Ward 3 virtual candidate forum tonight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was, and since the younger people are advocating for the world they want to live in and not the one of their grandparents, we should listen to them. They are more concerned about living healthy and climate change because they have more to lose.

Thank you for this. I know people of all generations support change in this neighborhood and are educating themselves about the issues, but it doesn't feel that way sometimes. Like the speaker running against Keith who literally said that the solution to the business struggles on Connecticut Avenue is creating more parking. I'm exhausted.

I don’t think you are talking about the Ward 3 candidate forum, but rather a Cleveland - Woolley forum for ANC races. If so, you are not reporting it accurately at all. The ANC candidate running against “Keith” pointed out a DC government survey of CP businesses where the businesses themselves identified their biggest challenge by far as customer parking. He did not say that the “solution” is that the city should build more parking. It was pointed out that Connecticut Ave Option C takes a clearly identified problem and makes it worse, by reducing already-scarce Connecticut Ave parking by 50 percent. That’s a lot of lost parking for local businesses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was, and since the younger people are advocating for the world they want to live in and not the one of their grandparents, we should listen to them. They are more concerned about living healthy and climate change because they have more to lose.

Thank you for this. I know people of all generations support change in this neighborhood and are educating themselves about the issues, but it doesn't feel that way sometimes. Like the speaker running against Keith who literally said that the solution to the business struggles on Connecticut Avenue is creating more parking. I'm exhausted.

Exactly. Cleveland Park is among the most walkable neighborhoods in the city, with about as much residential density on Connecticut Avenue both north and south of the commercial strip. So the goal ought to be to make it as pleasant and inviting as possible for the thousands of potential customers to walk and bike to the commercial area to support said businesses. The idea that there should be more cars, more traffic, more pollution is 1950's style BS that should be completely ignored.

The plan is not limited to Cleveland Park. There's a case for it south of Porter. Notth of Porter on the other hand.

Also, the plan increases congestion and increases traffic. The cars don't magically disappear they get compacted. It only works with a series of fanstasy land assumptions that don't reflect how people act, no changes to any other roads, and no increase in population density. It will result in exactly what you are complaining. The dream is nice but it's fool's gold promising the exact opposite of what it will achieve.

The DDOT plan is that Reno Rd, which is only 3 or 4 blocks west, will absorb a lot of the displaced vehicles from Connecticut Avenue. That’s how the grid works.

[Anonymous]

Is there a choice?

[Anonymous]

No. The plan is happening. the decision has already been made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm voting for Krucoff, in case anyone cares.

Good for you. I hope you tell all your friends you are voting for a Trump era Republican.

No, I'm voting for Krucoff. And, like many of my neighbors, I will also go so far as to put up a yard sign.

Trump isn't on the ballot this year, sweetie. I know that's all you've got, but....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm voting for Krucoff, in case anyone cares.

Good for you. I hope you tell all your friends you are voting for a Trump era Republican.

No, I'm voting for Krucoff. And, like many of my neighbors, I will also go so far as to put up a yard sign.

Trump isn't on the ballot this year, sweetie. I know that's all you've got, but....

Anyone who votes for any republican in this eera may as well hang a swaztika and confederate flag.

Congratualtions.

Silence = complicity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm voting for Krucoff, in case anyone cares.

Good for you. I hope you tell all your friends you are voting for a Trump era Republican.

No, I'm voting for Krucoff. And, like many of my neighbors, I will also go so far as to put up a yard sign.

Trump isn't on the ballot this year, sweetie. I know that's all you've got, but....

Anyone who votes for any republican in this eera may as well hang a swaztika and confederate flag.

Congratualtions.

Silence = complicity

And this, exactly, is why the Rs are going to sweep across the country next month. You have no idea how unhinged you sound, which is sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm voting for Krucoff, in case anyone cares.

Good for you. I hope you tell all your friends you are voting for a Trump era Republican.

No, I'm voting for Krucoff. And, like many of my neighbors, I will also go so far as to put up a yard sign.

Trump isn't on the ballot this year, sweetie. I know that's all you've got, but....

Anyone who votes for any republican in this eera may as well hang a swaztika and confederate flag.

Congratualtions.

Silence = complicity

It’s sad you are unable to think for yourself. But if we’re being honest, the DC Democrats have been attacking democracy long before Trump showed up. Two Council seats are supposed to be for minority parties (e.g. Republicans), but the Democrats just switch to Independent and run anyway. This has been happening for decades. Where’s the outrage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm voting for Krucoff, in case anyone cares.

Good for you. I hope you tell all your friends you are voting for a Trump era Republican.

The only Trump-era Republican in Northwest DC politics is the “chairman” of Cleveland Park Smart Growth and a handful of other AstroTurf websites that he operates. Trump’s pollster twice, worked for Manafort’s pro-Russia clients in Ukraine. The GOP operative even got to gerrymander the ANC districts. Cleveland Park’s own “Ward boss.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm voting for Krucoff, in case anyone cares.

Good for you. I hope you tell all your friends you are voting for a Trump era Republican.

No, I'm voting for Krucoff. And, like many of my neighbors, I will also go so far as to put up a yard sign.

