Thank you Mayor Bowser

[Anonymous]

DC is not testing people. People are getting turned away. Does the city not have any test kits? The people in Wards 5, 7 & 8 aren’t being tested. I know the investors want the property and rather these people just go away and die, but damn. Shame on Bowser and her cronies.

[Anonymous]

DOE has been a complete disaster on her watch. Same with DPR and DCRA. She does not sound particularly smart in her press conferences. Comes across as clueless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DOE has been a complete disaster on her watch. Same with DPR and DCRA. She does not sound particularly smart in her press conferences. Comes across as clueless.

I was on hold with DOE for 4 hours yesterday. I made sure to screenshot the call. It was exactly 4 hours because my phone company CANCELLED the call for not going through after I'd been waiting that long with elevator music for company.

I have never, in my life, had a phone company cancel a call before.

[Anonymous]

I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

LMAO The best thing for MARYLAND you mean.

Failing businesses.

Failing schools.

Failing housing prices.

Failing downtown communities.

Zero ability to win multi-national corporate proposals (hello Amazon and FBI headquarters).

D.C. has higher housing values, 50% more corporate headquarters, more billionaires/millionaires per a square mile, and better public amenities than the whole of Maryland.

Sorry your state is failing but you can keep that to yourself. D.C. is the fifth largest GDP by U.S. city in the nation and we'd like to keep it that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

LMAO The best thing for MARYLAND you mean.

Failing businesses.

Failing schools.

Failing housing prices.

Failing downtown communities.

Zero ability to win multi-national corporate proposals (hello Amazon and FBI headquarters).

D.C. has higher housing values, 50% more corporate headquarters, more billionaires/millionaires per a square mile, and better public amenities than the whole of Maryland.

Sorry your state is failing but you can keep that to yourself. D.C. is the fifth largest GDP by U.S. city in the nation and we'd like to keep it that way.

Wow. You posted this. Do you feel better about yourself for posting this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

LMAO The best thing for MARYLAND you mean.

Failing businesses.

Failing schools.

Failing housing prices.

Failing downtown communities.

Zero ability to win multi-national corporate proposals (hello Amazon and FBI headquarters).

D.C. has higher housing values, 50% more corporate headquarters, more billionaires/millionaires per a square mile, and better public amenities than the whole of Maryland.

Sorry your state is failing but you can keep that to yourself. D.C. is the fifth largest GDP by U.S. city in the nation and we'd like to keep it that way.

Wow. You posted this. Do you feel better about yourself for posting this?

After all that bloated nonsense about Hogan -- yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

LMAO The best thing for MARYLAND you mean.

Failing businesses.

Failing schools.

Failing housing prices.

Failing downtown communities.

Zero ability to win multi-national corporate proposals (hello Amazon and FBI headquarters).

D.C. has higher housing values, 50% more corporate headquarters, more billionaires/millionaires per a square mile, and better public amenities than the whole of Maryland.

Sorry your state is failing but you can keep that to yourself. D.C. is the fifth largest GDP by U.S. city in the nation and we'd like to keep it that way.

Wow. You posted this. Do you feel better about yourself for posting this?

After all that bloated nonsense about Hogan -- yes.

And then after COVID ends, everyone is going to leave out of DC and move to Maryland because it’s cheap now.

Jokes on you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

LMAO The best thing for MARYLAND you mean.

Failing businesses.

Failing schools.

Failing housing prices.

Failing downtown communities.

Zero ability to win multi-national corporate proposals (hello Amazon and FBI headquarters).

D.C. has higher housing values, 50% more corporate headquarters, more billionaires/millionaires per a square mile, and better public amenities than the whole of Maryland.

Sorry your state is failing but you can keep that to yourself. D.C. is the fifth largest GDP by U.S. city in the nation and we'd like to keep it that way.

Wow. You posted this. Do you feel better about yourself for posting this?

After all that bloated nonsense about Hogan -- yes.

And then after COVID ends, everyone is going to leave out of DC and move to Maryland because it’s cheap now.

Jokes on you!

...MD prices are already low. Are you saying its getting even cheaper?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

LMAO The best thing for MARYLAND you mean.

Failing businesses.

Failing schools.

Failing housing prices.

Failing downtown communities.

Zero ability to win multi-national corporate proposals (hello Amazon and FBI headquarters).

D.C. has higher housing values, 50% more corporate headquarters, more billionaires/millionaires per a square mile, and better public amenities than the whole of Maryland.

Sorry your state is failing but you can keep that to yourself. D.C. is the fifth largest GDP by U.S. city in the nation and we'd like to keep it that way.

Aside from Fannie which is government backed and Carlyle Group which has more people in NYC, which corporate headquarters are in DC, really?

Businesses that don’t absolutely have to be in the District tend to locate in VA and MD because of the DC bureaucracy and council.

[Anonymous]

Um, no. No leadership here on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

Bowser takes her marching orders from a very tight circle of men. Everyone in DC gov knows the de facto leader is Falcicchio. A former PR guy, zero policy or gov leadership experience. He’s our Jared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

Bowser takes her marching orders from a very tight circle of men. Everyone in DC gov knows the de facto leader is Falcicchio. A former PR guy, zero policy or gov leadership experience. He’s our Jared.

He’s also currently not just her chief of staff but also acting deputy mayor for economic development. That means that the office of planning reports to him. He’s perfectly positioned as the developer lobby’s go-to guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure that Bowser knows how to think for herself. She is basically following Hogan’s lead and copies his actions a day or two later. I guess that is fine but she herself comes across as a deer caught in headlights

I agree. Bowser’s belated, paler me-tooism is kind of pathetic. Not only is she not a leader like Hogan, she doesn’t exactly have an A-team either. Hogan has a more experienced and competent set of agency heads, and they lead agencies at scale that can call on resources from across a state that encompasses a varied portfolio of cities, suburbs and rural areas.

Another reason why, even with stellar leadership (like a Tony Williams), DC could not really be a viable state any more than Baltimore City could. This crisis points out two lessons:

Washington DC desperately needs a better, more competent mayor.

The best long term solution, for a variety of reasons from congressional representation to better resources and a deeper potential political leadership pool, would be for DC to rejoin the state of Maryland.

Bowser takes her marching orders from a very tight circle of men. Everyone in DC gov knows the de facto leader is Falcicchio. A former PR guy, zero policy or gov leadership experience. He’s our Jared.

This. And it’s so damn sad. Bowser is very much white-male centric. She’s surrounded herself with them and she is taking orders from them. None of them are real leaders.