Rank the Council!

[Anonymous]

I miss the "slightly wacky but influential" councilmembers of yore like Mayor Barry, Vince Orange, Tommy Wells, Carol Schwartz and Jim Graham. The new crop is not as interesting...

[Anonymous]

Nadeau is the worst. As a constituent and dog lover, I am amazed she prioritizes building dog parks over ensuring public safety. So many shootings around million dollar homes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Todd is easily the most ineffectual councilmember. He should be at the top of the list.

This is a good indicator that he will one day be Mayor.

Barry --> mentored Bowser --> mentoring Todd --> ???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss the "slightly wacky but influential" councilmembers of yore like Mayor Byrry, Vince Orange, Tommy Wells, Carol Schwartz and Jim Graham. The new crop is not as interesting...

What about the council members who have gone to prison? The late mayor-for-life and the Browns - Kwame and Michael. Vincent Orange-Jumpsuit almost placed in that category. Am I leaving any out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Todd is easily the most ineffectual councilmember. He should be at the top of the list.

This is a good indicator that he will one day be Mayor.

Bary --> mentored Bowser --> mentoring Todd --> ???

What a sorry lineage this is.

I hope fervently that, with the demographic changes in the city, soon we will leave behind us the fetid days of corrupt and inept DC politicians who are elected and re-elected principally because of their race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put Cheh in the personally corrupt category (although there are some questionable regulatory favors that she's done for developers). However, her problem is that she thinks she knows better than anyone else (but doesn't). Once she makes her mind up, she seldom listens to other opinions. The result is diktat-type decisions that are not well thought-through (homeless shelter without considering police needs, shoe-horning public pool into a sub-optimal location), which leaves DC agencies struggling to fix them.

Why do we keep having to respond to these posts.

Hearst is not a sub-optimal location for a pool and the pool is not being "shoehorned" in here any more than it is at any other site in DC.

And the police needs are being taken care of WRT to the shelter but so what if they are un-happy -they are public employees and if DC as a better use for their parking lot then they need to be flexible.

And I also disagree that Cheh doesn't listen - in fact the opposite is the case in that she listens to much. If she had put her foot down the Hearst pool would have opened a couple of years ago instead she is humoring the nutjob neighbors.

Same thing with the ridiculous debate about the Cleveland Park service lane.

I give Cheh some credit for occasionally changing her mind in light of the weight of evidence and/or shifting political winds. Now she is giving every indication of wanting to move away from Hearst as the site for a pool and is pushing engagement with the National Park Service on locating the ward pool at more central Fort Reno Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Todd is easily the most ineffectual councilmember. He should be at the top of the list.

This is a good indicator that he will one day be Mayor.

Barry --> mentored Bowser --> mentoring Todd --> ???

Who can we get to run against Todd. He's useless, and like Bowser, in the Jemals' pocket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put Cheh in the personally corrupt category (although there are some questionable regulatory favors that she's done for developers). However, her problem is that she thinks she knows better than anyone else (but doesn't). Once she makes her mind up, she seldom listens to other opinions. The result is diktat-type decisions that are not well thought-through (homeless shelter without considering police needs, shoe-horning public pool into a sub-optimal location), which leaves DC agencies struggling to fix them.

Why do we keep having to respond to these posts.

Hearst is not a sub-optimal location for a pool and the pool is not being "shoehorned" in here any more than it is at any other site in DC.

And the police needs are being taken care of WRT to the shelter but so what if they are un-happy -they are public employees and if DC as a better use for their parking lot then they need to be flexible.

And I also disagree that Cheh doesn't listen - in fact the opposite is the case in that she listens to much. If she had put her foot down the Hearst pool would have opened a couple of years ago instead she is humoring the nutjob neighbors.

Same thing with the ridiculous debate about the Cleveland Park service lane.

I give Cheh some credit for occasionally changing her mind in light of the weight of evidence and/or shifting political winds. Now she is giving every indication of wanting to move away from Hearst as the site for a pool and is pushing engagement with the National Park Service on locating the ward pool at more central Fort Reno Park.

No she has not indicated she wants to move away from Hearst. You posted this in the 140 page thread about the pool and never responded when I challenged you on this - when did she say this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put Cheh in the personally corrupt category (although there are some questionable regulatory favors that she's done for developers). However, her problem is that she thinks she knows better than anyone else (but doesn't). Once she makes her mind up, she seldom listens to other opinions. The result is diktat-type decisions that are not well thought-through (homeless shelter without considering police needs, shoe-horning public pool into a sub-optimal location), which leaves DC agencies struggling to fix them.

