JLG wins Democratic Primary for Mayor

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You also can't send your kids to school here. You're making yourself out to be more important than you really are in the grand scheme of things.




EINSTEIN- if we no longer have the income tax of the rich, who will pay for our schools??? You see, if the folks who can afford 2 homes identify another jurisdiction as their primary, THEY DON’T PAY INCOME TAX HERE. Homestead deduction may be a couple thousand a year. Income tax may be tens of thousands, if not more. Take another long bong hit and settle down for the day.

Most of the folks I know who have the ability to switch residency to their second homes no longer have school age kids . . . and the ones that do send their kids to private. DC is in an economic tailspin---so instead of trying to shore up the part of the tax base who is willingly paying 9% income tax when they could easily move, DC is now primed to tax them further. It's like being a businessowner and when you don't have enough buyers for your $100 item, you decide to increase the price to $200. Makes no sense.

Bingo.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:Lived in DC from 1996 to 2020. Each successive Mayor after Anthony Williams was worse. Bowser has been mediocre, and it seems like JLG will be another step down. But it ain't my problem any more

why are you on this board lol

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Anonymous wrote:If you like economic ignorance, rampaging teens, street takeovers by ATVs, a declining tax base, failing schools, increased crime and the loss of home rule, you should be ecstatic right now.

It's funny that JLG championed soft-on-crime policies that led to a really nutso explosion in crime in the city....

....and then that led to Trump commandeering the DC police force and putting troops on every corner, and that led to a precipitous drop in crime, but also pissed everyone off....

....and then JLG used that widespread antipathy towards Trump to get herself a promotion....

....which she will no doubt now use to revive her pro-criminal policies, which will mean crime will soar once againn....

....and then that will lead to guess what?

NG is only in the wealthy, majority white areas. Just saying.

At this point, the guard has mostly left the city. I only see them in tourist areas. But crime has really abated in the past year.

Bullshit. They’re still everywhere they’ve always been.

I see more of them actually.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? Why would you send your kids to school here if your primary residence is elsewhere?

Let me break it down for you, Mr. “You are making yourself out to be more important”:

1) A person/ couple who declares a home in another jurisdiction to be their primary is a person/ couple who is rich. They have TWO Homes.

2) That RICH person/couple currently pay 11% in DC income tax on income substantial enough to have 2 homes. DC loses those tax dollars.

3) In order to claim another residence as your primary, you need to live there 181 days a year. That means you wouldn’t be using the schools anyway.

4) 181 days out of DC not only means no income tax from that person/couple, it also means that they aren’t spending their discretionary income in DC in our restaurants, stores, gyms, salons and theaters.

5) DC cannot afford to lose its rich tax payers. Period. They pay for our schools, our roads, our government, and our trash. Please be real.

My husband and I recently sold our home in DC. We are renting a luxury apartment in DC. Our kids are grown and we are looking at the buying a beach house elsewhere. We have decided that if JLG is crazy, we will either move to MD or VA as our primary resident, or use our second home as our primary residence. It's so easy for us to do. People act like it's a major thing. It isn't. We are the people that she doesn't want to lose. We live in Ward 3 and I don't want to change my residency, but we don't actually have anything that ties us to live in DC proper.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcfluffie ran a crappy campaign. This race should have been his to lose. He seemed annoyed at being asked questions and gave the impression, maybe unwittingly, that he was entitled to be mayor.

Dude sent his kids to GDS. Why would any public school parent vote for him?

Maybe because they don't want to get robbed walking their kids to school.

Both comments are ridiculous. So what he sent his kids to private school. I had one kid in private and one went to Wilson. Each kid is different and you should do what is best for your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

How many 38 year old government employees can buy a $1.2 million house in this interest rate environment? I dont think her husband works. If she has a $200,000 downpayment, that's still a $7,500 per month payment, which doesn't leave much for anything else.

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Agree with PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? Why would you send your kids to school here if your primary residence is elsewhere?

Let me break it down for you, Mr. “You are making yourself out to be more important”:

1) A person/ couple who declares a home in another jurisdiction to be their primary is a person/ couple who is rich. They have TWO Homes.

2) That RICH person/couple currently pay 11% in DC income tax on income substantial enough to have 2 homes. DC loses those tax dollars.

3) In order to claim another residence as your primary, you need to live there 181 days a year. That means you wouldn’t be using the schools anyway.

4) 181 days out of DC not only means no income tax from that person/couple, it also means that they aren’t spending their discretionary income in DC in our restaurants, stores, gyms, salons and theaters.

5) DC cannot afford to lose its rich tax payers. Period. They pay for our schools, our roads, our government, and our trash. Please be real.

My husband and I recently sold our home in DC. We are renting a luxury apartment in DC. Our kids are grown and we are looking at the buying a beach house elsewhere. We have decided that if JLG is crazy, we will either move to MD or VA as our primary resident, or use our second home as our primary residence. It's so easy for us to do. People act like it's a major thing. It isn't. We are the people that she doesn't want to lose. We live in Ward 3 and I don't want to change my residency, but we don't actually have anything that ties us to live in DC proper.

