{"id":7135,"date":"2009-01-17T19:07:14","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T00:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=7135"},"modified":"2009-01-17T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T01:11:09","slug":"more-change-for-the-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=7135","title":{"rendered":"More change for the Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I wrote how the homeless population that normally grazes<\/a> through the tourists on Pennsylvania Avenue are in for a real treat at their shelters on Inauguration day. Well DC government is now concerned about the prostitutes plying their trade during the Hope and Change<\/a> of the next few days;<\/p>\n

District police have placed signs along 5th and I Streets. They read, “Warning, Prostitution Free Zone.” Those who disobey could be fined 300 dollars, and even jailed. But will the city’s plan work?<\/p>\n

DC City Councilman Jim Graham said officers cannot enforce loitering laws, which is the reason for these signs.<\/p>\n

“Because this is focused, its limited in time, its aimed at a very specific issue, if you don’t move along, well put you in the car,” he said.<\/p>\n

John Thompson lives in the neighborhood, and he said prostitution is a major problem. He hopes the signs make a difference, but what will visitors think?<\/p>\n

“I’m not concerned with what visitors think. I’m concerned about the problem that exists,” Thompson said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, the problem exists because DC police are forbidden to enforce loitering laws in the District – that’s why we have a homeless problem and a prostitute problem. See that’s what liberalism has done to DC. The police are forbidden to do the jobs they’re hired to do, and now the District is ashamed of what the city has become. <\/p>\n

It’s OK for the taxpayers to wander through the crowds of prostitutes and panhandlers, but not the tourists, I suppose. So we get sporadic enforcement – and enforcement in the form of signs. Given the District’s record on education, I’m sure a sign probably isn’t going to deter any crimes. But, hey, like any other city run by liberals, as long as they can collect a fat fine and look as if they’re well-intentioned, that’s all that matters. That’s why they put up signs and cameras all over the District as reminders of how readily they’ll spend our tax money without solving the actual problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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