Petar?
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Anonymous
| I just met this guy Petar who's running against Mary Cheh for Ward 3 Council. What do you know about him? |
Anonymous
I know that, barring a late-breaking scandal or some other calamity, he has no chance. (And I'm saying this not as someone particularly enamored with Cheh, and someone who wishes a proper challenger would step up.) |
Anonymous
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What I don't get, he is part of the Fenty/Bowser "Green Team" so he should be taken seriously, but he is garnering favor with certain Ward 3 voters by opposing development, opposing the Ward 3 Homeless Shelter and opposing the Hearst pool - all things the Administration is pushing. It's not like he is going to be a NIMBY champion on the Council, so why are these voters supporting him?
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Anonymous
Is he just stirring things up to undermine Cheh? I could see that working to Bowser's advantage. |
Anonymous
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I know he's not Mary Che.
That's all I need to know. |
Anonymous
| I met him too. Sounds different and seems pretty energetic to get stuff done. We will see I guess. |
Anonymous
He would have less gravitas on the Council than Brianne. No thanks. |
Anonymous
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I've met him and heard him speak.
Seems intelligent, logical, thoughtful, and well spoken. Although, those traits are not all that common on the Council. He posted on my neighborhood listserve about some education priorities. Including addressing Ward 3 overcrowding. He is definitely hitting on some important issues. Happy to be able to vote against Cheh vs just not voting for her. |
Anonymous
So what redistricting hornets nest does he suggest to address overcrowding? |
Anonymous
Is he for or against more development? Where is his platform? I would vote for pretty much anyone besides cheh, but if he's against more development, the poorly envisioned shelter AND paying attention to education he's my guy! |
Anonymous
| Chehs elections have become coronations..I can't imagine why anyone would vote for her if there is halfway decent competition. Quality of life in ward 3 is really sliding, and she seems obtuse to it. |
Anonymous
What? How is the quality of life deteriorating in Ward 3? I'm not a big fan of Cheh but she has come up with the money to fix almost every piece of infrastructure in Ward 3. Once Eaton is done all of the schools will have been renovated and expanded. All of the libraries and rec centers are also done. Sure there are always roads that need to be re-paved though twice I've reached out to her staff about particularly bad stretches of local roads and in both cases they were repaved within a year and all of the major roads in Upper NW where I live have been completely repaved in the last 3 years - aside from getting Broad Branch Road fixed I can't think of a major infrastructure thing that needs to get done in my corner of the city. |
Anonymous
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I just read Petar's "education plan" - there isn't anything in it that is new, groundbreaking or that Cheh hasn't already supported through legislation and funding.
The only way to fix overcrowding in Ward 3 schools is to redraw feeder boundary lines. Politically, the Janney people have fought it at every turn - and that is a DCPS, not Council decision. Sure, we could fund a new school. But Bowser has made clear the deal with both Ellington and the old Hardy site. So where would a new Ward 3 school be located? It is great to talk about it, but the practical reality isn't there. Literally everything else on his list is part of the existing broader agenda. |
Anonymous
How so? I see a new pool coming to the neighborhood. All of the schools and libraries have been rebuilt. We have better sustainability initiatives to keep DC resilient. What we need is more people living in the Ward so we can have better food choices and vibrancy. What is killing us right now are the choices in neighborhoods that pull business away from our commercial areas to neighborhoods like H Street, Navy Yard and the Wharf. If our businesses cannot draw more, particularly for lunchtime, then our commercial areas will continue to suffer. Cleveland Park, for example, is simply dying. There are more and better places to go, other than the Uptown Theater, in Van Ness, Chevy Chase and Cathedral Heights. It is a structural issue, and it isn't going to change unless or until we figure out how to bring more daytime lunch traffic to support those restaurants. Running a food option that is viable for 1-2 seatings in the evening simply doesn't work. |
Anonymous
| Oh and I should add, Cheh fought for the money that created the Van Ness, Tenleytown and coming Woodley Park Main Street programs. That is a HUGE win. Cleveland Park should consider starting one too. |