Who should I vote for for at large council member?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Vote to dump Grosso. Either that or give him a different committee. He's not helping schools.

Who would do a better job?

Evans? He doesn't care about kids.
Todd? May? Hahaha.
Silverman? Bonds?

White might be good, but I'm not sure he's interested.

At least Evans HAS kids.

I will never again trust a super liberal who doesn't have children to manage the schools. He doesn't care about education, he cares about feeding and giving medical care to the children in DCPS more than he cares about teachers or physical plant or parents. It's gross and very noblesse oblige and he needs to look around and realize that there are a lot of people with higher expectations for DCPS than just giving out food and vaccinations.

Now Catania didn't have kids, but he looked at all parts of the equation. I think Evans would, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are there specific reasons you're choosing cellnik? Those reasons don't seem compelling to me.

I'm not happy with the direction of DC Council..the transparency is a problem for me as well as the extreme tilt. A Republican would be a good counterweight - a good bridge for the SF liberal faction and the historical DC constituencies. Think of it as a voice for the rest of us,one voice. A needed voice.

If there was someone like Catania, who was reasonable, I'd be happy to. But I saw no one worth it on the tickets. You need better candidates.

I think there are a lot of liberal independents who only register Democrat so we can vote in the primaries.

How does a Republican ever get a track record if you don't vote them in? Support some diversity. I'm a Republican in DC constantly answering knocks on the for to support DC statehood, yet I have ZERO representation for my socially moderate middle of the road Republican ideas in DC. Zero. Meanwhile, you happily vote in all sorts of people who say they're independent and are really far left or right or whatever. At least she says what she is. It wold be lovely to have one Republican on the council. Consider it the diversity vote!

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:My issue is he is not independent in any sense of the word. He is an extremely liberal democrat who did not think he could win in the primary. So the only real issues on the council become are we going to give our tax dollars away via corruption or expensive social programs with no mechanism to stop the corruption?

I would agree with this. Both independents on the Council are simply Democratic party members without the name. Heck some candidates have run both as Democrats and independents as it suited them. But some of us don't think that is such a bad thing...

I would argue that total domination of a government body by one party or the other is not a good thing for the people overall. Why even have independent seats if they are not truly independent?

There is a pretty big split between the progressives such as Grosso, Silverman, Allen, etc., and the establishment CMs such as Evans, Todd, Bonds and so on. That is probably more representative of DC than would be obtained by artificially adding a Republican with little support in either DC or the party at large.

"Progressive" is a wild euphemism for what's not happening. I'd call it "Know-nothing."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there specific reasons you're choosing cellnik? Those reasons don't seem compelling to me.

I'm not happy with the direction of DC Council..the transparency is a problem for me as well as the extreme tilt. A Republican would be a good counterweight - a good bridge for the SF liberal faction and the historical DC constituencies. Think of it as a voice for the rest of us,one voice. A needed voice.

If there was someone like Catania, who was reasonable, I'd be happy to. But I saw no one worth it on the tickets. You need better candidates.

I think there are a lot of liberal independents who only register Democrat so we can vote in the primaries.

How does a Republican ever get a track record if you don't vote them in? Support some diversity. I'm a Republican in DC constantly answering knocks on the for to support DC statehood, yet I have ZERO representation for my socially moderate middle of the road Republican ideas in DC. Zero. Meanwhile, you happily vote in all sorts of people who say they're independent and are really far left or right or whatever. At least she says what she is. It wold be lovely to have one Republican on the council. Consider it the diversity vote!

Let me get this straight: a Republican is arguing FOR affirmative action to add diversity?? Only in DC

[Anonymous]

I'm voting celnick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm voting celnick.

Why? She's for school vouchers! She has several other really bad ideas. I did my research. She's a wackjob.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm voting celnick.

Why? She's for school vouchers! She has several other really bad ideas. I did my research. She's a wackjob.

Wow, thanks for the info. She has my vote. You can have my shitty neighborhood school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm voting celnick.

Why? She's for school vouchers! She has several other really bad ideas. I did my research. She's a wackjob.

Wow, thanks for the info. She has my vote. You can have my shitty neighborhood school.

Only in dc would someone who wants kids to have school choice be called a whack job. Yes, in dc Republican is the diversity vote. The monolithic politics here are not good for our city. Our councilmembers are getting complacent, pursuing pet projects, and taking their power for granted. Shale it up. And if you have your child in a charter school then you definitely should vote Republican. There may be more good ideas!
What's funny to me is given the election today everyone is saying "if only it were Romney". There is such thing as moderate,center of the road Republicans. Yet when a republican dares to run for our council, they're demonized. Thats what's wrong with politics today.
I've votes for a lot of democrats in my years in D.C. including the amazing Tony Williams. A lot of our current councilmembers are not up to par. Send a message. Vote in the Republican.

[Anonymous]

I don't care about their party affiliation. I just want someone who is actually going to do something productive, listen to constituents, grow the city, and care. Grosso that isn't.

[Anonymous]

A lot of the newbies to the Council scene are San Francisco liberals with pet projects. They ignore school children, crime, parking (they don't like cars, so they ignore parking) and long term DC residents alike (putting bike paths in front of historic AA churches etc.--I'm not against bikes, but consider all constituents) to focus on their pet projects that will make us first in the nation in progressivism. It's like they have SF/Portland envy. For the rest of us-- for basics like building education, improving transport and fighting crime in every ward-- I will be voting anyone Republican or independent who is not a extreme liberal in sheep's clothing. I'd really like to avoid the below for DC:


http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/City-lamp-post-falls-and-urine-was-a-factor-6424634.php

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of the newbies to the Council scene are San Francisco liberals with pet projects. They ignore school children, crime, parking (they don't like cars, so they ignore parking) and long term DC residents alike (putting bike paths in front of historic AA churches etc.--I'm not against bikes, but consider all constituents) to focus on their pet projects that will make us first in the nation in progressivism. It's like they have SF/Portland envy. For the rest of us-- for basics like building education, improving transport and fighting crime in every ward-- I will be voting anyone Republican or independent who is not a extreme liberal in sheep's clothing. I'd really like to avoid the below for DC:


http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/City-lamp-post-falls-and-urine-was-a-factor-6424634.php

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:David Grosso cut funding for our school's renovation and then sent me a postcard saying "modernization based on need, not politics". He will not be getting my vote.

I actually saw Grosso this morning at Shepherd. What nerve to single one school out to cut its renovation funding, and then ask for people's vote outside same school on Election Day. Also just unimpressed with him in general. He's not getting my vote.

[Anonymous]

If you have to be told whom to vote for, then don't vote.

You don't deserve the franchise, so please don't f*ck it up for those of us who do.

You child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have to be told whom to vote for, then don't vote.

You don't deserve the franchise, so please don't f*ck it up for those of us who do.

You child.

People learn in different ways. S/he is asking for information. How did you decide? Go by what someone wrote in a marketing pamphlet or what they send out in their weekly newsletters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have to be told whom to vote for, then don't vote.

You don't deserve the franchise, so please don't f*ck it up for those of us who do.

You child.

People learn in different ways. S/he is asking for information. How did you decide? Go by what someone wrote in a marketing pamphlet or what they send out in their weekly newsletters?

Personally I follow the news, because I care to be informed. I'm starting to think an IQ test for voting isn't a bad idea after all.