City Council At-Large race

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman has become increasingly problematic to me. She faces an investigation over her meddling in the Ward 3 primary:

https://dcist.com/story/22/08/26/dc-elissa-silverman-ward3-poll-campaign-finance/

Multiple Black people are accusing her of some very gross behavior:

https://twitter.com/AllysnCarpenter/status/1575632683975442432?t=8XjXk4AkHt8irReTow4ipg&s=19

https://twitter.com/mysikix/status/1575518411916017666?t=lN7qcRFyJ814U_ebpuwxVA&s=19

https://twitter.com/LindseyJonesR/status/1575562280598908928?t=Ou3aYDVhVyAeMYiGF6T3pw&s=19

Yeah, that's criticism from the left. I agree with those critiques, but find McDuffie and Bonds even worse options. So who is left? I'll probably throw my vote to whoever seems like a genuinely good person. Or maybe I'll hold my nose and vote Silverman to keep a liberal vote on the council.

She sounds like a pretty terrible person. There are too many accounts that tell the same story: arrogant, condescending, and plays the victim card accusing others of anti-Semitism. This kind of stuff to me is disqualifying for an elected official.

I have known Elissa Silverman since 2007 when she was a Washington Post reporter and have followed her career closely. I have both opposed her candidacies and supported them. I support her now. In all of those years, I never heard a single allegation that she behaved in the manner described in those tweets. I'm not saying those tweets are false, but that maybe we should hear her side of the story.

Silverman has been the victim of anti-Semitic attacks. She was called a "fake Jew" by a speaker at a rally held by supporters of Council Member Trayon White. The megaphone was actually being held by one of Mayor Bowser's closest supporters:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/at-a-rally-to-end-divisive-politics-in-dc-a-speaker-called-a-lawmaker-a-fake-jew/2018/04/27/e3c0b182-4a34-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html

Silverman reacted to that and other incidents with grace. When White earlier claimed that Jews controlled the weather, Silverman reached out to him and encouraged him to meet with Jewish groups. The two Council Members later attended a Seder together.

I'm sure there are troubling personal anecdotes about all of the candidates -- whether true, false, or exaggerated. But, if you look at performance on the Council, Silverman has an enviable record. She has taken an extremely serious approach to oversight on her committees and has important legislative victories. Her effectiveness has ruffled some feathers, but DC needs some feather ruffling so she has my full support.

I had a personal interaction with her once about 5 years ago. It was small potatoes, but I totally believe the condescending attitude. She's like a right-wing charicature of smarmy liberal who talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. If I vote for her I'll be holding my nose.

I dont know her personally, but I find the accusations troubling and sadly believable. I am liberal and work with very liberal people but have encountered similar condescension towards people of color (I am one). I believe people EOTR as well as those like me EOTP want something more to be done about crime. We're fed up. Stop telling us what we believe. We want our streets to be safe, our neighborhood schools to be good. We want it to be safe for our children to walk to those schools. We want streets to be safe for everyone. Period. Doesn't matter the color of the skin of the criminal, they need to be held accountable and the current Council and Mayor aren't doing enough. Next time someone is carjacking your car in Ward 3, how about we send some violence interrupters to intervene? yeah, thought so. It doesn't cut it for you, it doesn't cut it for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Silverman. She's actually competent. And, frankly, the anti-Semitism coming from Ward 8 is scary AF.

I'm open to voting for someone other than Bonds. She doesn't excite me.

Anti-semitism from ward 8??? If you want to complain about Trayvon White just say that…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman. She's actually competent. And, frankly, the anti-Semitism coming from Ward 8 is scary AF.

I'm open to voting for someone other than Bonds. She doesn't excite me.

Anti-semitism from ward 8??? If you want to complain about Trayvon White just say that…..

Naw. They just prefer to be extremely prejudiced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman. She's actually competent. And, frankly, the anti-Semitism coming from Ward 8 is scary AF.

I'm open to voting for someone other than Bonds. She doesn't excite me.

Anti-semitism from ward 8??? If you want to complain about Trayvon White just say that…..

Naw. They just prefer to be extremely prejudiced.

So how did you come to this conclusion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are sick of the rising crime in the District, then vote Bonds and McDuffie and get rid of Silverman. So sick of the progressive bloc policies that are making the city increasingly unliveable.