Trump isn't on the ballot this year, sweetie. I know that's all you've got, but....

Anyone who votes for any republican in this eera may as well hang a swaztika and confederate flag.

Congratualtions.

Silence = complicity

And this, exactly, is why the Rs are going to sweep across the country next month. You have no idea how unhinged you sound, which is sad.

And this is why our republic will fall once the GOP ends it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was, and since the younger people are advocating for the world they want to live in and not the one of their grandparents, we should listen to them. They are more concerned about living healthy and climate change because they have more to lose.

Thank you for this. I know people of all generations support change in this neighborhood and are educating themselves about the issues, but it doesn't feel that way sometimes. Like the speaker running against Keith who literally said that the solution to the business struggles on Connecticut Avenue is creating more parking. I'm exhausted.

I don’t think you are talking about the Ward 3 candidate forum, but rather a Cleveland - Woolley forum for ANC races. If so, you are not reporting it accurately at all. The ANC candidate running against “Keith” pointed out a DC government survey of CP businesses where the businesses themselves identified their biggest challenge by far as customer parking. He did not say that the “solution” is that the city should build more parking. It was pointed out that Connecticut Ave Option C takes a clearly identified problem and makes it worse, by reducing already-scarce Connecticut Ave parking by 50 percent. That’s a lot of lost parking for local businesses.

Exactly, the candidate did not argue for more parking and he did not even argue against bike lanes. He simply said parking is one of the factors that needs to be considered. And "Keith" actually said that he is a "libertarian property rights" guy who thinks people should be able to do anything they want with their property as long as it's not dangerous. So he not only doesn't want historic preservation, he doesn't even want zoning. There was an audible gasp in the room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was, and since the younger people are advocating for the world they want to live in and not the one of their grandparents, we should listen to them. They are more concerned about living healthy and climate change because they have more to lose.

Thank you for this. I know people of all generations support change in this neighborhood and are educating themselves about the issues, but it doesn't feel that way sometimes. Like the speaker running against Keith who literally said that the solution to the business struggles on Connecticut Avenue is creating more parking. I'm exhausted.

Exactly. Cleveland Park is among the most walkable neighborhoods in the city, with about as much residential density on Connecticut Avenue both north and south of the commercial strip. So the goal ought to be to make it as pleasant and inviting as possible for the thousands of potential customers to walk and bike to the commercial area to support said businesses. The idea that there should be more cars, more traffic, more pollution is 1950's style BS that should be completely ignored.

The plan is not limited to Cleveland Park. There's a case for it south of Porter. Notth of Porter on the other hand.

Also, the plan increases congestion and increases traffic. The cars don't magically disappear they get compacted. It only works with a series of fanstasy land assumptions that don't reflect how people act, no changes to any other roads, and no increase in population density. It will result in exactly what you are complaining. The dream is nice but it's fool's gold promising the exact opposite of what it will achieve.

The DDOT plan is that Reno Rd, which is only 3 or 4 blocks west, will absorb a lot of the displaced vehicles from Connecticut Avenue. That’s how the grid works.

How does Reno absorb the traffic of somone in an Uber going from Adams Morgan to Politics and Prose for a book event?

[Anonymous]

And how does it absorb more traffic period? It already carries more traffic than it should, and with sidewalks with no tree boxes in many places. Reno and 34th cannot and should not absorb the Connecticut traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And how does it absorb more traffic period? It already carries more traffic than it should, and with sidewalks with no tree boxes in many places. Reno and 34th cannot and should not absorb the Connecticut traffic.

It defies credulity. Connecticut is a primary arterial road. It should collect traffic from secondary arterials like Reno and not the other way around. This will be a 2 decade folly by the time it’s finally corrected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was, and since the younger people are advocating for the world they want to live in and not the one of their grandparents, we should listen to them. They are more concerned about living healthy and climate change because they have more to lose.

Thank you for this. I know people of all generations support change in this neighborhood and are educating themselves about the issues, but it doesn't feel that way sometimes. Like the speaker running against Keith who literally said that the solution to the business struggles on Connecticut Avenue is creating more parking. I'm exhausted.

I don’t think you are talking about the Ward 3 candidate forum, but rather a Cleveland - Woolley forum for ANC races. If so, you are not reporting it accurately at all. The ANC candidate running against “Keith” pointed out a DC government survey of CP businesses where the businesses themselves identified their biggest challenge by far as customer parking. He did not say that the “solution” is that the city should build more parking. It was pointed out that Connecticut Ave Option C takes a clearly identified problem and makes it worse, by reducing already-scarce Connecticut Ave parking by 50 percent. That’s a lot of lost parking for local businesses.

Exactly, the candidate did not argue for more parking and he did not even argue against bike lanes. He simply said parking is one of the factors that needs to be considered. And "Keith" actually said that he is a "libertarian property rights" guy who thinks people should be able to do anything they want with their property as long as it's not dangerous. So he not only doesn't want historic preservation, he doesn't even want zoning. There was an audible gasp in the room.

He also said, in response to a question about what he sees as the role of an ANC chair: If I'm elected, I will act according to my own opinions, which you may or may not agree with. His opponent said: I see it as my role to listen to the opinions of my 2,000 constituents and act accordingly.