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Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

It’s odd that DC can prevent crime when and where they choose to. I wonder how the rest of the city feels about being left out of the no crime district

Cops and USAO have been refusing to do their jobs for nearly 4-5 years. When they are forced to do their jobs - enforce laws, arrest criminals, charge criminals, and keep them in prison (especially violent or mentally ill) - crime magically falls and areas get nicer.

Who would’ve thought that just doing their jobs would make the city safer?

It is such a bizarre complaint about the buskers and vendors. The vendors have licenses or else they are selling illegally. The buskers are great. It is how bands like the Junkyard Band got their start. Ted may not like it, but most of the fans coming to and from the arena, do. I base that on the money given the the musicians and the smiles on people's faces as they walk by, and their head bobbing to the beats on their way into the arena.

I agree with you when it's evening and crowds are coming back and forth to the games. That's a busker environment. But the guy drumming all day/everyday on the 5 gallon buckets directly underneath your office window (which apparently is what was happening to Ted Leonsis) is annoying. Everyone I know who has worked in the office building across from Gallery Place also had the same complaint.

And remember that Brianne Nadeau decriminalized all street vending which is now why it is a free for all. So yeah, I think Monumental has some legitimate gripes.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a fun read: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240327931613/en/JBG-SMITH-Releases-Statement-on-Potomac-Yard-Entertainment-District-Proposal

“the opportunity was derailed largely due to partisan politics and, most troubling, the influence of special interests”

Apparently it’s lost on them that the “opportunity” was a special interest to begin with.

+1.

The mayor of the city knew about this for at least 6 months and didn't say anything to his constituents that live within ear- and eye-shot of this BS. It's obscene, really. Then, he threw a tantrum when the big boys moved on and excluded him in talks with Tysons. Total hypocrite.

Wilson's has major egg on his face. I say that having voted for him twice, and will likely not when he goes for Beyer's seat.

But honestly, every single player in this plan failed miserably. JBG, Youngkin, Leonsis, and the mayor (and current city council). They're all equally terrible and embarrassing. Such a waste of everyone's time and money. I'd love to see a FOIA of how much money was wasted just trying to piece together this marginally half assed plan.

You will. And you will no doubt vote for all the city council members to. That's what Alexandrians do. Whine about the state of the city and then vote for the same people (or their clones) over and over again. No wonder the city is a joke in Richmond on both sides of the aisle.

Because, as the logic goes on this board, they could be worse if you vote in someone else. However, that's the sunk cost fallacy. You have so much invested in the existing councilors, that you are afraid to throw away the meager gains. See US government military spending for examples.

It is such a bizarre complaint about the buskers and vendors. The vendors have licenses or else they are selling illegally. The buskers are great. It is how bands like the Junkyard Band got their start. Ted may not like it, but most of the fans coming to and from the arena, do. I base that on the money given the the musicians and the smiles on people's faces as they walk by, and their head bobbing to the beats on their way into the arena.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a fun read: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240327931613/en/JBG-SMITH-Releases-Statement-on-Potomac-Yard-Entertainment-District-Proposal

“the opportunity was derailed largely due to partisan politics and, most troubling, the influence of special interests”

Apparently it’s lost on them that the “opportunity” was a special interest to begin with.

+1.

The mayor of the city knew about this for at least 6 months and didn't say anything to his constituents that live within ear- and eye-shot of this BS. It's obscene, really. Then, he threw a tantrum when the big boys moved on and excluded him in talks with Tysons. Total hypocrite.

Wilson's has major egg on his face. I say that having voted for him twice, and will likely not when he goes for Beyer's seat.

But honestly, every single player in this plan failed miserably. JBG, Youngkin, Leonsis, and the mayor (and current city council). They're all equally terrible and embarrassing. Such a waste of everyone's time and money. I'd love to see a FOIA of how much money was wasted just trying to piece together this marginally half assed plan.

You will. And you will no doubt vote for all the city council members to. That's what Alexandrians do. Whine about the state of the city and then vote for the same people (or their clones) over and over again. No wonder the city is a joke in Richmond on both sides of the aisle.

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Yeah, basically the entire progressive l criminal justice reform movement that arose post George Floyd and 2020 essentially became about alternatives to incarceration which many criminal saw as free license to commit crime with impunity. I’m liberal, but I can’t stand how liberals handle violent crimes. It’s dangerous. They create a dangerous environment and everything gets worse.


I think something else happened in 2020 to spike crime. It is more related to the social fallout from COVID.

