NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

@wcp.bsky.social fyi these things ain't open yet, still, despite what the CFO said would happen

"provocative ideas about race" - you can (and should) just say "racist", it's clearer and more concise

Throne email saying closure saves $126k

Washington City Paper report showing Jack Evans' new job pays $127k

I love that we as a city defund the critical infrastructure of public toilets to give a grift guy a nepo job. Might wanna probe this one further, @wcp.bsky.social, the timing is wild.

Two-panel Principal Skinner meme from The Simpsons. Top text: "Am I out of touch?" Bottom text: "No, it's the children who are wrong."

The Democratic Party:

eagerly awaiting the implications for DC's next mayoral race

DCCA Resolution 1/3

DCCA Resolution 2/3

DCCA Resolution 3/3

Here's the resolution itself. Is it LLM nonsense or just normal nonsense? 🤷

DCCA Cover Letter 1/2

DCCA Cover Letter 2/2

Thrilled to hear that the Deckover will begin despite this absurd misdirection from DCCA, who begs for intervention to throw away federal money.

Calico cat on top of woven quilt in front of window

Pictured: Big Fence execs

I'll take it

if I misunderstood that exchange I'll retract and just delete, my b, but it seems like only the Post posted that night, which prompted the follow up from MPD

(sorry hit reply to the other one but it's replying to this one, but I'm referring to the 6/3 11:15am)

That's the morning after we had that exchange :/

I cannot believe this shit, what the hell is going on

Whether you consider yourself a community journalist or not, it certainly seems like you are -- and you have a broad reach to a local crowd. This was about giving a time sensitive public message and disclosure.

I just wanna say as a retrospective that you have direct comms to me and others. I can do far more valid documentation than your average poster sending you grainy photos of a note on a window. It's disappointing that only the Washington Post, whom I didn't even tag, broke this story and followed up.

Only ANCs seemed to want to fight about it (not like they have any formal power here). Amusingly and depressingly, I kinda wonder if this breaks the oft-broken rules about noticing intent of actions to ANCs from exec agencies (probably not, I think "public safety" is exempt).

I don't doubt others are to blame, but MPD's Chief Smith made the request, Mayor Bowser sits above her and failed to provide any support for the circle afterwards, NPS + USPP kept the circle closed after the MPD request was rescinded, and no one, including Council, communicated outwards.

I tagged some of them (I hope washprobs sees my post), but I have publicly provided what feels like sufficiently damning documentation here.

it's true but MPD also
A. seems to have formally started the mess
B. did not communicate what they did to other government stakeholders or the general public
C. rescinded only at the 11th hour, once it was made public, and with a sort of wink and nod like "we just don't want people to be mad"

sorry it didn't let me upload all 8 at once and I don't fully understand why (it let me select them and didn't tell me it only uploaded 4)

I cannot stress this enough: for DC’s restaurant scene to thrive, employers must be able to pay their workers less. It’s basic economics, folks.

Thoughts: it fucking sucks.

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Attaching the complete determination below.

Calico cat in shrimp formation licking hand while laying on stitched off-white cotton quilt

Kugel is happy that we (ok royal we, she ain't coming in a cat pack in this heat) will have access to the Dupont Circle park this weekend.

Don't allow that agenda to be set without blame.

Council can bolster their protections but the Mayor is above them in the chain or command. She controls their policy, legally and practically, since the chief is her subordinate. And when asked as part of the WaPo piece, when asked, her office didn't disagree, they directed people to the NPS.

Well she is the executive above MPD, so presumably she endorsed the request.

This was a statement directed to, as far as I can tell, the Mayor's Office (though it's a bit odd given that MPD operates under the Mayor's Office).