Is Frumin running again?

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Anonymous wrote:The entire world is burning because of the demand for oil. If you think it isn’t prudent to build more housing in walkable, billable areas that help reduce our dependence on autocentricty, I don’t know what to tell you.

Good news! According to rent.com there are 12,552 units currently available for rent in DC. Now you know what burns a lot of oil? Building unnecessary housing.

And most of them are in luxury apartments or in far flung, non-walkable areas. If you increase the supply of housing, you stabilize the rent rates.

If you increase the supply of housing, you created crowding and more pollution. Residential and commercial buildings are the biggest contributoros to greenhouse gas in DC.

We live in a city. And most people who live in multi family buildings don’t own cars- they more often walk, bike and take public transportation.

Do you know what is wasteful? Heating and cooling a single family house and placing it in an area that is car dependent.

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Anonymous wrote:He doesn't have sole authority to direct vouchers to another part of the city, but it's his literal JOB to advocate for the residents of the ward he represents, who are being negatively impacted by a poorly-run program.

It's his literal JOB to convince, cajole, strong-arm, etc. various parties towards policies that benefit his ward. This is how our system of government works.

If he isn't willing to do his JOB, or is putting the interests of residents from other wards above the interests of the residents he represents, he should find another job.

How do you know he hasn't tried with the Mayor and Directors of the different departments? Have you asked? Or are you just complaining on a website? Because if yu were really concerned, then there should be records of calls and emails to his office for action. Have you done that?

It's his job to report to us, he's the one representing us. It's not my job to try to ferret out his so-called accomplishments.

You expect a councilmember to announce the opening of every new business? Please show another councilmember who does that.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't say Frumin is a joke for Ward 3. I would just say he is a joke -- an abject embarrassment to the city, his family and himself. He is another virtue signaling, intensely mediocre white clowncilman who has reduced DC QOL and destroyed hundreds of millions in business equity. Unless defeated, he will continue to do his best to bring violent, drug addicted Section 8 tenants, homeless people and bike lanes to Ward 3, all bc he allegedly had a black law firm colleague (at some 10th tier, no-name law firm) say he didnt want to live near him (Frumin). That just means his partner had common sense. Im white, and I dont want to live near Frumin.

It's funny you think a councilmember has the power to destory hundreds of millions in business equity. I am curious how you come to this conclusion and by what measure you quantify it.

It is also funny that you think a councilmember has the ability to negate a transaction between a private property owner and someone receiving housing vouchers from the city. On what basis do you think a councilmember has that legal ability?

OK, elucidate us. Every time you post, you point out what he cannot do. Are we to assume he's impotent? Amazing? Because it seems there are laws in DC. How did they get there if not for the DC Council?

The execution and enforcement of laws is in the hands of the executive, not the legislators.

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Anonymous wrote:I see he has two challengers now? Any thoughts?

One is a Chevy Chase NIMBY, the other is a very young YIMBY urbanist. Both will draw from core constituencies if they can get their messages out, but Frumin is the incumbent and is a centrist compared to both of these challengers, who could not be more diametrically opposite from each other.

I don't know if I'd say early-30s is "very young", bur maybe "younger" which is not necessarily a bad thing.

His experience is a, what, 2 term ANC commissioner who advocated for bike lanes and helped the Main Street on his single member district. Frumin was on ANC 3E for years and was its chair for a stretch. He also was the head of the Tenley Main Street board, as well as several education and housing boards with results. He advocated for bike lanes and the mayor changed her mind because of f downtown and ward 3 business complaints. But he has a win in getting dmped moving with the Chevy Chase project.

Is he the best Ward Councilmemebr ever? No. Does his seniority and committee oversight of dmped give Ward 3 some advantages if he stays in office? Most likely. A freshmen council member doesn’t get a committee chair. Is it worth losing that for an aging NIMBY or a ‘young’ ANC commissioner who has less experience and contacts in the ward and city? Not to my eye.

The problem with Frumin is he still acts like he’s on the ANC. You’d think the job came with no authority, no oversight, and no responsibility for results. A councilmember is supposed to actually get things done. I just haven’t seen much of that.

Sure, it would be tough to have a freshman councilmember again. Maybe. But right now we’ve basically got an absent one. He’s technically there, but nothing really seems to happen.

And the way you describe it sounds like you’re talking about the same person, An ANC commissioner with some Main Street experience.

There’s a difference between being a leader like Mary Cheh and being a councilmember like Frumin. Cheh understood the job, Frumin never did and never will.

