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Dec 16, 2023Liked by Joe Friday

Just calling out that Charles Allen recommended this post in his constituent newsletter. You are getting attention from key decision makers. Keep up the great work!

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Dec 15, 2023Liked by Joe Friday

A very good summary of the year. Because this is so high-quality, let me make a couple of quibbles: You say "Chronic absenteeism is incredibly high in DC schools, the highest of any 'state' and 20% higher than in Mississippi." Nobody should compare DC to states, it's an apples-and-oranges comparison, and this data is such garbage (e.g. not distinguishing between real illness and just staying home) that it's close to worthless. Also, our city's young (16-25ish) offenders mostly do not make rational decisions, like whether they're going to be caught or how severely they will be punished; the data will never tell you why offenders are doing what they're doing. That requires old-school social science which nobody seems to do anymore.

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Regarding truancy data, would it be appropriate to compare to other metro areas or is it the case that truancy data is rarely commensurate in collection methods?

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Anytime chump

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So you support DC statehood to enable law enforcement to be better organized and funded?

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Dec 16, 2023·edited Dec 16, 2023

The elephant in the room is public housing, especially those located near places where tourists and professionals and the businesses that support them are.

One of the most positive, effective, and least costly policies to enact is to restrict qualification for such housing to teachers, city workers, first responders, the elderly and the disabled. Everyone else should have to compete for housing like everyone else. If they are poor, provide vouchers and job or educational opportunities.

This really isn’t that difficult, but nobody wants to risk alienating that voter base.

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What's that? You're a racist NIMBY asshole who thinks people don't deserve housing unless they serve the upper classes?

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Come say that to my face, coward. Obviously you read way too much into my post, which means that reading comprehension is something you’re very weak at. All i was saying was that subsidized housing should be for people who actually contribute to the community. Go take your weak punk ass somewhere else.

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Internet tough guy is tough on Internet. Film at 11.

In other news, hit dogs will holler.

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