I was surprised to read in the Feb. 22 Metro article “Recall bid hits 2nd D.C. official” that D.C. Council member Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1) is citing her record on homelessness as a reason to oppose the recall campaign against her. Hers is not a record any politician should be proud of: A walk through our once-shining city reveals far too many neighbors living in squalor.
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Opinion | D.C. Council members are facing recall for a reason
Consider Washington Circle NW, where tents have been pitched on sidewalks since at least last summer. The specter is even sadder a few blocks west, walking into Georgetown, where an empty lot has been transformed in to a trash-strewn encampment. This is no way for people to live and die.
The sense of decline is palpable to those of us who remember D.C. before Ms. Nadeau and her ideological allies took over the D.C. Council. How can a nine-year incumbent be proud of such a record? Ms. Nadeau is either ineffective or her policies are to blame. Neither recommends her continuing in office.
Despite supporting “Secure D.C.,” D.C. Council member Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1) said, puzzlingly, that public safety is her “top priority.” In her most recent campaign, when presented with evidence to the contrary, Ms. Nadeau replied, “I definitely get offended when I hear someone say there’s a declining quality of life in Ward 1 because I just don’t believe that.” In June, on WAMU’s “The Politics Hour,” I asked Ms. Nadeau about the increase in criminal behavior. Her response to the increased numbers of murders and carjackings: “Does that mean I think it’s a crisis? Maybe.” Host Tom Sherwood replied: “Wait, wait, wait. Crime crisis is a maybe?”
Ms. Nadeau has supported legislation that ceded control of the roads to dangerous individuals driving unregistered vehicles, our personal property to thieves and carjackers, and our safety to those who would commit homicide. The rewrite of the Revised Criminal Code abolished existing guidelines and obliterated minimum sentences and would have allowed judges to reconsider the sentences of those currently incarcerated.
Despite possessing an abundance of resources, Ms. Nadeau and her colleagues have turned the nation’s capital into one of the few cities in America that has experienced a post-coronavirus pandemic high with criminal-friendly legislation and 10th chances. It’s time for Ms. Nadeau and others on the council to stop playing social theorist and actually enforce the existing laws.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Authorities are investigating two separate shootings in D.C. that left two teenagers suffering gunshot wounds.
1700 block of 14th Street Northwest | 12:36 a.m.
What they’re saying:
The Metropolitan Police Department responded to the intersection of 14th Street and R Street, Northwest, for a report of a shooting on Sunday, April 13, around 12:36 a.m. Upon arrival, officers located a juvenile male, conscious and breathing, suffering from a gunshot wound.
DC Fire and EMS responded and transported the victim to an area hospital for treatment.
Police say the victim was shot in the 1700 block of 14th Street, Northwest.
No word on suspects involved.
1700 block of 14th Street Northwest | 12:36 p.m.
MPD arrived in the 3300 block of 10th Place, Southeast, for a report of a shooting on Sunday, April 13, around12:53 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers located a juvenile male, conscious and breathing, suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS responded and transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment.
Anyone with any information on either of these shootings is asked to contact police.
The Source: Information from the Metropolitan Police Department was used to write this report.
MIAMI — The Washington Nationals placed shortstop CJ Abrams on the 10-day injured list on Saturday because of a right hip flexor strain.
Abrams first experienced discomfort during the Nationals’ home series against Arizona last week and it then flared up again on Friday, when Washington opened a road series in Miami. He was removed after the third inning and underwent an imaging test Saturday that confirmed the strain.
“I told him today to get this thing to calm down and get it right so it doesn’t become a bigger issue,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said before Saturday’s game. “In a week and a half, hopefully he’ll be ready to go.”
Abrams, 24, has four homers through his first 11 games this season.
“CJ wants to play every day,” Martinez said. “He wasn’t happy about it. But this was the second stint that it was bothering him. We’re going to try to get him all healed up so it’s something that he won’t have to worry about for the rest of the year.”
The Nationals recalled infielder Nasim Nunez from Triple-A Rochester in the corresponding move. Nunez was a Rule 5 selection last season, Nunez and appeared in 51 games for Washington. The 34-year-old, who was with the team in Spring Training in West Palm Beach, Florida last month, joins the active roster for the first time this year. In 10 games at Rochester, he hit .192 with three RBIs and five stolen bases.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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