Socialist DC mayoral candidate who sought Mamdani endorsement bought $1M home after railing against single-family zoning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on guys. Liberal here. We can understand people spending a lifetime earning and saving for a nice house wanting it to stay nice right? Wanting property values not to drop?

And we can also understand the need for people to have nice, affordable housing.

How do we do that?

We can’t be the party that stands against single family houses, even if that’s just how things get twisted in the media.

Oh, we understand. You are against SFH in other people's neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

So she strategically bought a home in an area that isn’t likely to be impacted by future efforts to tear down SFHs and replace them with multifamily housing AND she sends her kids to the most exclusive and expensive private school in the city/DC metro area…but she’s a socialist?

Umkay.

Sounds like a faux liberal/closeted conservative who is desperate for power and money. Practically speaking, that’s not unusual AND it tends to result in decent political animals.

But let’s not pretend she’s not just like the rest.

She sounds like several of my family and friends who are very vocal on promoting far left ideology and/or work at nonprofits or lobby shops or in academia where they champion far left ideology BUT live in segregated neighborhoods and send their kids to segregated schools. Note: by segregated I mean socioeconomics; they live in a bubble they work hard to protect while pretending to be “the little guy” fighting the “system.” There’s nothing authentic about it.

This sort of thing really irks me.

[Anonymous]

She bought a house in an area that is currently building a 46-unit property, moron.

[Anonymous]

Why do conservatives hate people having the freedom to buy their own homes? Why do you oppose liberty?

Why are you people obsessed with everyone else's bedrooms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She bought a house in an area that is currently building a 46-unit property, moron.

On her street?

Next to her house?

Nope.

She’s in an area that isn’t likely for such a thing to happen.

And her kids are at the most exclusive school.

There’s nothing authentic way you can be a socialist or “one of the people” when you live in a bubble that seeks to exclude others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sincerely doubt it's "lavish" for 1.1m near the White House. This isn't Kansas.

NP. Does it matter how nice it is if she is railing against people having single family homes?

+1
I just love the hypocrisy on the left - and watching liberals defend it, over and over.

I'm just looking for someone careful with tax dollars. People who want to play Robin Hood find that the ultra rich are really good at evading taxes, and the middle class gets nicked again to pay for rampant poverty and its attendant problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So she strategically bought a home in an area that isn’t likely to be impacted by future efforts to tear down SFHs and replace them with multifamily housing AND she sends her kids to the most exclusive and expensive private school in the city/DC metro area…but she’s a socialist?

Umkay.

Sounds like a faux liberal/closeted conservative who is desperate for power and money. Practically speaking, that’s not unusual AND it tends to result in decent political animals.

But let’s not pretend she’s not just like the rest.

She sounds like several of my family and friends who are very vocal on promoting far left ideology and/or work at nonprofits or lobby shops or in academia where they champion far left ideology BUT live in segregated neighborhoods and send their kids to segregated schools. Note: by segregated I mean socioeconomics; they live in a bubble they work hard to protect while pretending to be “the little guy” fighting the “system.” There’s nothing authentic about it.

This sort of thing really irks me.

Where are you getting that Lewis George sends her kid to an expensive private school? Her child is too young to be in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So she strategically bought a home in an area that isn’t likely to be impacted by future efforts to tear down SFHs and replace them with multifamily housing AND she sends her kids to the most exclusive and expensive private school in the city/DC metro area…but she’s a socialist?

Umkay.

Sounds like a faux liberal/closeted conservative who is desperate for power and money. Practically speaking, that’s not unusual AND it tends to result in decent political animals.

But let’s not pretend she’s not just like the rest.

She sounds like several of my family and friends who are very vocal on promoting far left ideology and/or work at nonprofits or lobby shops or in academia where they champion far left ideology BUT live in segregated neighborhoods and send their kids to segregated schools. Note: by segregated I mean socioeconomics; they live in a bubble they work hard to protect while pretending to be “the little guy” fighting the “system.” There’s nothing authentic about it.

This sort of thing really irks me.

Where are you getting that Lewis George sends her kid to an expensive private school? Her child is too young to be in school.

