Another 18yo foisted upon Ward 3 DC voters
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Anonymous
You need to familiarize yourself with Mancur Olson’s work. If policy is dictated by the special interests who are “most affected”, everyone else suffers. What your advocating, when applied consistently across the spectrum of public policy, is a recipe for creating an awful place to live. Again, there are plenty of comparatively efficient policies that can help improve the lot of the working poor. Setting policy to favor the interests of restauranteurs and the small proportion of restaurant workers who do well from tips is not consistent with a concern for the public welfare. |
Anonymous
This is the argument of every NIMBY ever. It's been particularly emphasized by the people who are opposed to new schools in their neighborhoods. And it shows confusion about how democracy works. As a practical matter, people directly affected are more likely to be mobilized by an issue and are likely to have a greater impact. However, the fundamental underlying principle of democracy is one man, one vote. Nobody's view counts any more than anyone else's. |
Anonymous
I mean you can base your decisions on whatever you want - that's your right as a voter - but it seems odd to decide whether to vote for Mr. Colon Roosevelt based purely on whether your views on Initiative 82 match his. What can an ANC do to support or oppose Initiative 82 anyway? |
Anonymous
on 82? zero, zlich, nada. They really only get a say for stuff like crosswalks and allowing a neighbor to build a slightly too big deck. |
Anonymous
No, I don’t “need” to do that or anything else. As I said, I know a lot of people - and they are of many stripes - in the restaurant industry in DC, and to a letter they don’t want the current system changed and don’t need “do gooders” who don’t work in the industry themselves dictating how they should be paid. I respect their views because they are actual, live, real people who I actually know. |
Anonymous
It doesn’t make me a NIMBY to support the view of people who I actually know and respect, sorry. Unlike you, I’m not an armchair quarterback. |
Anonymous
Sure I can, because being in favor of a bill that so many of my friends are convinced would be really bad, not only for them personally but for the restaurant industry generally - especially now, when the industry is finally just starting to get back on its feet - is enough for me. Eighteen or 80, I will vote for politicians who know when to stay in their lane. |
Anonymous
It was a city wide referendum that passed and then the Council overturned. Say what you want about the pros and cons of the policy overruling the people's vote like a red state legislature is just bad democracy. |
Anonymous
I have friends who are very rich. They want low taxes. That doesn’t mean I support low taxes. I don’t know why you think supporting policies that favor your friend’s interests over those of the rest of the population is something others should by into. The reality is that if we let special interests determine policy for every issue in which they are more invested than the rest of the population, the population as a whole suffers. That you are so blind to basic logic suggests to me that you either lack critical reasoning skills or are a paid shill for the restaurant industry. |
Anonymous
Didn’t it emerge that Grosso and others who overturned the people’s will we’re taking thousands in contributions from the restaurant industry? Surely much more went on behind the scenes than we will ever know. |
Anonymous
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Foisted!
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Anonymous
That is top shelf DCUM content. Maybe one of my all time favorites. A great scene that illustrates the true meaning of the word. |
Anonymous
| This kid would likely do better than our ANC rep |
Anonymous
| Too young! |
Anonymous
| Our ANC rep is a busybody old lady who takes offense at everything and gossips liberally - I would prefer an earnest 18 year old. |