Look at the MPD crime cards for each address for the past year, past 2 years

https://crimecards.dc.gov/

Walk around during the daytime weekdays and weekends and after dark. See what your comfort level is.

I would personally make fun meals in so that there is 100% control over ingredients. Eating out with those restrictions might go ok but if not, could ruin trip and cause a long lasting flare. As someone whose kid had food restrictions, eating out is stressful. I'd make fun experience memories that are not food centered.

Ugh, Hondas have been particularly targeted for theft in DC for decades. I'd get a club too, or better yet, a club, and off street parking. Wheels should not be your only concern, OP.

Got it. Hopefully not. My sense was that was mostly about finances but some @ crime so I wondered if that was a goal again. Hope the committee with oversight over DOJ joins or has own hearings. The fact that DC AG has a much higher prosecution rate using same lab and MPD should be looked into. It's not Graves, this has been a trend since late in Obama administration, across Trump and now Biden. So many cases declined and also undercharged and pled.

The provision where MPD cannot look at BWC footage before writing reports (not police involved shootings, everything else) seems unusual and like it is a cause of many cases not going forward per USAO. The rate of no papered cases seemed to tick up around the time BWC were implemented, maybe that legislation should be revisited?

The goal of public safety and incentives of USAO careers need to be better aligned, particularly as there is no electoral accountability. The reduction in funds for USAs could be gas on the dumpster fire in DC since we have no ability to fund elected prosecutors, court capacity, etc. Ugh.

A different committee oversees DOJ/USAO, this was the committee with oversight over DC. A joint hearing would have made sense.

Agree it seemed to be a waste of time. It seems they are going to hold more. Anyone here live in DC at the lead up to the control board? Feels kind of where this may head.

This hearing is being conducted by the Committee with oversight over DC .

The committee with oversight over DOJ and thus USAO and DC courts is a different committee altogether.

Agree re: funding of USAOs esp since DC has no elected prosecutor of adult crime.

People not serving their full sentences is problematic.

https://twitter.com/VA4SafeComm/status/1640807211810140160

Agree. Oversight over DOJ and thus USAO is a different committee than oversight over DC. Perhaps they can call a joint hearing and invite the mayor to that one?

Give Bread Furst in VN a call to see what is in stock.

Is that right? Huh. Somehow we have had the fest every year w/o a bus.

I saw jokes online before his announcement asking if the bus came with a hot tub.

His alleged sex pest behavior likely predated the bus.

What kind of food do you like, OP? You need to narrow it down a bit by food and area. Have a good run!

See if they will let you move to another unit.

Ha, true.

They are NOT up that early!

Horseplay

Someone forgot his cookie! Totally reasonable reaction, no?

Agree, mate.

I'm sure there are many non-controversial aspects of the bill that can be split off and passed.

After what happened re: Bowser being blocked from the floor back in January, it was insanity to send this up in the current form. Looking backwards and calling party leadership "naive" as one of the nicer terms, ain't it either. So odd for politicians to not see reading the room as an aspect of their jobs.

Same with running the city with a balanced budget. With schools facing cuts and everyone wanting to invest in root causes and kids, why focus on free bus fare when tradeoffs need to be made? They all act more like people at a think tank or uni than legislators.

And the sense of self importance is vast, when they are just one city council of tens of thousands of them in US.

Can't go back and undo it so best to move forward in a smart and strategic way.

If you're right should have gotten it to the Hill before the election.

Also if you are right, do you anticipate a 4 year break from any legislation?

The existing laws are not the reason there are so many no papered, under charged and plead down cases. That would be the USAO and AG. And if there are reasons they cannot bring solid cases, those need to be addressed. Always most useful to focus on the things you CAN control.

After what Congress did re; Bowser, was foolish to think anything different would happen to bill in current form. So, after the Congresswoman was mugged, chose that particular time, while bill was pending, for Cuba resolution. They can learn quick or slow, slow seems to be what they have picked for now.

I was quoting Bowser.

Time to move on from the past week. .

That bill is over.

The only productive discussion is being "smart and strategic" about moving forward, working with allies on the Hill.

Whipping people up over something that is done is silly and serves no useful purpose but division and rumination.

Likely.

A distinct possibility.

Another possibility.

The people who likely stole it set it on fire when finished with it would be my guess, not that uncommon. No worries re: prints, etc, as if that matters, etc.

I have seen some nasty accidents involving Vespas on RCPW, I'd take the red line to metro center and switch to blue or orange line to Arlington. People drive really fast, there is often gravel, I would not chance it, OP.