They're making stuff up and tying themselves in logical knots to try to spin everything she does. They're scared and squirming because they're afraid they're going to lose big time.

It would be funny if it weren't so sad. See you all Tuesday evening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Manor Park isn't single family zoned, you ignorant goombas.

Why do Republicans hate truth?

https://www.redfin.com/neighborhood/19417/DC/Washington-DC/Manor-Park/filter/property-type=house+condo+townhouse+multifamily+co-op,viewport=38.96513:38.94825:-77.00836:-77.01917

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_Park_(Washington,_D.C.)

Oh, the irony.

"Within these boundaries, the zoning is primarily R-1 (Single-Family Residential), which allows for detached single-family homes, townhouses, and some semi-detached houses, but generally restricts multi-family construction."
https://maps.dcoz.dc.gov/assets/maps/Ward/Ward4.pdf

If I was a candidate who had made my distaste for Single-Family zoning well-known, I would have made just a tiny effort to purchase my own home in a mixed-used area so as not to be correctly labeled a hypocrite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sincerely doubt it's "lavish" for 1.1m near the White House. This isn't Kansas.

NP. Does it matter how nice it is if she is railing against people having single family homes?

I’m as against upzoning as the next sane person, but not supporting exclusive SFH zoning doesn’t mean that she hates SFH, nor does it make her a hypocrite, nor does it make her “far left.” This is all just poor logic on your part.

DP. Except - once again:

The home is also situated in a residential zone of the city that “discourages multi-household development,” something George has railed against as part of her campaign.

Not sure how you can possibly square her statements with her actions, but I'm sure you'll try.

I don't like out tax code, but I pay my taxes.
I don't like "no right on red laws" but I don't turn right on red.
I don't like SFZ, but I live in a home that is currently zoned as SF only. I think the zoning should be changed.
My daughter doesn't agree with the policies of red states, but she currently lives in one.

There is no contradiction here.

What a completely inane, irrelevant post. Especially the bolded. As that's a huge issue she's actually RUNNING ON, you'd think she would have been smart enough to buy in an area that isn't single family zoned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So she strategically bought a home in an area that isn’t likely to be impacted by future efforts to tear down SFHs and replace them with multifamily housing AND she sends her kids to the most exclusive and expensive private school in the city/DC metro area…but she’s a socialist?

Umkay.

Sounds like a faux liberal/closeted conservative who is desperate for power and money. Practically speaking, that’s not unusual AND it tends to result in decent political animals.

But let’s not pretend she’s not just like the rest.

She sounds like several of my family and friends who are very vocal on promoting far left ideology and/or work at nonprofits or lobby shops or in academia where they champion far left ideology BUT live in segregated neighborhoods and send their kids to segregated schools. Note: by segregated I mean socioeconomics; they live in a bubble they work hard to protect while pretending to be “the little guy” fighting the “system.” There’s nothing authentic about it.

This sort of thing really irks me.

Where are you getting that Lewis George sends her kid to an expensive private school? Her child is too young to be in school.

They're making stuff up and tying themselves in logical knots to try to spin everything she does. They're scared and squirming because they're afraid they're going to lose big time.

It would be funny if it weren't so sad. See you all Tuesday evening.

Oh yeah, I’m pretty sure the spate of anti JLG posts lately are inspired by fear that she will win Tuesday! I’m dropping off my ballot at a ballot collection box tomorrow!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sincerely doubt it's "lavish" for 1.1m near the White House. This isn't Kansas.

NP. Does it matter how nice it is if she is railing against people having single family homes?

+1
I just love the hypocrisy on the left - and watching liberals defend it, over and over.

+100

[Anonymous]

Weird when people on government salaries get rich, isn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird when people on government salaries get rich, isn't it?

Weird when a salary that's "middle class" everywhere else on DCUM is suddenly "rich" when you're talking about a Black woman, isn't it?

McDuffie supporters are really trashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sincerely doubt it's "lavish" for 1.1m near the White House. This isn't Kansas.

NP. Does it matter how nice it is if she is railing against people having single family homes?

+1
I just love the hypocrisy on the left - and watching liberals defend it, over and over.

NP.

Agree completely.