DC Council At Large race

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Anonymous wrote:If you review Ed Lazere’s two decades of advocacy (Ed’s a lobbyist) on behalf of the citizens of this city what has been accomplished? Take a look at the DCFPI website. It’s filled with position papers that tell you a whole lot of what you already know and provides few if any solutions.

Silverman, Nadeau, George, and Lazere will kill any chance we had for statehood by allowing the Socialists to turn us into a laughingstock and bankrupting our city.

It is true that our council and mayors have taken half measures and performative steps rather than the kind of meaningful change that needs to happen.

You're smoking something strong if you think that dancing for the Republicans is going to get us statehood. Let's do the right thing and the R's (and D's) who are holding out can go F themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Most observers say four candidates — Marcus Goodwin, Christina Henderson, Ed Lazere and Vincent B. Orange Sr. — are best positioned because of their higher profiles.

I don't know much about him but I'd say about 90% of candidate signs in my Ward 4 neighborhood are for Marcus Goodwin.

Almost like big money is betting on him 🤔

What is Goodwin's story, beyond being a developer? I feel like I've seen his name on various yard signs for years in the last few elections. What stopped him from winning before?

I sat on a call with Marcus Goodwin. I did NOT like him. He seemed too young and inexperienced. He didn't really know what he was talking about. Not impressed. I know lots of folks in my Ward 4 neighborhood are supporting him. He must be in with the Mayor. It seems like they follow whatever she wants.

I'm the Ward 4 PP that also is seeing a lot of signs for him. I wonder about this. It does seem many homes that had Todd signs now have his signs.

If I voted for Janeese Lewis George, who among the at-large candidates should get my vote? I like Robert White well enough. I haven't looked into the other candidates' resumes yet.

Janeese endorsed Ed Lazere and Robert White FWIW

PP here, thanks! I'll look more into Lazere (I heard him him call into the Kojo show a few weeks ago and he seemed reasonable, but need to look at his resume).

I talked to him once and he was really knowledgeable on the issues - very deep understanding and I believe he's ethical too.

Not as charismatic as Janeese, but I could see him being a force for good in the council.

I went to grad school with Ed and just have a ton of respect for him. He's a little too progressive for me on some issues, but I have no doubt that he can be reasoned with.

I know that feeling. But things that felt like "too progressive" are things that I came to realize were in the right direction. Like Janeese talking about reducing crime by funding things other than police.

Exactly! We need fewer police, and more violence interrupters

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Anonymous wrote:Do any of the candidates openly support DC police, or pushing back against rising crime rates? That's about the only issue I'd be looking for.

I'm afraid we're probably out of luck.

Support police by having someone else take care of mental health, homelessness, education... ?

Yes. And also maybe by not pcalling them pigs and threatening to eliminate their jobs?

Why wouldn't we have fewer police officers if other people are handling most of the other needs?

Because someone will have to save the social workers and mental health professionals bacon when things go sideways out on The Streets

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Anonymous wrote:Voting for Chander

I am too. His supoort for local businesses during Covid has been outstanding. The rest of his platform is great too and his friendly personality and level headedness are refreshing.

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Anonymous wrote:Do any of the candidates openly support DC police, or pushing back against rising crime rates? That's about the only issue I'd be looking for.

I'm afraid we're probably out of luck.

Support police by having someone else take care of mental health, homelessness, education... ?

Yes. And also maybe by not pcalling them pigs and threatening to eliminate their jobs?

Why wouldn't we have fewer police officers if other people are handling most of the other needs?

Because someone will have to save the social workers and mental health professionals bacon when things go sideways out on The Streets

What's your background that tells you how often things would go sideways with trained mental health professionals handling a mental health situation rather than armed police officers? Answers that aren't "well I watched The Wire" please.

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Anonymous wrote:If you review Ed Lazere’s two decades of advocacy (Ed’s a lobbyist) on behalf of the citizens of this city what has been accomplished? Take a look at the DCFPI website. It’s filled with position papers that tell you a whole lot of what you already know and provides few if any solutions.

