Another Reason Not to Vote for Linda Cropp
Really the reasons are endless why no one in their right mind should vote for the Captain of the Titanic, aka City Council Chair Linda Cropp. Talk about rewarding bad behavior. Why in God's name should we promote Linda Cropp to Mayor?
Well the latest reason not to vote for Cropp comes from her own mouth - in an interview with the Washington Post, Cropp claims that a new poll showing her trailing isn't relevant because it doesn't factor in Fenty's opposition to the do-nothing, feel-good, knee-jerk, misnomered "DC Crime Bill" that the Council just passed. According to The Post:
Linda W. Cropp dismissed yesterday a Washington Post poll that found she trails Adrian M. Fenty in the race for D.C. mayor and said the results would have been different had the survey been conducted after the D.C. Council approved a crime bill last week.
Cropp (D), the council chairman, said Fenty (D-Ward 4) was out of touch with residents because he was the only council member to oppose the crime legislation. The bill, which came after a city crime emergency declaration, imposes a 10 p.m. youth curfew, gives police immediate access to some confidential juvenile records and installs surveillance cameras in neighborhoods.
"Mr. Fenty does not even recognize that there is a neighborhood crime problem," Cropp said. "Obviously, he's not talking to the community.
"When the real poll is taken September 12" -- the date of the Democratic primary -- Cropp said, "we will be victorious. If you took [the poll] last week . . . it would have had a different read."
What a load of crap. What has Cropp done to make the District safer during her tenure on the DC Council? What has she done to reform the MPD? To reign in the power of the police unions? Did anyone bother to tell Cropp that this latest surge in violence took place on her watch as City Council Chair? No reason to let something like the facts get in the way of some quality political grandstanding.
Well the latest reason not to vote for Cropp comes from her own mouth - in an interview with the Washington Post, Cropp claims that a new poll showing her trailing isn't relevant because it doesn't factor in Fenty's opposition to the do-nothing, feel-good, knee-jerk, misnomered "DC Crime Bill" that the Council just passed. According to The Post:
Linda W. Cropp dismissed yesterday a Washington Post poll that found she trails Adrian M. Fenty in the race for D.C. mayor and said the results would have been different had the survey been conducted after the D.C. Council approved a crime bill last week.
Cropp (D), the council chairman, said Fenty (D-Ward 4) was out of touch with residents because he was the only council member to oppose the crime legislation. The bill, which came after a city crime emergency declaration, imposes a 10 p.m. youth curfew, gives police immediate access to some confidential juvenile records and installs surveillance cameras in neighborhoods.
"Mr. Fenty does not even recognize that there is a neighborhood crime problem," Cropp said. "Obviously, he's not talking to the community.
"When the real poll is taken September 12" -- the date of the Democratic primary -- Cropp said, "we will be victorious. If you took [the poll] last week . . . it would have had a different read."
What a load of crap. What has Cropp done to make the District safer during her tenure on the DC Council? What has she done to reform the MPD? To reign in the power of the police unions? Did anyone bother to tell Cropp that this latest surge in violence took place on her watch as City Council Chair? No reason to let something like the facts get in the way of some quality political grandstanding.
posted by ChrisBarronDC at 9:08 AM
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