Goulet opposes Foxhall Elementary, MacArthur High

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

Yes, this will absolutely marshall the support of Mary Cheh stans for Duncan. That should net her about 12 votes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

Yes, this will absolutely marshall the support of Mary Cheh stans for Duncan. That should net her about 12 votes.

Do you have a better method to consolidate the field or do you want Goulet to be elected?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just scoured this guy's website and I didn't learn a single thing about him. He put photos of his Asian children there, but no real substantive background. Seriously, why would anyboyd vote for him?

He worked for the Council for almost 20 years. On paper he's the most qualified, which I imagine is why the Post picked him. If I were councilmember I'd hire him for my staff. But he lacks the charisma to be an elected politician.

He is HATED by councilmembers. He claims credit for things the Council did all of the time, and gets out in front of his boss(es) at times. They cannot stand Goulet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

Yes, this will absolutely marshall the support of Mary Cheh stans for Duncan. That should net her about 12 votes.

Do you have a better method to consolidate the field or do you want Goulet to be elected?

I’m just not sure why you would assume that this non-endorsement from someone whose constituents don’t particularly care for her will have a such a big impact on the race. While I don’t want to see Goulet elected, to suggest that it’s now down to him and Duncan now is silly. It’s especially silly to suggest that Matt Frumin, who has a big base of support and has been very successful in fundraising, should stand down. The others probably should have dropped out a while ago (although I have a soft spot for Henry Cohen).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

Yes, this will absolutely marshall the support of Mary Cheh stans for Duncan. That should net her about 12 votes.

Do you have a better method to consolidate the field or do you want Goulet to be elected?

I’m just not sure why you would assume that this non-endorsement from someone whose constituents don’t particularly care for her will have a such a big impact on the race. While I don’t want to see Goulet elected, to suggest that it’s now down to him and Duncan now is silly. It’s especially silly to suggest that Matt Frumin, who has a big base of support and has been very successful in fundraising, should stand down. The others probably should have dropped out a while ago (although I have a soft spot for Henry Cohen).

Why do you assume no one likes Cheh? She would have been re-elected in a landslide.

Frumin has a big lead in fundraising, but all but $4k out that lead comes from people who don’t live in the ward. I can’t say - and you can’t say - who is more likely to be elected out of the two of them, but we do know the chance of Goulet being elected is much higher if neither of them drops out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

Yes, this will absolutely marshall the support of Mary Cheh stans for Duncan. That should net her about 12 votes.

Do you have a better method to consolidate the field or do you want Goulet to be elected?

I’m just not sure why you would assume that this non-endorsement from someone whose constituents don’t particularly care for her will have a such a big impact on the race. While I don’t want to see Goulet elected, to suggest that it’s now down to him and Duncan now is silly. It’s especially silly to suggest that Matt Frumin, who has a big base of support and has been very successful in fundraising, should stand down. The others probably should have dropped out a while ago (although I have a soft spot for Henry Cohen).

Why do you assume no one likes Cheh? She would have been re-elected in a landslide.

Frumin has a big lead in fundraising, but all but $4k out that lead comes from people who don’t live in the ward. I can’t say - and you can’t say - who is more likely to be elected out of the two of them, but we do know the chance of Goulet being elected is much higher if neither of them drops out.

Private school parents love Cheh….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

Yes, this will absolutely marshall the support of Mary Cheh stans for Duncan. That should net her about 12 votes.

Do you have a better method to consolidate the field or do you want Goulet to be elected?

I’m just not sure why you would assume that this non-endorsement from someone whose constituents don’t particularly care for her will have a such a big impact on the race. While I don’t want to see Goulet elected, to suggest that it’s now down to him and Duncan now is silly. It’s especially silly to suggest that Matt Frumin, who has a big base of support and has been very successful in fundraising, should stand down. The others probably should have dropped out a while ago (although I have a soft spot for Henry Cohen).

Why do you assume no one likes Cheh? She would have been re-elected in a landslide.

Frumin has a big lead in fundraising, but all but $4k out that lead comes from people who don’t live in the ward. I can’t say - and you can’t say - who is more likely to be elected out of the two of them, but we do know the chance of Goulet being elected is much higher if neither of them drops out.

