The Politics Hour
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The D.C. Council starts rolling back plans for internet gambling. Virginia lawmakers move ahead with a law requiring ultrasounds before abortions. And Maryland's governor pitches a packed agenda before the state's General Assembly. Join us for our weekly review of the politics, policies, and personalities of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
Guests
Tom Sherwood
Resident Analyst; NBC 4 reporter; and Columnist for the Current Newspapers
Roger Berliner
Montgomery County Councilmember (D-District 1)
Michael Brown
Member, D.C. Council (At-Large, Independent)
Politics Hour Extra
Brown talks about his continued advocacy of Internet gambling and answers questions about what some critics have perceived as his attempts to get legislation allowing it passed without proper notice to D.C. residents:
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For Roger Berliner:
There has been a significant rise in crime in the Friendship Heights/Bethesda area, near the DC/Montgomery Cty line. Criminals are more brazen, attacking pedestrians and homeowners, and committing armed robberies. Criminals seem to be going back and forth across jurisdictions, suggesting there is not enough coordination between law enforcement agencies. If there was as much emphasis on capturing these criminals as there is on installing money generating speed cameras, residents wouldn't have to consider hiring private security personnel, and Montgomery Cty wouldn't be losing its reputation as a great place to live.
Every time I hear Michael Brown, I thank goodness I don't live in DC. He is such a fraud and a lightweight. Talk about being a bought and sold politician!
A couple of weeks ago my son and 4 friends were walking in a neighborhood around 9th and Tuckerman St NW around 6 p.m. after working out at the nearby recreation center. One of their friends in the group needed to go by a family member's house to pick up some money to go to McDonald's on GA and Peabody. They were confronted by a group of teens on porch of a house, who hollered at them "What gang are you in? and "What are you doing in this neighborhood?" My son and his friends did not engage the guys on the porch, but kept on walking. They got to the address and went in. About 15 mins. later, they came out and there were more male teens on the porch, one of them picked up a stick and was slapping it in his hand and some of other guys started yelling at them again. The grandparent of one of the teen in my son's group decided to give the boys a ride to McD's. Once they got into the car on the guys from the porch got on his bike and rode around the car and when the car was moving down the street some of the guys followed the car to corner. By the way, my son and his friends (I know them all and most of the parents) are not in gangs, they were still in the workout clothes and most of the have applied for college for the fall.
I was told about the incident that night and the following morning I call my son's school and reported the incident and went to the 4th Dist. Station to report it and find out what could be done. They officers I talked with were good listeners and sympathic, but really didn't have suggestions or could tell me anything. Finally, one officer gave me a number to that neighborhood's PSA officer H. Dickerson 715.7504 I call Ms Dickerson about 3 times and had to leave a message, she never called me back.
If this is the response I get and I don't live in that neighborhood, I suspect the residents who could probably give more detail information about things going on are scared or feel like there is no use to contact the police.