Ranking DC's Mayors

[Anonymous]

Ranking the Mayors of the District

1. Tony Williams
2. Bowser
3. Walter Washington
4. Fenty
5. Gray
6. Pratt-Kelly
7. Barry

[Anonymous]

OP since you ranked Tony Williams first, here is his own perspective on his tenure:

Anthony Williams is credited with helping to revitalize D.C. Now he’s working to make sure everyone benefits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/anthony-williams-is-credited-with-helping-to-revitalize-dc-now-hes-working-to-make-sure-everyone-benefits/2017/12/15/ac484dc2-e1b7-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html

"During his years as mayor, Williams thought his economic development plan would lift up the poor, not drive them out of the city.

'I thought the A-number one thing to do was to create a climate where people were willing to reinvest in D.C.,” he said. “Once you create a flow of investment, you start solving financial problems. But first you have to improve the operation of the place, and then you can start creating a cycle of prosperity.'...

But there was a flip side: That wave was not lifting all boats, but battering the heck out of the poor."

[Anonymous]

I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

No way.

1. Williams
2. Barry (people forget all the good he did at first)
3. Bowser (that's really sad that she's this high)
4. Walter Washington
5. Gray
6. Fenty (I worked in his administration, ugh!)
7. Pratt-Kelly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

No. He was an arrogant little sh!t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP since you ranked Tony Williams first, here is his own perspective on his tenure:

Anthony Williams is credited with helping to revitalize D.C. Now he’s working to make sure everyone benefits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/anthony-williams-is-credited-with-helping-to-revitalize-dc-now-hes-working-to-make-sure-everyone-benefits/2017/12/15/ac484dc2-e1b7-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html

"During his years as mayor, Williams thought his economic development plan would lift up the poor, not drive them out of the city.

'I thought the A-number one thing to do was to create a climate where people were willing to reinvest in D.C.,” he said. “Once you create a flow of investment, you start solving financial problems. But first you have to improve the operation of the place, and then you can start creating a cycle of prosperity.'...

But there was a flip side: That wave was not lifting all boats, but battering the heck out of the poor."

Driving people out of the city and accelerating gentrification is the reason that a lot of people rank Williams number 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

No way.

1. Williams
2. Barry (people forget all the good he did at first)
3. Bowser (that's really sad that she's this high)
4. Walter Washington
5. Gray
6. Fenty (I worked in his administration, ugh!)
7. Pratt-Kelly

Like forgetting to plow NW any time it snowed? Barry turned DC into a massive jobs program and we're still stuck with the massive bureaucracy that he put in place

[Anonymous]

1. Williams
2. Washington
4. Pratt
Everyone else is tied and was/is mildly corrupt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

No way.

1. Williams
2. Barry (people forget all the good he did at first)
3. Bowser (that's really sad that she's this high)
4. Walter Washington
5. Gray
6. Fenty (I worked in his administration, ugh!)
7. Pratt-Kelly

Barry was awful. A crooked, corrupt racist. While the rest of the country was laughing at us, Washington DC was suffering.

Tony Williams was the Best DC Mayor Ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

No way.

1. Williams
2. Barry (people forget all the good he did at first)
3. Bowser (that's really sad that she's this high)
4. Walter Washington
5. Gray
6. Fenty (I worked in his administration, ugh!)
7. Pratt-Kelly

Like forgetting to plow NW any time it snowed? Barry turned DC into a massive jobs program and we're still stuck with the massive bureaucracy that he put in place

Barry’s version of “snow removal” was done with a straw and mirror.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

No way.

1. Williams
2. Barry (people forget all the good he did at first)
3. Bowser (that's really sad that she's this high)
4. Walter Washington
5. Gray
6. Fenty (I worked in his administration, ugh!)
7. Pratt-Kelly

Barry was awful. A crooked, corrupt racist. While the rest of the country was laughing at us, Washington DC was suffering.

Tony Williams was the Best DC Mayor Ever.

Unfortunately that does not mean that PPs rankings are wrong. We've not been blessed with good mayors besides Anthony Williams.

[Anonymous]

Gray was actually a pretty good mayor in terms of policies and direction of the city — people rank him lower because the campaign against Fenty was so ugly and because of the alleged improprieties in his campaign, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gray was actually a pretty good mayor in terms of policies and direction of the city — people rank him lower because the campaign against Fenty was so ugly and because of the alleged improprieties in his campaign, though.

Really? Alleged? I watched the debates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ranking the Mayors of the District

1. Tony Williams
2. Bowser
3. Walter Washington
4. Fenty
5. Gray
6. Pratt-Kelly
7. Barry

No way Bowser is that high. She’s a replacement level Fenty at best. And you must be white because no way that Barry is that low.

I’d probably go:
1. Williams
2. Walter Washington
3. Barry
4. Bowser/Fenty
6. Gray
7. Pratt Kelly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd put Fenty over Bowser and Washington.

No. He was an arrogant little sh!t.

I agree he was arrogant.

But - he got the parks turned around and he did a lot for DCPS.

Once you have parks and schools - families are more committed to the city.