How did Brooke Pinto win Ward 2 council seat?

[Anonymous]

I know Brooke in a professional context. She is smart, thoughtful, creative, and hands-down one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met. I get the inclination to look at her age or whatever else, and write her off. But I think she’s going to be a great advocate for Ward 2. Stay tuned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In short, her parents’ money and the Karl Racine machine. It pisses me off so much that this elitist carpetbagger won the seat. She’s the new Jack arcana.

How the f#ck did WaPo give this person the endorsement? Zero service to Ward 2, no knowledge of the ward’s issues. She didn’t even vote in DC until late 2019!!

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/21136934/how-did-brooke-pinto-win-the-ward-2-council-primary

-Pissed off Ward 2 resident

Haven't read the entire thread but the REAL problem in this scenario is the lack of runoff voting. Especially in a one-party city like DC where these types of elections often have a handful of candidates running for a position. It allows fringe but powerful (read: lots of money) interests to have more leverage than they should (i.e. rich DC newbies). Pinto should be squaring off in a runoff against the second place candidate so we can have a majority rule election.

On a side note, it's really pitiful how people like Pinto who never vote in DC elections and have barely held down a real job for a year or so can win a seat on the DC council.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know Brooke in a professional context. She is smart, thoughtful, creative, and hands-down one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met. I get the inclination to look at her age or whatever else, and write her off. But I think she’s going to be a great advocate for Ward 2. Stay tuned.

Why does she look older than 28?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know Brooke in a professional context. She is smart, thoughtful, creative, and hands-down one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met. I get the inclination to look at her age or whatever else, and write her off. But I think she’s going to be a great advocate for Ward 2. Stay tuned.

A lot of people are smart, creative, hard workers.

[Anonymous]

Maybe with a father in finance she will bring some knowledge of how businesses actual work to the Council. Am so sick of the fact that the Council is comprised of academics and public policy types who have no experience running a business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In short, her parents’ money and the Karl Racine machine. It pisses me off so much that this elitist carpetbagger won the seat. She’s the new Jack arcana.

How the f#ck did WaPo give this person the endorsement? Zero service to Ward 2, no knowledge of the ward’s issues. She didn’t even vote in DC until late 2019!!

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/21136934/how-did-brooke-pinto-win-the-ward-2-council-primary

-Pissed off Ward 2 resident

Haven't read the entire thread but the REAL problem in this scenario is the lack of runoff voting. Especially in a one-party city like DC where these types of elections often have a handful of candidates running for a position. It allows fringe but powerful (read: lots of money) interests to have more leverage than they should (i.e. rich DC newbies). Pinto should be squaring off in a runoff against the second place candidate so we can have a majority rule election.

On a side note, it's really pitiful how people like Pinto who never vote in DC elections and have barely held down a real job for a year or so can win a seat on the DC council.

+1

I'm surprised that Kennedy didn't ask for a recount or a runoff, and that the other candidates ceded so quickly. I'm also surprised that people have been silent about this until now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe with a father in finance she will bring some knowledge of how businesses actual work to the Council. Am so sick of the fact that the Council is comprised of academics and public policy types who have no experience running a business.

"With a father in finance..." ? Lol, she hasn't worked a day in her life and has barely held down a real job.

[Anonymous]

It really infuriates me how people who are completely uninvested in DC politics get elected. Pinto has never voted in DC. Khalid Pitts tried this shit in the mid 2010s when he ran at large and he completely admitted he had never registered to vote in DC prior to deciding to run for office. Thankfully he lost.

Maybe I'm just the one with the problem but I prefer to have my DC elected leaders actually, you know, care enough to vote in our elections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It really infuriates me how people who are completely uninvested in DC politics get elected. Pinto has never voted in DC. Khalid Pitts tried this shit in the mid 2010s when he ran at large and he completely admitted he had never registered to vote in DC prior to deciding to run for office. Thankfully he lost.

Maybe I'm just the one with the problem but I prefer to have my DC elected leaders actually, you know, care enough to vote in our elections.