Power of incumbency, nothing more. I have never spoken to anyone throughout her tenure who has anything better to say about her than "she's fine, I guess." I just don't think her (tepid non-)endorsement carries much weight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, given this position, I need to know who I can vote for who will beat this guy (and that supports the already-approved, logical choice for a new HS and ES).

Mary Cheh has made her decision and is supporting Tricia Duncan. That's how to defeat Goulet.

And that should now be the end of it. Ballots are arriving now in people's mailboxes. Bergman, Brown, Cohen, Finley, and Frumin need to withdraw now and endorse Duncan. She is not perfect by any stretch and one could argue that any of those other five would make better CMs, but I'd much rather have her as CM than Goulet and I hope each of them would too.

Yes, this will absolutely marshall the support of Mary Cheh stans for Duncan. That should net her about 12 votes.

Do you have a better method to consolidate the field or do you want Goulet to be elected?

I’m just not sure why you would assume that this non-endorsement from someone whose constituents don’t particularly care for her will have a such a big impact on the race. While I don’t want to see Goulet elected, to suggest that it’s now down to him and Duncan now is silly. It’s especially silly to suggest that Matt Frumin, who has a big base of support and has been very successful in fundraising, should stand down. The others probably should have dropped out a while ago (although I have a soft spot for Henry Cohen).

Why do you assume no one likes Cheh? She would have been re-elected in a landslide.

Frumin has a big lead in fundraising, but all but $4k out that lead comes from people who don’t live in the ward. I can’t say - and you can’t say - who is more likely to be elected out of the two of them, but we do know the chance of Goulet being elected is much higher if neither of them drops out.

Power of incumbency, nothing more. I have never spoken to anyone throughout her tenure who has anything better to say about her than "she's fine, I guess." I just don't think her (tepid non-)endorsement carries much weight.

So what? She still would have won reelection easily.

Cheh first won election in 2006 in a huge primary field, similar to this one (there were nine candidates). The outgoing W3 council member endorsed her, and Cheh won by nearly 30 percentage points over her closest competitor. I'm not saying that history will exactly repeat itself, but Cheh is far more popular than anonymous keyboard warriors realize.

[Anonymous]

Ruth Wattenberg is supporting Matthew Frumin

Mary Cheh supporting Tricia Duncan

Post for Eric Goulet

Phil Thomas may fit somewhere in this list of top candidates

Amazing the number of Ward 3 candidates that live in Palisades

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just scoured this guy's website and I didn't learn a single thing about him. He put photos of his Asian children there, but no real substantive background. Seriously, why would anyboyd vote for him?

Oh and hush, hush: he doesn't live in the Palisades right now...

One of the other candidates should file a residency challenge.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just scoured this guy's website and I didn't learn a single thing about him. He put photos of his Asian children there, but no real substantive background. Seriously, why would anyboyd vote for him?

Oh and hush, hush: he doesn't live in the Palisades right now...

Doesn’t live in the Palisades or doesn’t live in Ward 3 at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which candidate has the best chance of beating Goulet?

Frumin. He has a much more pragmatic approach to alleviating the crowding issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which candidate has the best chance of beating Goulet?

Good question. There's no polling so it's hard to tell. I would say Matt Frumin because he has raised the most money, and isn't based in Palisades. Five of the nine candidates are from Palisades -- including Goulet -- and they'll likely split the vote.

Tricia Duncan is right behind Frumin in the fundraising.

She has no traction outside of Palisades and the Cheh "endorsement" is a negative. Yuck, who wants more of that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just scoured this guy's website and I didn't learn a single thing about him. He put photos of his Asian children there, but no real substantive background. Seriously, why would anyboyd vote for him?

He worked for the Council for almost 20 years. On paper he's the most qualified, which I imagine is why the Post picked him. If I were councilmember I'd hire him for my staff. But he lacks the charisma to be an elected politician.

It's not even charisma. He ran in 2006 when Cheh first won. He obviously got crushed. Knowing he might want to run again in the future, you would think he would have done anything to engage in the broader Ward 3 community, get involved with some organizations, take on some issues - anything. Instead he did....nothing. He has no actual retail politics in the Ward, but he managed to get the endorsement of a bunch of Ward 3 cronies who in terms curried favor with the Washington Post and Chamber of Commerce. He is truly the second worse choice in this race. Only the republican running as a democrats and the two actual republicans who are running are worse.