JLG wins Democratic Primary for Mayor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did Bowser never officially endorse McDuffie? Does anyone know? He is basically Bowser 2.0.

Umm because she’s not popular or likeable anymore. Where have you been?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So those (above) are some facts and substance…

There are numbers, but not even close to logic or coherent argument. Maybe that's why you all are losing?

[Anonymous]

Huh. Ok tell us, please,

1) how much is the DC budget shortfall?

2) how does JLG plan to pay for her 72,000 units of housing and

3) what percentage of DC is the 72,000 units of housing?

While you are at it, please tell us what she will do when the non unionized retail shops leave and how she will drive the small retail shops make do?

Also, DC jail is a blight. DC housing … same. How does she plan, with her big pie on the sky promises to improve the conditions there?


I am trying to talk substance, facts and plans - like you requested. It had been done coherently prior - you don’t agree so please tell us what she has in store for us.

[Anonymous]

(These promises - 72,000 - are on her signs all over the city. Tell us, how will she pay for this and who will maintain them if they ever get built??)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh. Ok tell us, please,

1) how much is the DC budget shortfall?

2) how does JLG plan to pay for her 72,000 units of housing and

3) what percentage of DC is the 72,000 units of housing?

While you are at it, please tell us what she will do when the non unionized retail shops leave and how she will drive the small retail shops make do?

Also, DC jail is a blight. DC housing … same. How does she plan, with her big pie on the sky promises to improve the conditions there?


I am trying to talk substance, facts and plans - like you requested. It had been done coherently prior - you don’t agree so please tell us what she has in store for us.

No thanks. I've tried having discussions here and it's pointless. Moving goalposts, etc. I will continue to laugh at the stupid things when people post them.

FWIW those are reasonable questions above. You can also find answers to them from various forums, debates, etc. Not my job.

[Anonymous]

So, in sum, a bunch of uber progressives won with Lewis annd Oye etc, and now crime will rise once more because “teens” can gather wherever they want at 2am to street fight and get free cars to joyride. All the while struggling businesses and private landlords will be saddled with higher taxes and tenants who smoke, damage properties without recompense, and can’t be evicted. I’m liberal. I voted for Mcduffie. I basically just want a middle of the road candidate who gets that attracting business and development is the only reason this city got better after Barry. Fenty and others got that. Now we are back to a reactionary, protest vote that will make the city worse. Check back in a year and I guarantee most people will be like “what? How could this happen? Why does the city seems worse?” It’s because things never fking change. The political pendulum just swings back and forth. Ugh. I am so tired of the idiocy of so many voters. Like have some fking perspective.

[Anonymous]

The only thing that has ever worked to truly improve the lives of DC residents is a pro-growth approach that incentivizes businesses to invest in the city. That's it. I've been here 40 years. You can have progressive policies on top of that, in fact I support a lot of progressive initiatives like investment in public transit and bike lanes, investing in public education, jobs and training programs, more money and support for struggling families, etc. All of these are easier to do when the tax base is growing, and many of them actually dovetail with a pro-growth approach.

Trying to do it backwards doesn't work. You need money and growth in order to afford the progressive initiatives.

That said, McDuffie wasn't a good pro-growth candidate, he's too passive. You want a Tony Williams or Adrien Fenty who will go after business and development proactively, not just sit back and do what the business organizations tell him to do. Even Bowser was better at this than McDuffie.

I just hope JLG is a one term mayor and that she winds up not getting much done. Then we get a new mayor hopefully right around the time the RFK development is getting close to opening and we can springboard off of that back into a growth era.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, in sum, a bunch of uber progressives won with Lewis annd Oye etc, and now crime will rise once more because “teens” can gather wherever they want at 2am to street fight and get free cars to joyride. All the while struggling businesses and private landlords will be saddled with higher taxes and tenants who smoke, damage properties without recompense, and can’t be evicted. I’m liberal. I voted for Mcduffie. I basically just want a middle of the road candidate who gets that attracting business and development is the only reason this city got better after Barry. Fenty and others got that. Now we are back to a reactionary, protest vote that will make the city worse. Check back in a year and I guarantee most people will be like “what? How could this happen? Why does the city seems worse?” It’s because things never fking change. The political pendulum just swings back and forth. Ugh. I am so tired of the idiocy of so many voters. Like have some fking perspective.

This article tells you all you need to know about the future for delinquent renters. JLG codons this behavior and then replies on the government to bail put the developers because they caused the problem.

https://www.notus.org/metro/dc-housing-the-gale-tax-abatement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcfluffie ran a crappy campaign. This race should have been his to lose. He seemed annoyed at being asked questions and gave the impression, maybe unwittingly, that he was entitled to be mayor.