Agree. I'd keep an open mind about her, but it's really super arrogant and disheartening. Hopefully she doesn't have any dumb ideas about education reform, since she's not even a parent either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe with a father in finance she will bring some knowledge of how businesses actual work to the Council. Am so sick of the fact that the Council is comprised of academics and public policy types who have no experience running a business.

"With a father in finance..." ? Lol, she hasn't worked a day in her life and has barely held down a real job.

Her parents endowed fellowships at both her undergrad (Cornell) and law (Georgetown) schools. And Brooke was magically admitted soon after to both schools.

It’s gross. This is the definition of being born three feet from home plate and thinking you’ve hit a Grand Slam.

Further, Ward 2 voters and the Washington Post are pathetic for backing this carpetbagger. I’m especially pissed at WaPo; I smell a payoff on the editorial team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe with a father in finance she will bring some knowledge of how businesses actual work to the Council. Am so sick of the fact that the Council is comprised of academics and public policy types who have no experience running a business.

"With a father in finance..." ? Lol, she hasn't worked a day in her life and has barely held down a real job.

Her parents endowed fellowships at both her undergrad (Cornell) and law (Georgetown) schools. And Brooke was magically admitted soon after to both schools.

It’s gross. This is the definition of being born three feet from home plate and thinking you’ve hit a Grand Slam.

Further, Ward 2 voters and the Washington Post are pathetic for backing this carpetbagger. I’m especially pissed at WaPo; I smell a payoff on the editorial team.

Misogynistic! So gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe with a father in finance she will bring some knowledge of how businesses actual work to the Council. Am so sick of the fact that the Council is comprised of academics and public policy types who have no experience running a business.

"With a father in finance..." ? Lol, she hasn't worked a day in her life and has barely held down a real job.

Her parents endowed fellowships at both her undergrad (Cornell) and law (Georgetown) schools. And Brooke was magically admitted soon after to both schools.

It’s gross. This is the definition of being born three feet from home plate and thinking you’ve hit a Grand Slam.

Further, Ward 2 voters and the Washington Post are pathetic for backing this carpetbagger. I’m especially pissed at WaPo; I smell a payoff on the editorial team.

Misogynistic! So gross.

No. Just loathing the children of privilege buying power over peoples’ lives, the WaPo for providing thinnest and shadiest endorsement in its history, and the moronic 2600 voters of Ward 2 who put Pinto in office without doing a shred of background research before voting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe with a father in finance she will bring some knowledge of how businesses actual work to the Council. Am so sick of the fact that the Council is comprised of academics and public policy types who have no experience running a business.

"With a father in finance..." ? Lol, she hasn't worked a day in her life and has barely held down a real job.

Her parents endowed fellowships at both her undergrad (Cornell) and law (Georgetown) schools. And Brooke was magically admitted soon after to both schools.

It’s gross. This is the definition of being born three feet from home plate and thinking you’ve hit a Grand Slam.

Further, Ward 2 voters and the Washington Post are pathetic for backing this carpetbagger. I’m especially pissed at WaPo; I smell a payoff on the editorial team.

Misogynistic! So gross.

No. Just loathing the children of privilege buying power over peoples’ lives, the WaPo for providing thinnest and shadiest endorsement in its history, and the moronic 2600 voters of Ward 2 who put Pinto in office without doing a shred of background research before voting.

Ha! Gotta call you on your BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw on Twitter that a complaint was filed against her alleging that she accepted a massive in-kind contribution in the form of a house used as an office from her parents. If I recall correctly some of the people in the Jeffrey Thompson scandal went to jail for accepting large contributions and not reporting them. The complaint also details a lot of sketchiness about the house, which imo smells like money laundering. https://twitter.com/lauren_wolfe/status/1271822072029773824?s=21

Wow this is nuts. A few of the other candidates already threw in the towel for the June 16 special election; I hope they reconsider!!!

Why, so they can leave their jobs for a temp job for 6 months?

[Anonymous]

New article about how Pinto partied at Mar a Lago, her parents may be members of MAL, and she is currently under a campaign finance investigation because her parents allegedly bought her a million dollar house for use as a campaign office when they legally could not contribute more than $500 to her. https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/did-a-wealthy-family-which-may-have-ties-to-trumps-mar-a-lago-buy-a-seat-on-the-dc-council/