Why do we keep having to respond to these posts.

Hearst is not a sub-optimal location for a pool and the pool is not being "shoehorned" in here any more than it is at any other site in DC.

And the police needs are being taken care of WRT to the shelter but so what if they are un-happy -they are public employees and if DC as a better use for their parking lot then they need to be flexible.

And I also disagree that Cheh doesn't listen - in fact the opposite is the case in that she listens to much. If she had put her foot down the Hearst pool would have opened a couple of years ago instead she is humoring the nutjob neighbors.

Same thing with the ridiculous debate about the Cleveland Park service lane.

I give Cheh some credit for occasionally changing her mind in light of the weight of evidence and/or shifting political winds. Now she is giving every indication of wanting to move away from Hearst as the site for a pool and is pushing engagement with the National Park Service on locating the ward pool at more central Fort Reno Park.

She lost me forever with her support of the Lab School giveaway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't put Cheh in the personally corrupt category (although there are some questionable regulatory favors that she's done for developers). However, her problem is that she thinks she knows better than anyone else (but doesn't). Once she makes her mind up, she seldom listens to other opinions. The result is diktat-type decisions that are not well thought-through (homeless shelter without considering police needs, shoe-horning public pool into a sub-optimal location), which leaves DC agencies struggling to fix them.

Why do we keep having to respond to these posts.

Hearst is not a sub-optimal location for a pool and the pool is not being "shoehorned" in here any more than it is at any other site in DC.

And the police needs are being taken care of WRT to the shelter but so what if they are un-happy -they are public employees and if DC as a better use for their parking lot then they need to be flexible.

And I also disagree that Cheh doesn't listen - in fact the opposite is the case in that she listens to much. If she had put her foot down the Hearst pool would have opened a couple of years ago instead she is humoring the nutjob neighbors.

Same thing with the ridiculous debate about the Cleveland Park service lane.

Not to mention the homeless shelter on Idaho. No public consideration of alternatives or impacts. Best of all, Cheh refused to talk with the police about taking their station property. The result is a hastily cobbled-together $9M-$10M above ground parking garage that was neither budgeted nor well-planned. It's usually Cheh's way or no way.


I give Cheh some credit for occasionally changing her mind in light of the weight of evidence and/or shifting political winds. Now she is giving every indication of wanting to move away from Hearst as the site for a pool and is pushing engagement with the National Park Service on locating the ward pool at more central Fort Reno Park.

She lost me forever with her support of the Lab School giveaway.

[Anonymous]

Not to mention the homeless shelter on Idaho. No public consideration of alternatives or impacts. Best of all, Cheh refused to talk with the police about taking their station property. The result is a hastily cobbled-together $9M-$10M above ground parking garage that was neither budgeted nor well-planned. It's usually Cheh's way or no way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McDuffie proposed that hokie pay the criminals (with our money) scheme. he is forever out. Cheh does not do a thing for her actual constituents in ward 3.

That is not what the legislation was. It was modeled after a very successful program in Richmond, CA. It's so popular that This American Life did a story on it. Educate yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the homeless shelter on Idaho. No public consideration of alternatives or impacts. Best of all, Cheh refused to talk with the police about taking their station property. The result is a hastily cobbled-together $9M-$10M above ground parking garage that was neither budgeted nor well-planned. It's usually Cheh's way or no way.

It was the alternative to the first site selected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the homeless shelter on Idaho. No public consideration of alternatives or impacts. Best of all, Cheh refused to talk with the police about taking their station property. The result is a hastily cobbled-together $9M-$10M above ground parking garage that was neither budgeted nor well-planned. It's usually Cheh's way or no way.

It was the alternative to the first site selected.

In Cheh's swelled head, perhaps. But there was still no public consideration of alternatives or of impacts, unlike basically every other public project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention the homeless shelter on Idaho. No public consideration of alternatives or impacts. Best of all, Cheh refused to talk with the police about taking their station property. The result is a hastily cobbled-together $9M-$10M above ground parking garage that was neither budgeted nor well-planned. It's usually Cheh's way or no way.

It was the alternative to the first site selected.

In Cheh's swelled head, perhaps. But there was still no public consideration of alternatives or of impacts, unlike basically every other public project.

Blame the Mayor.