Mary Cheh has turned Cleveland Park/Cleveland Park North into her personal political asset

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:denuding by taking out all of the 60 year weeds off the hills

Clear cutting the slopes, with no plan to reforest them, has only made a bad drainage problem worse. To be fair to Cheh, she’s neither a forester nor a hydrology engineer; she’s just a professor in a second or third rate DC law school.

The clear cutting you describe were weed trees and unchecked crap that was a total mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mary Cheh should face her constituents in Cleveland Park and explain why she was right and they were wrong. It looks a lot like they were right and she was wrong right now. Everything they feared has come true so far. What is she going to do to make sure it doesn’t get worse?

Bring it on. I will be the one thanking her for getting a pool for our neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Why you all are scapegoating Mary Cheh, I don’t know. You live in a city with a long history of admin ineptitude, mismanagement and corruption. Did you think your neighborhood project would be exempt? Why? Because it’s lovely Cleveland Park? Your ire should be directed at DGS. This is their job. You just don’t like Cheh. Don’t vote for her. Campaign against her. Get a recall petition going.

And she’s responsible for oak mites? Really? You lose all credibility with that accusation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why you all are scapegoating Mary Cheh, I don’t know. You live in a city with a long history of admin ineptitude, mismanagement and corruption. Did you think your neighborhood project would be exempt? Why? Because it’s lovely Cleveland Park? Your ire should be directed at DGS. This is their job. You just don’t like Cheh. Don’t vote for her. Campaign against her. Get a recall petition going.

And she’s responsible for oak mites? Really? You lose all credibility with that accusation.

I don’t like Mary Cheh and I’m posting here so that more people are aware of her role in the Hearst Park fiasco and maybe they won’t vote for her either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why you all are scapegoating Mary Cheh, I don’t know. You live in a city with a long history of admin ineptitude, mismanagement and corruption. Did you think your neighborhood project would be exempt? Why? Because it’s lovely Cleveland Park? Your ire should be directed at DGS. This is their job. You just don’t like Cheh. Don’t vote for her. Campaign against her. Get a recall petition going.

And she’s responsible for oak mites? Really? You lose all credibility with that accusation.

I don’t like Mary Cheh and I’m posting here so that more people are aware of her role in the Hearst Park fiasco and maybe they won’t vote for her either.

Please, do this. Because for every one of you, there are 100 others who wanted the pool and don't blame her for the "fiasco"

[Anonymous]

How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

The "supervising" part is not her job. You ire is better placed at the feet of the Mayor and the Department of General Services, who serves as the contractor and builder for city projects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

Do... do you think that Councilmembers should also be independent contractors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why you all are scapegoating Mary Cheh, I don’t know. You live in a city with a long history of admin ineptitude, mismanagement and corruption. Did you think your neighborhood project would be exempt? Why? Because it’s lovely Cleveland Park? Your ire should be directed at DGS. This is their job. You just don’t like Cheh. Don’t vote for her. Campaign against her. Get a recall petition going.

And she’s responsible for oak mites? Really? You lose all credibility with that accusation.

I don’t like Mary Cheh and I’m posting here so that more people are aware of her role in the Hearst Park fiasco and maybe they won’t vote for her either.

Why not a recall petition? Or you could run for the council seat? Or show up at these meetings and testify?

An anonymous message board only gets you so far.

But it is safe and anonymous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

Do... do you think that Councilmembers should also be independent contractors?

Not PP, but I don't think they should be allowed to hold two jobs and draw two salaries, as Cheh and many other DC Council members do. This is not the norm in America. If Cheh had one job, she'd have more time to supervise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

Do... do you think that Councilmembers should also be independent contractors?

Not PP, but I don't think they should be allowed to hold two jobs and draw two salaries, as Cheh and many other DC Council members do. This is not the norm in America. If Cheh had one job, she'd have more time to supervise.

If she had more time on her hands, we would all be better served if she spent it legislating, not supervising construction projects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

Do... do you think that Councilmembers should also be independent contractors?

Not PP, but I don't think they should be allowed to hold two jobs and draw two salaries, as Cheh and many other DC Council members do. This is not the norm in America. If Cheh had one job, she'd have more time to supervise.

She teaches the same Constitutional Law class that she has taught for 25 years. The syllabus likely hasn't changed in 20 years. And legally, the Council position is part time. So in reality, she isn't doing anything wrong and...yet she still has time to convene meetings on site at Hearst with DGS as she has throughout this process. I know, because I have been to a lot of them. Have you?

[Anonymous]

So that’s Cheh’s fault too? Are you the oak mite poster?

Go petition the Council and the Mayor to make council members full time. How much would you be willing to pay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

Do... do you think that Councilmembers should also be independent contractors?

Not PP, but I don't think they should be allowed to hold two jobs and draw two salaries, as Cheh and many other DC Council members do. This is not the norm in America. If Cheh had one job, she'd have more time to supervise.

She teaches the same Constitutional Law class that she has taught for 25 years. The syllabus likely hasn't changed in 20 years. And legally, the Council position is part time. So in reality, she isn't doing anything wrong and...yet she still has time to convene meetings on site at Hearst with DGS as she has throughout this process. I know, because I have been to a lot of them. Have you?

You are correct. She isn't doing anything wrong as the Council rules allow this. My understanding is this kind of double dipping is not typical in American civic affairs, and if the Council were not so self serving they would amend it. Any of your further justification is irrelevant. Are you a public servant? Yes? Then serve. Councilmembers draw a healthy salary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you not blame her - it was her idea and her failure to supervise her own project

Do... do you think that Councilmembers should also be independent contractors?

Not PP, but I don't think they should be allowed to hold two jobs and draw two salaries, as Cheh and many other DC Council members do. This is not the norm in America. If Cheh had one job, she'd have more time to supervise.

She teaches the same Constitutional Law class that she has taught for 25 years. The syllabus likely hasn't changed in 20 years. And legally, the Council position is part time. So in reality, she isn't doing anything wrong and...yet she still has time to convene meetings on site at Hearst with DGS as she has throughout this process. I know, because I have been to a lot of them. Have you?

You are correct. She isn't doing anything wrong as the Council rules allow this. My understanding is this kind of double dipping is not typical in American civic affairs, and if the Council were not so self serving they would amend it. Any of your further justification is irrelevant. Are you a public servant? Yes? Then serve. Councilmembers draw a healthy salary

I don't know if you're grinding an axe or just profoundly ignorant, but having part-time legislators is pretty common in the United States: https://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures.aspx

At least DC pays Councilmembers enough that they don't need to take on outside work to put food on the table (or don't need to be independently wealthy). Try being a legislator in Virginia without an outside job; state senators only make $18,000/year.