+1. He really should have stepped it up in so many ways. Probably also got some bad campaign advice.

McDouchie is lazy and stands for nothing. Don't be surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, in sum, a bunch of uber progressives won with Lewis annd Oye etc, and now crime will rise once more because “teens” can gather wherever they want at 2am to street fight and get free cars to joyride. All the while struggling businesses and private landlords will be saddled with higher taxes and tenants who smoke, damage properties without recompense, and can’t be evicted. I’m liberal. I voted for Mcduffie. I basically just want a middle of the road candidate who gets that attracting business and development is the only reason this city got better after Barry. Fenty and others got that. Now we are back to a reactionary, protest vote that will make the city worse. Check back in a year and I guarantee most people will be like “what? How could this happen? Why does the city seems worse?” It’s because things never fking change. The political pendulum just swings back and forth. Ugh. I am so tired of the idiocy of so many voters. Like have some fking perspective.

This article tells you all you need to know about the future for delinquent renters. JLG codons this behavior and then replies on the government to bail put the developers because they caused the problem.

https://www.notus.org/metro/dc-housing-the-gale-tax-abatement

Thanks. Any policy where you can’t evict a tenant for normal reasons is going to backfire on creating affordable housing. It always does. I’m sorry but if you have to force a private landlord, who otherwise maintains a clean property and operates in good faith, to court for them to try and evict some person who is smoking weed all over the place, while 12 unrelated family members live and trash the property…then yeah that’s not gonna work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, in sum, a bunch of uber progressives won with Lewis annd Oye etc, and now crime will rise once more because “teens” can gather wherever they want at 2am to street fight and get free cars to joyride. All the while struggling businesses and private landlords will be saddled with higher taxes and tenants who smoke, damage properties without recompense, and can’t be evicted. I’m liberal. I voted for Mcduffie. I basically just want a middle of the road candidate who gets that attracting business and development is the only reason this city got better after Barry. Fenty and others got that. Now we are back to a reactionary, protest vote that will make the city worse. Check back in a year and I guarantee most people will be like “what? How could this happen? Why does the city seems worse?” It’s because things never fking change. The political pendulum just swings back and forth. Ugh. I am so tired of the idiocy of so many voters. Like have some fking perspective.

Both Oye and Janeese courted the Chevy Chase community center redevelopment opponents vote. It will be pretty funny when both, who pledged for 72,000 more units of housing and both who support the elimination of single family zoning - come back with something a lot more dense with a lot more affordable housing subsidy at that site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC, get ready for Trump rule.

We're already under significant Trump/GOP overreach. If you're against Trump, why take on this attitude and not work with and root for the people actually in your corner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:(These promises - 72,000 - are on her signs all over the city. Tell us, how will she pay for this and who will maintain them if they ever get built??)

Last I heard, leveraging the city pension plan. So, double counting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh. Ok tell us, please,

1) how much is the DC budget shortfall?

2) how does JLG plan to pay for her 72,000 units of housing and

3) what percentage of DC is the 72,000 units of housing?

While you are at it, please tell us what she will do when the non unionized retail shops leave and how she will drive the small retail shops make do?

Also, DC jail is a blight. DC housing … same. How does she plan, with her big pie on the sky promises to improve the conditions there?


I am trying to talk substance, facts and plans - like you requested. It had been done coherently prior - you don’t agree so please tell us what she has in store for us.

No thanks. I've tried having discussions here and it's pointless. Moving goalposts, etc. I will continue to laugh at the stupid things when people post them.

FWIW those are reasonable questions above. You can also find answers to them from various forums, debates, etc. Not my job.

Thank you. YOU asked for facts and substance and want to call the rest of us names. It would be fantastic if you could respond with facts. I get that you like the feeling JLG gives you. I am passionate too. But I would rather see policies that make sense and don’t repel business leaders and landlords.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legitimately difficult to overstate how screwed charters are. Love it.

What, specifically, will she do to screw them? What are her proposed policies for them?

JLG hates charters like Netanyahu hates Palestinians. Probably fair to assume some pretty steep budget cuts, especially given the difficult budget straits the DC government will be in. She didn't campaign on that, but politicians tend to only campaign on the things they think will be popular. They save the controversial stuff that will cost them votes for after the election.

Huh? She's in favor of UPSFF and recently advocated for equitable funding. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZdgptFGSO8/