is just one guy in the mix. Anyway, I like him for a lot of issues. Not signing a petition and (if your petition to recall actually makes it), I'll be voting to retain him.

How does the mayor have more to do with crime than the Council who refused to pass legislation until very recently with Pinto’s bill?

Anonymous wrote:Say the recall is successful. Who are these republicans going to run in the special? Whoever the replacement is will just keep being part of the 13 votes that unanimously pass all these bills these republicans claim are harming the city.

It will be another Democrat. The Republicans in Dc don’t have enough power to win a seat on Council.