Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

The problem is that ANC representatives tend to be nutty, leftist ideologues. They don't represent anyone but themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

There was a ANC "race" a few years ago where a grand total of 13 people voted.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

Well, if the bar is that low and you think you could do a better job of representing "the will of the community" then you should step up.

Otherwise, your whining about it is a waste of time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe not infinite, but you can see how a lot of people don't have cars either by finances or choice. On the other hand, there is a lot of room to grow in terms of housing.

Doesn't it make sense as housing options are expanded, to ensure people who live here can get what they need without a car?

Also, doesn't Amazon and the various food delivery services make that easier as well?

There are more cars registered with the city than there are households.

Yes, but 35 percent of households don't have any cars.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

How do you feel about abolishing ANCs, then?

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

Well, if the bar is that low and you think you could do a better job of representing "the will of the community" then you should step up.

Otherwise, your whining about it is a waste of time.

People don't want to do it because it isn't supposed to do anything besides liquor permits, deck approval, helping people use 311 and keeping neighbors informed of what's happening. Nobody expected this crop to go completely off the reservation because they didn't like what the job entailed and couldn't be bothered to engage the community.

Now we have current ANCs saying their neighbors are irrelevent, the needs and desires of the community are irrelevent and it's too hard to get everyone's email.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

How do you feel about abolishing ANCs, then?

DP: I'm all for it. I used to appreciate them for the thankless tasks but after what they did with Connecticut Avenue, and the express statements from some of them here, it needs to be put out to pasture.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

Well, if the bar is that low and you think you could do a better job of representing "the will of the community" then you should step up.

Otherwise, your whining about it is a waste of time.

People don't want to do it because it isn't supposed to do anything besides liquor permits, deck approval, helping people use 311 and keeping neighbors informed of what's happening. Nobody expected this crop to go completely off the reservation because they didn't like what the job entailed and couldn't be bothered to engage the community.

Now we have current ANCs saying their neighbors are irrelevent, the needs and desires of the community are irrelevent and it's too hard to get everyone's email.

But people in this thread are acting like the ANCs devised this whole plan, which isn't true at all. They held a bunch of meetings where it was open for public comment, but it was the Bowser administration's plan, not the ANCs'.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea about the GGW, CPSG training, etc. I will say that Cleveland Park has suffered with some urbanist commissioners who do not listen to or respect the views of constituents, opting instead to promote their own views. In some cases, the commissioners have openly mocked their constituents. One commissioner is now desperately trying to show that he does respect constituents in a bid to get reelected, but people are on to him, as evidenced by a post last night. It's the job of an ANC commissioner to represent the neighborhood. If you don't want to do that, get another job.

Please read the ANC oath of office. It says nothing about representing constituents’ views and doing so could violate the oath of office if such views contradict the best interests of the District.

You're now arguing that an ANC is not supposed to represent their neighborhood's views? You've gone off the deep end

They swear an oath to the good of the city, not the neighborhood's views.

No, the oath is not the sum total of their duties. Their duties are spelled out in the statute and they clearly relate to the Commission area.

If you are an ANC commissioner and are unclear on this, consult your counsel. If your understanding is that the ANC has no particular duties to the ANC neighborhood area, you are very mistaken. That is a generic oath of office for DC, not a limitation or grant of authority. Of course that does not mean that the ANC cannot take into account the city as a whole - just, the whole purpose is to provide advice to city agencies on matters that impact the Commission area.

The goal of an ANC commissioner is not to simply tally up the views of their constitiuents and vote accordingly. If that were the case, then it should simply be done by computer. AND, if that were the case, then the views of the people who live in buildings would generally supersede the views of those who live in single family homes. Is that what you really want? I highly doubt it.

Go ahead and defy your constituents. Just don't expect to get reelected. People resent it when their elected representatives don't represent them.

And yet, these people get re-elected because YOUR opinion is the minority view.

Pfft. They win by default -- because no one bothers to run against them and because barely anyone votes. The race for president of my high school student council was more competitive. It's a joke.

Well, if the bar is that low and you think you could do a better job of representing "the will of the community" then you should step up.

Otherwise, your whining about it is a waste of time.

People don't want to do it because it isn't supposed to do anything besides liquor permits, deck approval, helping people use 311 and keeping neighbors informed of what's happening. Nobody expected this crop to go completely off the reservation because they didn't like what the job entailed and couldn't be bothered to engage the community.

Now we have current ANCs saying their neighbors are irrelevent, the needs and desires of the community are irrelevent and it's too hard to get everyone's email.

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