It is a "both/and". The progressive criminal justice reform pushed alternatives to incarceration at all costs in a post-George Floyd world. In the meantime, there was an entire cohort of kids in DC who were left to run wild for 2 years when the schools were closed. Many of those kids only had stability (and limited stability at that) and attention from competent adults when attending school. Now they are young teens, hopelessly behind in school, and anti-social because they missed critical elementary school years where the school is setting behavioral expectations. UMC parents on here complain about how school closures negatively impacted their kids' overall socialization---the impact on kids already at-risk was far worse. Young teens ---12 and 13 yo girls---were arrested today for beating a 64 yo man to death on Georgia Avenue earlier this year. This is "lord of the flies" type levels of feral behavior by young teens.

But the progressive criminal justice crowd hasn't wrapped their minds about how what we really need are humane, highly structured juvenile detention centers where these under-socialized and violent young people can be civilized back into productive behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

It’s odd that DC can prevent crime when and where they choose to. I wonder how the rest of the city feels about being left out of the no crime district

As someone who visits the Gallery Place area, I’ll still take it as a win. DC needs to get past the 2020 notion that “equity” means spreading and tolerating crime and disorder in all neighborhoods of the city.

Yeah, basically the entire progressive l criminal justice reform movement that arose post George Floyd and 2020 essentially became about alternatives to incarceration which many criminal saw as free license to commit crime with impunity. I’m liberal, but I can’t stand how liberals handle violent crimes. It’s dangerous. They create a dangerous environment and everything gets worse.

I think something else happened in 2020 to spike crime. It is more related to the social fallout from COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

It’s odd that DC can prevent crime when and where they choose to. I wonder how the rest of the city feels about being left out of the no crime district

As someone who visits the Gallery Place area, I’ll still take it as a win. DC needs to get past the 2020 notion that “equity” means spreading and tolerating crime and disorder in all neighborhoods of the city.

Yeah, basically the entire progressive l criminal justice reform movement that arose post George Floyd and 2020 essentially became about alternatives to incarceration which many criminal saw as free license to commit crime with impunity. I’m liberal, but I can’t stand how liberals handle violent crimes. It’s dangerous. They create a dangerous environment and everything gets worse.

Anonymous wrote:I always knew this wouldn’t work and I’m glad they’re staying in DC

Agree on them staying in DC. Let DC taxpayers keep subsidizing Ted while reaping little to no public benefit in return.

VA doesn’t need the headache of a subsidized arena and a drama queen like Ted. It’s doing quite fine without those things and will do even better in the future.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

All that’s going to do is push most of that crap a few blocks further out.

Or dispersed to different parts of the city. Hopefully the Gallery Place Metro Station also cleans up, currently one of the least safe stations.

I always knew this wouldn’t work and I’m glad they’re staying in DC

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

All that’s going to do is push most of that crap a few blocks further out.

Maybe, but at some point, if it's far enough from the arena, there's no point in being there at all (for the amplified buskers or the pop-up vendors) -- they're there because there are crowds, not just because they like it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

All that’s going to do is push most of that crap a few blocks further out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

It’s odd that DC can prevent crime when and where they choose to. I wonder how the rest of the city feels about being left out of the no crime district

As someone who visits the Gallery Place area, I’ll still take it as a win. DC needs to get past the 2020 notion that “equity” means spreading and tolerating crime and disorder in all neighborhoods of the city.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is an idiot

VA was so dumb to believe his gas lights and put him in office.

He was asked to leave Carlyle group for a reason he's a criminal and bad at business.

Teddy played him.
Lucas beat his ass.

No surprise here.

Yay Caps games!

Lucas, it now appears, wanted to kill the Alexandria arena plan to pressure Monumental into a Tysons casino deal with one of her cronies. Pay to play. Yuck.

She wanted marijuana markets legalized. Youngkin wasn't interested.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-virginia-senator-wants-legal-marijuana-sales-in-exchange-for-approving-sports-stadium-favored-by-governor/

Why the hell is anyone still fighting to legalize marijuana? You look at SF, NY, and DC - the streets reek of pot smoke. It's so gross and makes me want to keep my kids aware from downtown DC.

At least we can thank Leonsis for reaching agreement with Bowser essentially to create a special police district - no drugs, amplified buskers, pop up vendors - near the arena.

It’s odd that DC can prevent crime when and where they choose to. I wonder how the rest of the city feels about being left out of the no crime district