I would consider the progress made to get housing at Chevy Chase to be a significant win. Beyond that, if the mayor chooses to ignore the will of the people in favor of business interests where traffic and parking are concerned, i don't think it is a shortcoming of the Councilmember.

But you make it sound like a councilmember can simply make things happen, irrespective of the Mayor or other councilmembers, and in the real world, that isn't the case. The fact is, Ward 3 has significant NIMBY/Boomer issues that limit what happens there and the politicians are happy to prioritize places where there isn't as much pushback when it comes to development and infrastructure.

Who says housing is needed in Chevy Chase? Only developers. People currently in Ward 3 are able to afford living in Ward 3. So what is he actually? The housing project is for those not yet living in Ward 3. What else has he done for those living in Ward 3?

The DC Comprehensive Plan and the DC Office of Planning both call for more affordable housing in Rock Creek West, which includes Chevy Chase, DC. Sure, the people who can afford to live there live there. What about the people who work there, like teachers at Lafayette or firefighters who are at Engine 31 the check out clerks at the Safeway? They cannot afford to live there and have to commute in fro far flung places to serve the neighborhood. It HELPS the neighborhood to have affordable housing in it and that SERVES the neighborhood.

The developer giveaway is if the city simply rebuilds what is there, paying developers to rebuild and not get anything else of value out of the city owner property. Why not leverage public assets for public good?

The Comp has plan was written pre DOGE and is basically worthless and dangerous to rely on. To the extent DC still needs additional housing, if at all, it should be located in downtown areas.

Downtown areas already has housing. Wards 5, 7 and 8 already have affordable housing. Why should there not be affordable housing in ward 3?

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Because no one in Ward 3 is asking for it. It's coming from the other Wards and from DC government. We have the highest tax base for all of DC and yet we're seeing taxation without representation. At least Cheh looked out for us a bit. This guy just throws us under the bus.

There are a lot of people asking for it and have been for decades- the Chevy Chase neighborhood is evenly divided on the question but among thr political leadership and current candidates, there is unanimity that an affordable housing crisis exists and particularly for middle class city employees.

We have representation- the ANC is divided- they are elected, and the local councilmember is for it, as we’re all of his fellow candidates in 2022.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't say Frumin is a joke for Ward 3. I would just say he is a joke -- an abject embarrassment to the city, his family and himself. He is another virtue signaling, intensely mediocre white clowncilman who has reduced DC QOL and destroyed hundreds of millions in business equity. Unless defeated, he will continue to do his best to bring violent, drug addicted Section 8 tenants, homeless people and bike lanes to Ward 3, all bc he allegedly had a black law firm colleague (at some 10th tier, no-name law firm) say he didnt want to live near him (Frumin). That just means his partner had common sense. Im white, and I dont want to live near Frumin.

It's funny you think a councilmember has the power to destory hundreds of millions in business equity. I am curious how you come to this conclusion and by what measure you quantify it.

It is also funny that you think a councilmember has the ability to negate a transaction between a private property owner and someone receiving housing vouchers from the city. On what basis do you think a councilmember has that legal ability?

Uh, by reversing the law that makes that possible. It's called lawmaking. Maybe he should try it instead of advocating for unnecessary bike lanes that basically ran parallel to long-established bike lanes in Rock Creek Park - in a corridor where there had been no bike-related death since the 70s and even then that was because the cyclist ran a red light.

There is no political will among the Council or mayor to reverse said laws.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't say Frumin is a joke for Ward 3. I would just say he is a joke -- an abject embarrassment to the city, his family and himself. He is another virtue signaling, intensely mediocre white clowncilman who has reduced DC QOL and destroyed hundreds of millions in business equity. Unless defeated, he will continue to do his best to bring violent, drug addicted Section 8 tenants, homeless people and bike lanes to Ward 3, all bc he allegedly had a black law firm colleague (at some 10th tier, no-name law firm) say he didnt want to live near him (Frumin). That just means his partner had common sense. Im white, and I dont want to live near Frumin.

It's funny you think a councilmember has the power to destory hundreds of millions in business equity. I am curious how you come to this conclusion and by what measure you quantify it.

It is also funny that you think a councilmember has the ability to negate a transaction between a private property owner and someone receiving housing vouchers from the city. On what basis do you think a councilmember has that legal ability?

Uh, by reversing the law that makes that possible. It's called lawmaking. Maybe he should try it instead of advocating for unnecessary bike lanes that basically ran parallel to long-established bike lanes in Rock Creek Park - in a corridor where there had been no bike-related death since the 70s and even then that was because the cyclist ran a red light.

There is no political will among the Council or mayor to reverse said laws.

Then it is time to vote in those with the political will to do so.