Are you voting for Fenty or Gray?

[Anonymous]

White, upper-middle-class, kid in DCPS for nine years: We both voted for Gray this morning.

[mm72873]

Teacher for Gray all the way....

[Anonymous]

Spouse and I, white, Ward 3, two votes for Gray.

[Anonymous]

DW and I were two white Ward 4 votes for Gray.

Sorry, Adrian.

[Anonymous]

Ward 3, DCPS parent voting for Gray.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fenty-- we're urbanists who want high dollar development to make this a bigger/better/faster-paced city, walkability/ urban-appropriate transit priorities, and yes... gentrification. I think Gray is serious and sensible, but we're not his constituents and he won't be serving us or our priorities. We're middle income people who can't afford to bypass DCPS and live centrally (NW slightly east of the park), so we're not about to retreat into isolated low-density car-dominated enclaves without a reduction in quality of life if commerce and recreation advances in central areas stall under Gray.

Gray -- we're urbanists who want high dollar development to make this a bigger/better/faster-paced city, walkability/ urban-appropriate transit priorities, and yes... gentrification. I think Fenty is serious and sensible, but we're not his constituents and he won't be serving us or our priorities. We're middle income people who can't afford to let him continue to serve his developer friends at the expense of charter schools, and live centrally (NW), so we're not about to retreat into isolated low-density car-dominated enclaves without a reduction in quality of life if education opportunities in central areas stall under Fenty.

[Anonymous]

Capitol Hill (Ward 6) - 2 kids in a charter school.

2 votes for Gray! We don't think Fenty is committed to charters and are concerned about Fenty's support of his slimy friends.

Our struggle was really with the Chairman's race. In the end, we voted for Orange last week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fenty-- we're urbanists who want high dollar development to make this a bigger/better/faster-paced city, walkability/ urban-appropriate transit priorities, and yes... gentrification. I think Gray is serious and sensible, but we're not his constituents and he won't be serving us or our priorities. We're middle income people who can't afford to bypass DCPS and live centrally (NW slightly east of the park), so we're not about to retreat into isolated low-density car-dominated enclaves without a reduction in quality of life if commerce and recreation advances in central areas stall under Gray.

Gray -- we're urbanists who want high dollar development to make this a bigger/better/faster-paced city, walkability/ urban-appropriate transit priorities, and yes... gentrification. I think Fenty is serious and sensible, but we're not his constituents and he won't be serving us or our priorities. We're middle income people who can't afford to let him continue to serve his developer friends at the expense of charter schools, and live centrally (NW), so we're not about to retreat into isolated low-density car-dominated enclaves without a reduction in quality of life if education opportunities in central areas stall under Fenty.

Darn 8:38, you took the words right out of my mouth. 2 votes for Gray. DH and I are charter school parents, who opted to stay in the city because we want bigger/better faster paced city without the corruption. We are not NW, but we are everything else. Thanks for your post.

[Anonymous]

1 vote for Gray tomorrow. Charter school parent, with school in search of a building. Fenty doesn't return my e-mails, Gray writes back with ideas within the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fenty-- we're urbanists who want high dollar development to make this a bigger/better/faster-paced city, walkability/ urban-appropriate transit priorities, and yes... gentrification. I think Gray is serious and sensible, but we're not his constituents and he won't be serving us or our priorities. We're middle income people who can't afford to bypass DCPS and live centrally (NW slightly east of the park), so we're not about to retreat into isolated low-density car-dominated enclaves without a reduction in quality of life if commerce and recreation advances in central areas stall under Gray.

Gray -- we're urbanists who want high dollar development to make this a bigger/better/faster-paced city, walkability/ urban-appropriate transit priorities, and yes... gentrification. I think Fenty is serious and sensible, but we're not his constituents and he won't be serving us or our priorities. We're middle income people who can't afford to let him continue to serve his developer friends at the expense of charter schools, and live centrally (NW), so we're not about to retreat into isolated low-density car-dominated enclaves without a reduction in quality of life if education opportunities in central areas stall under Fenty.

Darn 8:38, you took the words right out of my mouth. 2 votes for Gray. DH and I are charter school parents, who opted to stay in the city because we want bigger/better faster paced city without the corruption. We are not NW, but we are everything else. Thanks for your post.

8:38 here. Who knows, we could be at the same school...

[Anonymous]

Fenty.

[Anonymous]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Why-Fenty-deserves-and-DC-needs-four-more-years--102302259.html

For those interested in comparisons between Fenty and Gray

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Why-Fenty-deserves-and-DC-needs-four-more-years--102302259.html

For those interested in comparisons between Fenty and Gray

That didn't really read like a comparison to me, so much as just a pro-Fenty screed.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Why-Fenty-deserves-and-DC-needs-four-more-years--102302259.html

For those interested in comparisons between Fenty and Gray

That didn't really read like a comparison to me, so much as just a pro-Fenty screed.

That's the nature of an editorial endorsement. A bit of false advertising by the poster of the link.

[Anonymous]

From the linked article:

When he met with the Examiner editorial board, Gray raised the specter of a city that builds “dog parks” for yuppies at the expense of playgrounds for black children. He offered this explanation for Fenty supposedly favoring the white parts of town: “Politically, I think he sees his base as over there, and he wants to maintain his base.” He added, “That is not to suggest anyone’s a racist,” which struck us as a good way of putting that image into people’s minds.

Stay classy, Gray!

Ah, well, if Fenty doesn't manage to pull his bacon out of the fire, the city won't be doomed from four years of racial pandering and stagnation. Too much momentum.