So many of us know folks who have the work and life flexibility to do this.

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Anonymous wrote:If you like economic ignorance, rampaging teens, street takeovers by ATVs, a declining tax base, failing schools, increased crime and the loss of home rule, you should be ecstatic right now.

It's funny that JLG championed soft-on-crime policies that led to a really nutso explosion in crime in the city....

....and then that led to Trump commandeering the DC police force and putting troops on every corner, and that led to a precipitous drop in crime, but also pissed everyone off....

....and then JLG used that widespread antipathy towards Trump to get herself a promotion....

....which she will no doubt now use to revive her pro-criminal policies, which will mean crime will soar once againn....

....and then that will lead to guess what?

NG is only in the wealthy, majority white areas. Just saying.

At this point, the guard has mostly left the city. I only see them in tourist areas. But crime has really abated in the past year.

Crime is down everywhere 🤷🏿

Did y’all miss the whole report with data about how the national guard had ZERO effect on violent crime?

Was this the same report that said that there were 274 murders in 2023 and this year we are on track to have the lowest murder rate in recorded history? That report?

I’m sure the 3,000 soldiers being in the city had absolutely no deterrent on crime because you know criminals love to carjack and kill people right in front of armed soldiers. They actually prefer to do it I’ve read.

SMH. This city is doomed.

And what explains the even greater declines in violent crime recorded over the same period in cities that have no NG deployments? Magic?

New US Attorneys who do their job? Local police no longer afraid of getting dragged to the White House for a beer summit? Etc?

Rates have been dropping since the pandemic, during the Biden administration...🤷🏿

The crime stats were cooked under Biden. Everyone knows that.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

How many 38 year old government employees can buy a $1.2 million house in this interest rate environment? I dont think her husband works. If she has a $200,000 downpayment, that's still a $7,500 per month payment, which doesn't leave much for anything else.

First of all, you have no idea how much she put down, whether her family helped, the type of loan she has, etc. but you can tell us what's in her pocket?

Don't count other people's money.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

How many 38 year old government employees can buy a $1.2 million house in this interest rate environment? I dont think her husband works. If she has a $200,000 downpayment, that's still a $7,500 per month payment, which doesn't leave much for anything else.

First of all, you have no idea how much she put down, whether her family helped, the type of loan she has, etc. but you can tell us what's in her pocket?

Don't count other people's money.

If she didn't want scrutiny of her finances, she shouldn't have run for mayor. This is obviously suspicious.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

How many 38 year old government employees can buy a $1.2 million house in this interest rate environment? I dont think her husband works. If she has a $200,000 downpayment, that's still a $7,500 per month payment, which doesn't leave much for anything else.

First of all, you have no idea how much she put down, whether her family helped, the type of loan she has, etc. but you can tell us what's in her pocket?

Don't count other people's money.

If she didn't want scrutiny of her finances, she shouldn't have run for mayor. This is obviously suspicious.

You seem like the kind of person interested in scrutinizing Obama's birth certificate. Lol, good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

How many 38 year old government employees can buy a $1.2 million house in this interest rate environment? I dont think her husband works. If she has a $200,000 downpayment, that's still a $7,500 per month payment, which doesn't leave much for anything else.

First of all, you have no idea how much she put down, whether her family helped, the type of loan she has, etc. but you can tell us what's in her pocket?

Don't count other people's money.

If she didn't want scrutiny of her finances, she shouldn't have run for mayor. This is obviously suspicious.

You seem like the kind of person interested in scrutinizing Obama's birth certificate. Lol, good luck.

Uh, huh. Who's ever even heard of a politician going house shopping in the middle of their campaign? This is obviously well outside her price range, and we just had another city council member (whom JLG called a "mentor") indicted for bribery.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? Why would you send your kids to school here if your primary residence is elsewhere?

Let me break it down for you, Mr. “You are making yourself out to be more important”:

1) A person/ couple who declares a home in another jurisdiction to be their primary is a person/ couple who is rich. They have TWO Homes.

2) That RICH person/couple currently pay 11% in DC income tax on income substantial enough to have 2 homes. DC loses those tax dollars.

3) In order to claim another residence as your primary, you need to live there 181 days a year. That means you wouldn’t be using the schools anyway.

4) 181 days out of DC not only means no income tax from that person/couple, it also means that they aren’t spending their discretionary income in DC in our restaurants, stores, gyms, salons and theaters.

5) DC cannot afford to lose its rich tax payers. Period. They pay for our schools, our roads, our government, and our trash. Please be real.

My husband and I recently sold our home in DC. We are renting a luxury apartment in DC. Our kids are grown and we are looking at the buying a beach house elsewhere. We have decided that if JLG is crazy, we will either move to MD or VA as our primary resident, or use our second home as our primary residence. It's so easy for us to do. People act like it's a major thing. It isn't. We are the people that she doesn't want to lose. We live in Ward 3 and I don't want to change my residency, but we don't actually have anything that ties us to live in DC proper.

Made the same decision years ago, after a decade of living in D.C.

Horrendously incompetent city government, with no end in sight, makes me glad we moved out of Washington.