Tommy Wells

[takoma]

11:04 -- It's spelled Mendelson, and he moved to Takoma recently. I don't think he came from G'town, though.

And don't forget Evans from Ward 2 and Catania & Grosso at large..

So it's Mendelson, Graham, Evans, Cheh, Wells, Catania, and Grosso; seven out of thirteen.

As Jeff said, we have elected two white chairmen, Clark and Mendelson. And a bunch of at large candidates. At the polls in Ward 4, I saw whites for Bonds and blacks for Silverman.

[Anonymous]

I am definitely not as well informed as I should be - I thought Mendelson had some h's in it someplace. ANd I completely mixed up Evans and Mendolson.

And how I missed Catania is beyond me. that's what you get when you dash off a post. I have no idea on GRosso, though.

Interesting there are 7. DC is changing.

But my larger point, which was overshadowed by my ignorance, is that there's not a lot of name recognition out there for most of these council members.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I am definitely not as well informed as I should be - I thought Mendelson had some h's in it someplace. ANd I completely mixed up Evans and Mendolson.

And how I missed Catania is beyond me. that's what you get when you dash off a post. I have no idea on GRosso, though.

Interesting there are 7. DC is changing.

But my larger point, which was overshadowed by my ignorance, is that there's not a lot of name recognition out there for most of these council members.

Wells will be in Ward 1 tonight as part of his "listening tour": 6:30 to 8:30 tonite at 1419 Columbia Rd NW. That's the Latin American Youth Center:

http://www.tommywells.org/events/ward1listeningtour

Stop by and, as you will see, he is a native of Minnesota and they don't make them any whiter.

[takoma]

Anonymous wrote:I am definitely not as well informed as I should be - I thought Mendelson had some h's in it someplace. ANd I completely mixed up Evans and Mendolson.

And how I missed Catania is beyond me. that's what you get when you dash off a post. I have no idea on GRosso, though.

Interesting there are 7. DC is changing.

But my larger point, which was overshadowed by my ignorance, is that there's not a lot of name recognition out there for most of these council members.

You were probably thinking of the German spelling, like the composer Felix Mendelsohn. As for Grosso, he's the one who beat Michael Brown (and several others) in the 2012 election -- perhaps more surprising than Mendelson beating Bolden, since Grosso was a new name for the electorate and Brown was a well-known incumbent.

[Anonymous]

takoma wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am definitely not as well informed as I should be - I thought Mendelson had some h's in it someplace. ANd I completely mixed up Evans and Mendolson.

And how I missed Catania is beyond me. that's what you get when you dash off a post. I have no idea on GRosso, though.

Interesting there are 7. DC is changing.

But my larger point, which was overshadowed by my ignorance, is that there's not a lot of name recognition out there for most of these council members.

You were probably thinking of the German spelling, like the composer Felix Mendelsohn. As for Grosso, he's the one who beat Michael Brown (and several others) in the 2012 election -- perhaps more surprising than Mendelson beating Bolden, since Grosso was a new name for the electorate and Brown was a well-known incumbent.

A DC political insider once told me that Mendelson is an absolute assassin as a candidate. After losing his first bid to get on the council (which might have been a reach, since he was running as an ANC commissioner for an at-large seat), he has won five consecutive city-wide elections.