Consider Washington Circle NW, where tents have been pitched on the sidewalk since at least last summer. The ghost becomes even sadder as he walks a few blocks west into Georgetown. There, a vacant lot had been turned into a garbage-strewn encampment. This is no way for a person to live and die.
For those of us who remember D.C. before Nadeau and her ideological allies took over the D.C. Council, the sense of decline is palpable. How can a nine-year incumbent boast such a record? Either Ms. Nadeau is incompetent or she is responsible for her policies. Neither of them recommends that she continue in the role.
D.C. Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau (D-1st District) inexplicably stated that public safety is her “number one priority,” even though she supports a “safe D.C.” Ta. “It definitely makes me angry when I hear someone say that the quality of life in the 1st Ward is declining,” Nadeau said when presented with evidence to the contrary during a recent election campaign. Because I don’t believe that.” In June, on WAMU’s “The Politics Hour,” I asked Nadeau about the rise in criminal activity. Here’s her reaction to the rise in murders and car robberies. “Does that mean I think it’s a crisis? Maybe.” host Tom Sherwood responded. Could there be a crime crisis? ”
Ms. Nadeau has proposed legislation that would cede control of our roads to dangerous individuals who drive unregistered vehicles, our personal property to thieves and car thieves, and our safety to would-be murderers. I have supported it. The rewrite of the revised criminal law would have repealed existing guidelines, abolished minimum sentences and allowed judges to reconsider sentencing currently incarcerated people.
Despite having abundant resources, Mr. Nadeau and his colleagues have led the nation’s capital through a post-coronavirus pandemic with soft-on-crime laws and a 1 in 10 chance of It’s one of the few cities in America to do so. It’s time for Mr. Nadeau and other members of the council to stop playing social theorists and actually enforce current laws.