A frustrated Mayor Muriel Bowser was measured in her words, as opposed to the city’s U.S. attorney, when discussing the steps the D.C. Council did and didn’t take regarding a permanent youth curfew.
The final vote Tuesday was 8-5 in favor of the curfew, enough to pass a permanent curfew but short of the votes needed to extend the curfew on an emergency basis. That means the new curfew won’t take effect until the fall.
“We needed the council to act yesterday, they decided to punt on the legislation,” Bowser said. “There will be a gap between when my 15-day emergency runs out, and they can, they can act again. I think what we’re seeing is that there is not a debate over the merits. Now, it’s all political, and I think that people need to put their political ambitions to the side and do their job.”…