Mayor Bowser took ‘economic development’ trip to Masters on taxpayers’ dime

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it had something to do with the restoration of the Rock Creek Park Golf Course? She’s not a golf buff, so there must be a good reason. We don’t know the full story.

You're either naive ... or spinning for Bowser.

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Isn't "Masters" a racist name for a golf tournament?

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it had something to do with the restoration of the Rock Creek Park Golf Course? She’s not a golf buff, so there must be a good reason. We don’t know the full story.

DC's public golf courses are run by the Feds via National Park Service. Trump administration cut a long term lease deal with the National Links Trust to take control of DC's courses, redesign them, and jack up the prices. It's going to be a long term project: https://www.nationallinkstrust.org/

I feel like their heart is in the right place.

That said, it wouldn't surprise me if Bowser went to the Masters to try to drum up support for the new National Links Trust and try to land a PGA tour stop in DC. It would be kind of awesome to have a PGA tour stop at East Potomac with the monuments in the background.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't "Masters" a racist name for a golf tournament?

Wait until you hear about the Old White course at the Greenbrier!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't "Masters" a racist name for a golf tournament?

I believe school principals in Boston and other Massachusetts school districts are still called "headmaster." It was always a unique quirk there. "Head teacher" is becoming more common in the U.K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't "Masters" a racist name for a golf tournament?

Probably the reason for the trip. Bring some enlightenment to the rubes.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't "Masters" a racist name for a golf tournament?

I believe school principals in Boston and other Massachusetts school districts are still called "headmaster." It was always a unique quirk there. "Head teacher" is becoming more common in the U.K.

what does that have to do with golf

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares. You should be happy it was just to South Carolina and not some European boondoggle.

I still remember when the DDOT director went on a European vacation to “study cycling”. That was hilarious.

The research from that whirlwind trip resulted in the plans for the K Street and Connecticut Ave bikeways.

Cool story but not true. He went in fall 2022, which was well after bike lanes were added by lobbyists to early concept for both.

Then what are the concrete results from the whirlwind trip? Did the DDOT director publish a white paper on bike mobility in cities and emerging trends?

Based on the timing, if one could argue anything, I what he learned led to DDOT removing the bike lanes from the revised K street transitway (original didn’t have bike lanes) and delay design work for CT Ave option C to conduct more study.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't "Masters" a racist name for a golf tournament?

I believe school principals in Boston and other Massachusetts school districts are still called "headmaster." It was always a unique quirk there. "Head teacher" is becoming more common in the U.K.

what does that have to do with golf

A DPP was trying to link racism and golf.

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares. You should be happy it was just to South Carolina and not some European boondoggle.

DC has a list of "restricted" states that DC gov employees cannot travel to on the Districts dime (eg, attending conferences) based on state laws regarding discrimination, LGBTQ rights etc.
Not sure if this is still enforced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe it had something to do with the restoration of the Rock Creek Park Golf Course? She’s not a golf buff, so there must be a good reason. We don’t know the full story.

Yeah, I think we do know the full story. And yet, DC residents will keep voting for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it had something to do with the restoration of the Rock Creek Park Golf Course? She’s not a golf buff, so there must be a good reason. We don’t know the full story.

You're either naive ... or spinning for Bowser.

Mayors regularly travel for BD. A several day trip to Georgia is not exactly unreasonable. Get a life!

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it had something to do with the restoration of the Rock Creek Park Golf Course? She’s not a golf buff, so there must be a good reason. We don’t know the full story.

Yeah, I think we do know the full story. And yet, DC residents will keep voting for her.

“We don’t know the full story” is a favorite line of Team 🟩

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it had something to do with the restoration of the Rock Creek Park Golf Course? She’s not a golf buff, so there must be a good reason. We don’t know the full story.

Yeah, I think we do know the full story. And yet, DC residents will keep voting for her.

“We don’t know the full story” is a favorite line of Team 🟩

They can't tell us the full story because the actions of the DC government are highly classified.

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We're in the leaders robbing the treasury stage of decline.