I AM sick of rising violent crime and feel the council has drifted too far to the left, especially on that issue. I will be voting for McDuffie (and Bonds).

McDuffie sponsored a bill that completely did away with the last remaining consequence for ignoring traffic citations. And you like him for being tough on crime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Post editorial board endorses McDuffie and McLaughlin


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/03/dc-council-school-board-election-endorsements-2022/

And Krucoff over Frumin.

Does it surprise you that a Republican is endorsing Republicans?

[Anonymous]

The fact that the owner of this website endorses Silverman tells you all you need to know

We do not need more white clueless left of left liberals running this town anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are sick of the rising crime in the District, then vote Bonds and McDuffie and get rid of Silverman. So sick of the progressive bloc policies that are making the city increasingly unliveable.

I AM sick of rising violent crime and feel the council has drifted too far to the left, especially on that issue. I will be voting for McDuffie (and Bonds).

But aren't they incumbents and responsible for the current mess? What vote have they lost that led to more crime?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that the owner of this website endorses Silverman tells you all you need to know

We do not need more white clueless left of left liberals running this town anymore.

When Silverman’s opponents make blatantly racial distinctions — would a clueless black left of left liberal pass muster? — it is easy to believe that they have the occasional anti-Semitic slip-up as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that the owner of this website endorses Silverman tells you all you need to know

We do not need more white clueless left of left liberals running this town anymore.

Please, share other opinions you have as a man from Dumfries, VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington Post editorial board endorses McDuffie and McLaughlin


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/03/dc-council-school-board-election-endorsements-2022/

And Krucoff over Frumin.

Does it surprise you that a Republican is endorsing Republicans?

Does it surprise you that in D.C., that two Council seats are reserved for anyone but Democrats? I think it would surprise many.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that the owner of this website endorses Silverman tells you all you need to know

We do not need more white clueless left of left liberals running this town anymore.

When Silverman’s opponents make blatantly racial distinctions — would a clueless black left of left liberal pass muster? — it is easy to believe that they have the occasional anti-Semitic slip-up as well.

This looks like a clear example of the victim card playing that the many people who have gone on record have relayed about Silverman. It doesn’t come across as clever as you think it does.

If Silverman, as a white person, engaged in systematic condescending behavior towards people of color in one-on-one situations, the response that “wow, why are you pointing out her race?” sounds just like Republicans who used to call Obama the “real racist” for pointing out racial discrimination in America.

[Anonymous]

I really don't know who I'm going to vote for. I don't like any of the candidates. Crime and enforcement is very high on my list of concerns but no candidate seems to meet that need. Silverman is to progressive, Bonds seems to have done nothing in her time on the council and is just taking up space. The fact that McDuffie tried to run for attorney general and failed and then switch to independent to run for at-large really rubs me the wrong way - seems like he's just desperate to do anything. I've looked into McLaughlin but the vibe I get from him on crime is to feel sorry for the criminals and invest in more violence interrupters.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that the owner of this website endorses Silverman tells you all you need to know

We do not need more white clueless left of left liberals running this town anymore.

When Silverman’s opponents make blatantly racial distinctions — would a clueless black left of left liberal pass muster? — it is easy to believe that they have the occasional anti-Semitic slip-up as well.

This looks like a clear example of the victim card playing that the many people who have gone on record have relayed about Silverman. It doesn’t come across as clever as you think it does.

If Silverman, as a white person, engaged in systematic condescending behavior towards people of color in one-on-one situations, the response that “wow, why are you pointing out her race?” sounds just like Republicans who used to call Obama the “real racist” for pointing out racial discrimination in America.

Blaming the victim is exactly what you are doing. The poster to whom I replied was the one who made race an issue. Now you blame me for pointing it out? LOL, about playing the "victim card". I guess you think poor PP is the real victim because I quoted her words?

The most liberal member of the Council is Janeese Lewis George. But, since she is not a "white clueless left of left liberals" is she okay to the previous poster? Are leftists okay as long as they are not white? If that is your position, then it is fair to ask what other races or ethnicities you oppose.

If you oppose Silverman because you think she has been condescending towards people of color, but you wink and nod to people who complain about "white" people on the Council, I doubt the sincerity of your initial concern.

[Anonymous]

Why can't you accept that people do not like her for her condescending attitude? Sorry, she's not perfect.