I don't get it. What does Mayor Bowser do all day?

In a month she has lost the FBI and the Caps/Wizards.

How much does the city have to lose before we all admit that the city is collapsing?

This is kind of a nightmare. Follow the money people. The money is LEAVING the city.

Anonymous wrote:Just makes me sad. So many people worked so hard to bring back DC's downtown three decades ago. Now it's all over.

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I live in VA and am sad about what is happening to DC. I’ve been in this area for nearly 15 years and chose to live in Arlington b/c my job is here, but I’m right near a metro and enjoy going into DC for restaurants, entertainment, etc.

I had never really felt too unsafe in DC (at least no more than any other city), but lately I’ve found myself not wanting to go there with my young kids. Which sucks because I chose to live close to the city because it is (was? could be again?) a great place. Taking the orange line to metro center is actually way easier for me than driving to Alexandria or switching metro lines plus I like the excuse to switch things up and go to dinner in DC. I honestly don’t understand why DC gov cares more about the rights of criminals than its law abiding residents and business owners? It’s like the latter is just an afterthought now.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a Marylander, so I have no stake in this fight, but I have to hand it to Virginia: They're better at business than DC or Maryland.

TBH, DC deserves to lose the Wizards and Caps. Chinatown has become terrifying and between the violent, criminal teens on the loose and the abuse of marijuana in that area, I'm not surprised to see the Wizards and Caps go. It's time for DC leadership to wake up and get to work. The status quo of ignoring problems is not working.

All of this. It's not just pot, it's PCP laced pot, crack and people sitting on the sidewalk in broad daylight shooting up. There is a large and historic open air drug market. It's grim and not at all family friendly.

As Matt Y said today, Bowser is the best of the lot re: crime and business and NONE of this is good.

The question about the potential loss in revenue was a good one. She claimed $25M directly and a lot more indirectly. I suspect more.

Matt Y is terrified he’ll get knockout gamed AGAIN. (He lied about it the first time it happened and that was back in the Fenty era when crime wasn’t half as bad as now)

Anonymous wrote:quick - somebody put AirTags on the caps and the wizards.

This was legitimately funny.

Where was Mendelson?

quick - somebody put AirTags on the caps and the wizards.

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Anonymous wrote:Tom Sherwood is a local treasure and should be protected at all costs.

He wrote the book—literally—on how bad DC got in the 80s.

Then he has the title for his next book: DC deja vu, all over again.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh we live in VA and love the Caps, go to lots of games, and I hate this for DC.

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And I hate it for VA. Terrible location.

+2 Same. It will be terrible for downtown DC. I’m grew up in the area and definitely remember what it was like around Gallery Place before the arena. It is very much one of the major developments that sparked the city’s revitalization.

Not to worry. Bowser is on it. She's forming a Gallery Pl task force.

They should tax commuters. /s

Great way, Skippy, to get more people back to downtown offices and businesses to move to DC!

Anonymous wrote:Tom Sherwood is a local treasure and should be protected at all costs.

He wrote the book—literally—on how bad DC got in the 80s.

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Anonymous wrote:The future sure is looking brighter for NoVA. Jobs, tech, a tech pipeline and politicians working well together to build a strong future.

Not sure how DC can get any of that going here. We have crime, truancy and a growing segment of the population that will always be dependent on the taxpayer. How did so much progress get lost so quickly?

But at least DC is welcoming, diverse, inclusive and has an urban vibe. The billionaire teams can enjoy their new home in the boring white suburbs.

Ummmm have you seen Alexandria?

Tom Sherwood is a local treasure and should be protected at all costs.

Mendo is not there. She was just asked and said he had another engagement.

VA Ds and Rs at all levels work together. DC does not.

Tony Williams is there.

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh we live in VA and love the Caps, go to lots of games, and I hate this for DC.

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And I hate it for VA. Terrible location.

+2 Same. It will be terrible for downtown DC. I’m grew up in the area and definitely remember what it was like around Gallery Place before the arena. It is very much one of the major developments that sparked the city’s revitalization.

Not to worry. Bowser is on it. She's forming a Gallery Pl task force.

They should tax commuters. /s

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They clearly didn’t think through many critical aspects of this project.

I doubt you or the Twidiot have ever been to an outdoor concert. The airport is likely to call and ask them to turn it down so they can hear themselves in the control tower.

They re-route traffic at LGA for the US Open, which is farther than this is to DCA.

Because the grunting of the players is too loud?

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Marylander, so I have no stake in this fight, but I have to hand it to Virginia: They're better at business than DC or Maryland.

TBH, DC deserves to lose the Wizards and Caps. Chinatown has become terrifying and between the violent, criminal teens on the loose and the abuse of marijuana in that area, I'm not surprised to see the Wizards and Caps go. It's time for DC leadership to wake up and get to work. The status quo of ignoring problems is not working.

All of this. It's not just pot, it's PCP laced pot, crack and people sitting on the sidewalk in broad daylight shooting up. There is a large and historic open air drug market. It's grim and not at all family friendly.

As Matt Y said today, Bowser is the best of the lot re: crime and business and NONE of this is good.

The question about the potential loss in revenue was a good one. She claimed $25M directly and a lot more indirectly. I suspect more.