These Trade Associations should just vote with their feet and move out of DC's dangerous neighborhoods like Capitol Hill and K Street. Everything they do can be done remotely anyway, but if they really feel the need for an office, just move out to somewhere safe like Reston or Leesburg.

Anonymous wrote:The small (12 employees) trade association that I've worked for the last 20 years maintains a small office downtown but we are all fully remote work and that's never changing. This began in 2020 when we renegotiated our lease and move into an office space one third of the size of what we were in.

I run a 150 person trade association and we are in 3 days per week. Just built out 45,000 square feet downtown.

Anonymous wrote:I've been a DC resident since 1993. My children attend DC public schools. I'm ready to say "bring in federal control."

As stated consistently now for years, you won't get Federal control, which I'm assuming to you equals major cleanup, without you voting Republican across the board for years and years, starting with Trump. It is WAY more likely DC gets a lot worse, before it gets better.

I've been reading DCUM for about 2 months and following DC out of great curiousity as a New Yorker, and you guys need a miracle, this is like a 400lb person, small "tweaks" are not going to move the needle, and if/when these "tweaks" do, it will take a long time to see any noticeable difference. Whenever this miracle change you're hoping for occurs, it's year's down the road of risk for your kids and family. This is like those that decided to live on the rim of the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
The Political climate in DC wants no part of any meaningful, logical change. The only logical change for you to make is to leave DC, and then you'll ask yourself a year later why didnt I do it sooner?

The small (12 employees) trade association that I've worked for the last 20 years maintains a small office downtown but we are all fully remote work and that's never changing. This began in 2020 when we renegotiated our lease and move into an office space one third of the size of what we were in.

I've been a DC resident since 1993. My children attend DC public schools. I'm ready to say "bring in federal control."

You could tell DC would arrive here when the porch pirate stuff started and the Mayor could not care in the least. When you don't sweat the "small stuff" it leads to general lawlessness where everyone ends up feeling victimized. And everyone also ends up feeling like it's a lost cause so they might as well join in. For "regular" law abiding, tax paying residents that means running more red lights, double parking like. D-bag, not picking up your dog's crap. The whole broken windows theory. Deal with the small crime and it helps curb the bigger stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:The American Investment Council spearheaded this letter with a whopping 15 employees.

Pretty sure this was spurred by the shooting of Mike Gill, who was very connected with the various finance related trade groups that likely spearheaded the effort.

That's exactly what happened. Mike Gill was also a former Trump official. I thought the letter was misguided. If they wanted to do something, they would have come together to meet with the Mayor and have constructive demands.

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Anonymous wrote:I work for one of the largest trade associations in Washington. I would not have signed. I will be calling some of my colleagues who are on that letter. Call me slightly skeptical. I want to know who put that letter together.

Oooh you’re slightly skeptical. Who gives a fck what you think?

I employ a lot of people. Do you?

You work for a trade organization lol

wut?

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Anonymous wrote:I work for one of the largest trade associations in Washington. I would not have signed. I will be calling some of my colleagues who are on that letter. Call me slightly skeptical. I want to know who put that letter together.

Oooh you’re slightly skeptical. Who gives a fck what you think?

I employ a lot of people. Do you?

I was asking the person who works for the trade organization why we should care. He doesn't employ anybody. He just works there and could be replaced in an afternoon if something happened to him like w/ Mike Gill.

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Anonymous wrote:A year ago on this board people wouldn’t even acknowledge to crime crisis.

Mendo perjured himself denying it.

The council has shown They. Do. Not. Care.

This is why the recalls are so necessary. It’s the only way we will get any action on this.

All predicted by the conservatives (not MAGA Trumpers) during the "defund the police" movement. duh

I’ve never been called a conservative before the past two years. Not in the least. But this has been insane!

For shits and giggles let's do away with the conservative/liberal labels for now. This is a HUGE problem that we should all be concerned about, political affiliation aside.

Anonymous wrote:The American Investment Council spearheaded this letter with a whopping 15 employees.

Pretty sure this was spurred by the shooting of Mike Gill, who was very connected with the various finance related trade groups that likely spearheaded the effort.

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Anonymous wrote:I work for one of the largest trade associations in Washington. I would not have signed. I will be calling some of my colleagues who are on that letter. Call me slightly skeptical. I want to know who put that letter together.

Oooh you’re slightly skeptical. Who gives a fck what you think?

I employ a lot of people. Do you?

You work for a trade organization lol

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Anonymous wrote:I work for one of the largest trade associations in Washington. I would not have signed. I will be calling some of my colleagues who are on that letter. Call me slightly skeptical. I want to know who put that letter together.

Oooh you’re slightly skeptical. Who gives a fck what you think?

I employ a lot of people. Do you?

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Anonymous wrote:I work for one of the largest trade associations in Washington. I would not have signed. I will be calling some of my colleagues who are on that letter. Call me slightly skeptical. I want to know who put that letter together.

How many days per week do you go into the office?

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen nothing but people angry about this on here. There really were people denying this was an issue?

The site owner occasionally makes comments that insinuate the people who post about crime are delusional and concerned about nothing lol.

He tried to shove this issue under the rug for years. No idea why. He had always seemed reasonable before. It is as if he lost his mind trying to prove he was virtuous. Well that attitude lulled people and destroyed the city. Nothing virtuous at all about it.

Sadly it is not uncommon for people to ignore reality and data in order to support their ideological beliefs.

The irony here is that more crime disproportionately hurts poor and marginalized people more than the wealthy.

Ignoring crime because here it’s the affluent white moms who post about it is not “virtuous” and is the definition of a luxury belief.

Since moving to DC I have astonished by the breathtaking hypocrisy of the wealthy who espouse “progressive” values that actually hurt the underprivileged people they claim to help. All of the studies and data indicates that crime and criminality hurts poor people the most. They are much more likely to be victims or crime. But the affluent hear will scoff if you mention this fact and sweep crime under the rug while talking about defunding the police and restorative justice.

Thank you. This is exactly what is happening. And the virtuous wealthy have the gall to brag about the destruction they are causing.

Who specifically are these "virtuous wealthy" braggarts?