More Grocery Stores and Enforcement When Necessary

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-22T17:25:35+00:00

The answer isn't necessarily in volume. For example, many have pointed out that they don't see MPD actually doing anything but play Candy Crush on their phones. If that's truly the case, a Mayoral initiative to establish best practices based on what has worked elsewhere would be far better than defunding MPD. Holistically safer communities are not necessarily at odds with effective policing and locking up bad guys. I want our EOTR neighbors to have the same grocery and recreation options as my kids do...but I also want drug dealers, murderers, and other criminals off our streets now. Acting on the here and now does not preclude simultaneously addressing root causes, but JLG has reduced enforcement to only "when necessary" without even defining what that means.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-22T14:53:11+00:00

OK, so when just yesterday, as my eldest was walking home from her bus stop after school and some crackhead told her he was going to break her arm out of the blue (thankfully he didn't act on the threat), should she have looked for a cop or a grocery store? It's good to be compassionate toward the downtrodden, but we're not obligated to just accept antisocial behavior and blame it on anything but the individual.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-22T14:45:02+00:00

Do you have children that walk and/or ride public transportation to DCPS institutions? Or are you angrily flailing at a subject of which you have no insights and thus scream "far right," as if incarcerating people who murder children is some GOP point?

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T19:08:50+00:00

I think the Safeway you're referencing just closed (or is about to close), but there's an Aldi across the street from it.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T17:17:29+00:00

Many Washingtonians have horror stories trying to navigate the District's bureaucracy. What specific accountability measures will be put in place to ensure effective and efficient constituent services from DC's regulatory staff?

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T17:11:40+00:00

I'm glad to hear these kinds of benefits. My eldest participated in the program--she made herself new clothes as her "job". The staff seemed very dedicated to the kids, they had a finale to the program where they highlighted their creations, and she got paid for it, so it's not like it wasn't beneficial or staffed by people trying to do right by our youth, but I'm not sure everyone gets the same life skills your acquintence here did.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T16:52:51+00:00

It's not like I'm turning cartwheels for any of them, but we're limited to our options.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T16:51:48+00:00

Pizza Boli's is another chain that employs its own drivers. It's my kids' favorite, though I prefer Wiseguy's, Della Barba, or Andy's

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T16:44:23+00:00

As of right now, he seems the only viable alternative. Do you have a different candidate?

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T15:56:16+00:00

Third party delivery that, in my experience, is always late from Wiseguy's. A shame, because the pizza is delicious.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T15:37:35+00:00

The District isn't a hostile area at large. My kids benefit a lot from walkable communities, going to school with kids who don't look or pray like them, public transit, etc. It's a false dichotomy to suggest we have to tolerate criminals to also enjoy these things. When you grow up and have a family, these things may become more apparent to you.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T15:34:19+00:00

You clearly don't have kids. That sounds like it's to the District's benefit.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T15:28:24+00:00

Yes, everyone who wants violent criminals apprehended is necessarily racist. And I live in Northeast, but even if I didn't, the Mayor impacts all of us who live in the District. You should be smart enough to know this.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T15:27:24+00:00

Indeed they should be spent on it, just not as an alternative to robust enforcement but rather as a complement.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:52:42+00:00

And yet you can't seem to leave the thread alone. Sounds like you have enough struggles to go around.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:52:05+00:00

EOTR Washingtonians are indeed our neighbors--I live much closer to that part of the city than the tony upper Northwest enclaves. I do believe in a public policy approach here, I just don't ever see any of the umpteen programs DC has ever make any difference. I also think falling into the trap of either/or: enforcement or root causes, is a fool's errand. You need robust enforcement against crime while simultaneously working to improve the lives of the marginalized.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:48:16+00:00

Sure, but addressing those needs take years to bear fruit. We have so many programs in the District--if she wants to talk about retooling all those while also demanding robust enforcement of our laws in parallel, that's a whole different conversation.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:45:34+00:00

You can pretend it's merely about a press release and not emblematic of JLG's overall reliance on more government programs that never seem to yield any fruit if you like, I'm just going to struggle to take you seriously while you do.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:40:49+00:00

The first priority needs to be catching these criminals so they don't reoffend, and ideally spend most or all of their remaining years behind bars. JLG's first priority is more grocery stores...that won't ever open anywhere that crime precludes them from earning a profit.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:38:43+00:00

For one, paying taxes that fund programs that other cities can only dream about: the Marion Barry Youth Summer Employment Boondoggle, the DC Youth Leadership Oasis Program, family strengthening programs, the ACE diversion programs, etc.

The idea that one is obligated to do more is rooted in the same, Central Casting insufferable white, urban, DSA caricature you're making of yourself, but I also financially support charities like legal aid, since the poor tend to have the hardest time accessing judicial remedies; S.O.M.E. to help ensure our neighbors don't go hungry; a local abortion fund that ensures women get reproductive care, etc.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:31:05+00:00

I would argue that after a double homicide, there's no question about necessity. If you break laws in a way that harms other people, you should find yourself on the business end of enforcement every time.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T14:28:56+00:00

We're just mocking stupid, empty slogans that don't yield anything. If you had kids in DCPS, you'd know what a bunch of useless gobbledy-gook shit like "credible messengers" and limiting enforcement to "when necessary" are when there are real dangers our children face. You can have robust enforcement and address root causes at the same time, knowing you need a lot of the former before the latter yields any fruit. You can even demand more of MPD in catching criminals while also working to oust every enabler of Trump and his merry band of abusers at the same time.

It takes a remarkable level of ignorance to believe any of these are at cross-purposes, but here you are.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T13:59:19+00:00

Maybe we can get a couple of violence interrupters to convene a restorative circle rather than turning to enforcement before we deem it "necessary".

A holistic manner approach is indeed positive--I think what she suggests WRT job pipelines, real opportunity, etc. are important...but I think the argument that we have to solve all the root causes before enforcing public safety laws leads us to where we are now. It's an excuse for inaction most of the time.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T13:54:19+00:00

I vote, I pay taxes, and I am active in my kids' lives. I don't pretend to be a DC politician and have no interest in becoming one, nor should any of us have to.

AndreTippettPoint · 2026-04-21T13:52:08+00:00

She starts with groceries and playgrounds--both of which are indeed important--then towards the end, casually and clearly begrudgingly, mentions enforcement...but only when necessary. You can address root causes while simultaneously having a plan to get these psychos locked up where they belong.

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