Who should I vote for for at large council member?

[Anonymous]

I voted for both Robert White and David Grosso. Both are fine candidates that deserve your vote.

[Anonymous]

*sigh* I wish I had seen a thread like this before I voted on Saturday. I think I just picked two random names. I wish candidates would mail out info on their platforms. It would be more useful than the junk I currently see stuffed in my mailbox.

Wow. So you couldn't be bothered to do even the slightest amount of due diligence on the election you (sort of) participated in and this is the candidates' fault? Clearly you have access to the internet. *sigh* indeed.

[Anonymous]

OP, I voted for White and Grosso. Not sure how they stand on the issues important to you, but they support universal paid family leave and that's very important to me.

[Anonymous]

Gross isn't getting my vote, he has some really crazy notions about drugs, crime and other things that are way over the top liberal. To liberal for my taste and I am way liberal

[Anonymous]

isn't Grosso for decriminalizing prostitution and turning the city into the new Amsterdam

http://wjla.com/news/local/dc-council-member-thinks-prostitution-should-be-decriminalized

[Anonymous]

I wont vote for ones that supported any of the following measures. Mostly because of how they have been rammed through without transparency or public input , rather than the issue itself though I would disagree with much if there was a place / process to comment or a referendum:

-8 homeless shelters (Cheh has to go)
-that crime bill to pay criminals (I'll look the guy up)
- family leave act (mendhelson and pretty much all of them)
-death with dignity (Cheh again)

I'm not sure when our council will start addressing DCs pressing needs rather than san Francisco's, but I would love to see some centrist candidates present themselves. They'd have my vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I voted for White and Grosso. Not sure how they stand on the issues important to you, but they support universal paid family leave and that's very important to me.

I love universal.family leave but I also love business staying in our city. Is it being excessive and the most generous in the country and enacted without any study of potential fall out (as per yesterdays WaPo editorial board condemning the process) also important to you? It is possible for these measures to hurt more than help when they are enacted as blunt tools just to make an ideological point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I voted for White and Grosso. Not sure how they stand on the issues important to you, but they support universal paid family leave and that's very important to me.

I love universal.family leave but I also love business staying in our city. Is it being excessive and the most generous in the country and enacted without any study of potential fall out (as per yesterdays WaPo editorial board condemning the process) also important to you? It is possible for these measures to hurt more than help when they are enacted as blunt tools just to make an ideological point.

PP, I've read a lot about it. Yes, there are businesses who are against it, and there are businesses who are for it, especially small businesses who would really like to offer this benefit but can't afford to pay employees directly during leave, but can afford to pay into an insurance pool. I think a more important question is can we afford not to have universal paid leave.

[Anonymous]

In DC I have always regretted my votes for candidates with a color for a last name and now have a no rainbow voting rule.

[Anonymous]

I have mixed feelings about White. He did say though, "We can’t just redraw boundaries and not develop turnaround plans and expect parents to send their kids to neighborhood schools." which I deeply appreciate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/wp/2014/10/23/meet-an-at-large-d-c-council-candidate-robert-white/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gross isn't getting my vote, he has some really crazy notions about drugs, crime and other things that are way over the top liberal. To liberal for my taste and I am way liberal

It's GRASSO. Got it.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross isn't getting my vote, he has some really crazy notions about drugs, crime and other things that are way over the top liberal. To liberal for my taste and I am way liberal

It's GRASSO. Got it.

Actually, it's GROSSO.

[Anonymous]

can we please just talk about turkey necks and scarves?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I voted for White and Grosso. Not sure how they stand on the issues important to you, but they support universal paid family leave and that's very important to me.

I love universal.family leave but I also love business staying in our city. Is it being excessive and the most generous in the country and enacted without any study of potential fall out (as per yesterdays WaPo editorial board condemning the process) also important to you? It is possible for these measures to hurt more than help when they are enacted as blunt tools just to make an ideological point.

PP, I've read a lot about it. Yes, there are businesses who are against it, and there are businesses who are for it, especially small businesses who would really like to offer this benefit but can't afford to pay employees directly during leave, but can afford to pay into an insurance pool. I think a more important question is can we afford not to have universal paid leave.

I understand what you're saying, but my question is can be afford to have it to the extent they are proposing? The MOST generous in the nation and DC businesses covering all the folks from MD and VA who work here..is that sustainable to business in dc to-do it to that extent?

[Anonymous]

No.