From you cannot make this stuff up file

[sweetwater5s9]

How can a bill that doesn't exist be a Democratic bill?


Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, a Democrat who wrote the legislation, said it was part of a comprehensive approach to reducing violent crime in the city.

Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has not committed to funding the program, which would cost $4.9 million over four years, including $460,000 a year in stipend payments, according to the District's independent chief financial officer. Without the mayor's support, it would be up to the Council to find money for it through new taxes or cuts to existing programs.

[wmdn_bs]

Please link to the actual bill so we can see what is real, and not some hack story that may have been written by a drunk right winger in Podunk Arkansas.

[sunshine]

And where do they get this money for the free hand out?

[wmdn_bs]

Link please? So far all I see is a made up story from a hack site.

[wmdn_bs]

And where do they get this money for the free hand out?

A unicorn delivers it an the 32nd of every month.

[wxzyw]

$9,000 a year!!!

I wonder what brilliant liberal came up with this idea. Criminals should never be rewarded...

[gwboolean]

They shouldn't Komerad Wipz.  But you TrEA$on party assholes reward them all the time anyway.

[wmdn_bs]

So far, no link to an actual bill. As D2D would say, "No link? No Proof!" All malarkey.

[jst-the-fax]

Wmd,
Here are some 50 different news sources on this story

http://www.bing.com/search?q=DC+bill+would+pay+criminal&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=dc+bill+would+pay+criminal&sc=0-12&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=B479E48C55FD4B9DA72368896BD3ED2C

[sweetwater5s9]

Feb 2, 2:45 PM EST

DC bill would pay people stipends not to commit crimes

By

BEN NUCKOLS


Associated Press





WASHINGTON (AP) -- They say crime doesn't pay, but that might not be entirely true in the District of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat offenders.

The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a bill that includes a proposal to pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. It's based on a program in Richmond, California, that advocates say has contributed to deep reductions in crime there.

Under the bill, city officials would identify up to 200 people a year who are considered at risk of either committing or becoming victims of violent crime. Those people would be directed to participate in behavioral therapy and other programs. If they fulfill those obligations and stay out of trouble, they would be paid.

The bill doesn't specify the value of the stipends, but participants in the California program receive up to $9,000 per year.

Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, a Democrat who wrote the legislation, said it was part of a comprehensive approach to reducing violent crime in the city, which experienced a 54 percent increase in homicides last year.

 Longtime civic activist Dorothy Brizill was the only person to testify against the stipend program at a lengthy hearing last fall, saying it would waste taxpayer dollars.
 

"These incentive programs don't work," Brizill said Tuesday.


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CRIME_STIPENDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-02-13-17-17

[sweetwater5s9]

(Washington, DC) – Today, the Council of the District of Columbia passed, on first reading, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie’s (D-Ward 5) “Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Amendment Act of 2016 (NEAR Act),” a comprehensive bill that re-calibrates how the District approaches public safety.

“goal of the office will be to identify our teenagers and young adults at the highest risk for committing or being a victim of violent crimes, for participation in a stipend based program”


http://www.kenyanmcduffie.com/mcduffies-bill-to-combat-and-prevent-spike-in-crime-passes/

Kenyan R. McDuffie, Councilmember for Ward 5, was first elected to the Council of the District of Columbia in a 2012 special election.



McDuffie’s Bill to Combat and Prevent Spike in Crime Passes

[scott_free]

it costs 30,000 per year in taxpayer dough to keep somebody in prison.  do the math.  which do you think is more likely to maybe change behavior- treatment and education, or hanging around in prison, around prison gangs, around hard core criminals?  as Purolator used to say, PAY ME NOW, OR PAY ME LATER.  as Mark Twain said, every time you close a school, you have to build a prison. 

why let emotion guide your every decision and not logic and facts?