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Tom_Leykis_Fan t1_iv7jbvv wrote

I wonder why the Post doesn't bother writing any stories about how dangerous DC streets are to pedestrians and how both the police and the politicians DGAF in the least. Politicians like Janeese Lewis George talk a good game but then the next day they're making it easier for dangerous DC drivers to renew their drivers licenses for "equity" reasons.

It's disgusting and I vote against every politician who caters to drivers.

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whichgustavo t1_iv82mvg wrote

Janeese is a joke and I realized this when she re-posted something from Trayon White where he organized folks from his ward protesting against and mocking Latino workers, telling them literally “Hasta La Vista.” Shameful.

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Tom_Leykis_Fan t1_ivd13qp wrote

This is really sad. Can you provide evidence?

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whichgustavo t1_ivd6b4p wrote

It was an Instagram story that Janeese reposted in 2020, but the stories are temporary, so I guess you’ll have to take my word that she reposted it. But in terms of the actual protest, there was some news coverage:

Trayon White promotes, attends protest where Latino construction workers were racially harassed

Trayon White Apologizes After Promoting Protest Where Latino Workers Faced ‘Threats and Insults’

Video of the Protest

I actually kind of liked Janeese at the time, until I saw her repost of a story supporting the protest.

I don’t have twitter, but maybe someone can see if she said something about it there in Oct 2020.

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Tom_Leykis_Fan t1_ivd6plj wrote

This works. Thanks for providing links. I especially loathe the anti-semitic, racist, pedestrian hating Trayon White, so this looks doubly bad for JLG.

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whichgustavo t1_ivd9jwr wrote

It’s a mystery to me how Trayon White keeps getting endorsements and support from seemingly normal people and organizations. I think a local progressive Jewish group even endorsed him. It’s wacky and makes my head spin.

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Tom_Leykis_Fan t1_ivzmpkn wrote

Politics makes strange bedfellows. Just like how all these Fortune 100 companies promised to stop giving money to 1/6ers but then quietly resumed them. It's politics...and hypocrisy. What makes Washington go round.

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walkandtalkk t1_iv99i4z wrote

I think we need much tougher driving enforcement, but I don't see why we can't also making our road system functional and sane. While cars and dirt bikes are racing up 14th Street, we're ticketing drivers for $125 for going more than 7.5 MPH through the K Street underpass. We also refuse to time stoplights on a lot of major streets, which actually incentivizes people to gun it through a yellow in order not to get stuck at the next eight intersections in succession.

It is very possible to make driving both easier and safer by shifting focus from revenue collection to bona fide safety enforcement and efficiency.

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Tom_Leykis_Fan t1_ivd0wqj wrote

While I love sticking it to drivers, the blatant dishonesty (at best) or lying about having speed cameras at the entrance from 395 really hurt popular support for speed cameras. And as we have learned since 2016, conspiracy theories thrive in the absence of truth. The city should remove the camera at 395 and simply add more on city streets.

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