Silverman, Nadeau, George, and Lazere will kill any chance we had for statehood by allowing the Socialists to turn us into a laughingstock and bankrupting our city.

Ed is NOT a lobbyist. Ed works for the DC Fiscal Policy Institute which studies fiscal issues in DC. It's a think tank. It was an offshoot of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Not been around long enough to know that? I am supporting Ed, but before that, I would go to the website to learn things about DC. No, it's not filled with information that most people know. Now that few media outlets cover real information about DC, his website is helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:If you review Ed Lazere’s two decades of advocacy (Ed’s a lobbyist) on behalf of the citizens of this city what has been accomplished? Take a look at the DCFPI website. It’s filled with position papers that tell you a whole lot of what you already know and provides few if any solutions.

Silverman, Nadeau, George, and Lazere will kill any chance we had for statehood by allowing the Socialists to turn us into a laughingstock and bankrupting our city.

It is true that our council and mayors have taken half measures and performative steps rather than the kind of meaningful change that needs to happen.

You're smoking something strong if you think that dancing for the Republicans is going to get us statehood. Let's do the right thing and the R's (and D's) who are holding out can go F themselves.

As a 30 year resident of DC I can tell you that I have never cared about Statehood.

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Anonymous wrote:Voting for Chander

I am too. His supoort for local businesses during Covid has been outstanding. The rest of his platform is great too and his friendly personality and level headedness are refreshing.

What has he done for local businesses during Covid? I am not familiar with him

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I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

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Anonymous wrote:If you review Ed Lazere’s two decades of advocacy (Ed’s a lobbyist) on behalf of the citizens of this city what has been accomplished? Take a look at the DCFPI website. It’s filled with position papers that tell you a whole lot of what you already know and provides few if any solutions.

Silverman, Nadeau, George, and Lazere will kill any chance we had for statehood by allowing the Socialists to turn us into a laughingstock and bankrupting our city.

It is true that our council and mayors have taken half measures and performative steps rather than the kind of meaningful change that needs to happen.

You're smoking something strong if you think that dancing for the Republicans is going to get us statehood. Let's do the right thing and the R's (and D's) who are holding out can go F themselves.

As a 30 year resident of DC I can tell you that I have never cared about Statehood.

It was a response to the PP who said "Silverman, Nadeau, George, and Lazere will kill any chance we had for statehood"

That's just dumb logic. So, I guess good for you for not caring?

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

Ironic, considering the only race Lazere could possibly win is one with 24 candidates in it and no ranked choice voting.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

Ironic, considering the only race Lazere could possibly win is one with 24 candidates in it and no ranked choice voting.

Glad you after that Lazere has morals as opposed to some of the self-serving councilmembers we have.

I don't think you actually know his appeal across the city in a smaller race. Hopefully we'll find out next election cycle with him as the incumbent.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

Ironic, considering the only race Lazere could possibly win is one with 24 candidates in it and no ranked choice voting.

Glad you after that Lazere has morals as opposed to some of the self-serving councilmembers we have.

I don't think you actually know his appeal across the city in a smaller race. Hopefully we'll find out next election cycle with him as the incumbent.

Mendo stomped him by nearly 30 percentage points in a two-candidate primary race in 2018, so his "appeal across the city in a smaller race" has proven to be pretty low.

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Anonymous wrote:Voting for Chander

I am too. His supoort for local businesses during Covid has been outstanding. The rest of his platform is great too and his friendly personality and level headedness are refreshing.

What has he done for local businesses during Covid? I am not familiar with him

He's been very out and about throughout this crisis, calling for them to be proritized. His website and FB page has more specifics. Hes a strong advocate. "Small businesses are hurting badly,” Jayaraman said. “If we fail to take action now, many of our treasured small businesses may not return. This would have a ripple effect and cause irreparable harm to our city and our local economy.”