DC Council At Large race

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

Ironic, considering the only race Lazere could possibly win is one with 24 candidates in it and no ranked choice voting.

Glad you after that Lazere has morals as opposed to some of the self-serving councilmembers we have.

I don't think you actually know his appeal across the city in a smaller race. Hopefully we'll find out next election cycle with him as the incumbent.

Mendo stomped him by nearly 30 percentage points in a two-candidate primary race in 2018, so his "appeal across the city in a smaller race" has proven to be pretty low.

It was always going to be difficult to beat an incumbent. Why do you hate Ed so much? Seriously. You haven't actually given any substantive reason. I actually took the time to listen to the candidates. I've also worked in city government and am familiar with the real issues. We need really smart experienced people on Council, not newbies.

Not about Ed, but to the point of smart experienced people. Chander J has been serving on his ANC for 8 + years, I believe currently as Chair. Very actively, so I don't see that as a "newbie". I also like that he's an independent. I like that for City Council. Need some freshening up there. He legit reminds me of Tony Williams. Decent person and to the point with problem-solving. Not a lot of foo-fa .

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Isn't Chander a Republican?

He's an independent. He reminds me of Tony Williams. He was socially progressive, but also cared and focused on things actually running. Chander reminds me of that with his care for small businesses, legit workforce training for city youth (not make-work) etc. Hes not a lot of hot air. He cares about this city running well.

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NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Goodwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Goodwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

They differ in this respect...

Big difference.

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Anonymous wrote:If you review Ed Lazere’s two decades of advocacy (Ed’s a lobbyist) on behalf of the citizens of this city what has been accomplished? Take a look at the DCFPI website. It’s filled with position papers that tell you a whole lot of what you already know and provides few if any solutions.

Silverman, Nadeau, George, and Lazere will kill any chance we had for statehood by allowing the Socialists to turn us into a laughingstock and bankrupting our city.

It is true that our council and mayors have taken half measures and performative steps rather than the kind of meaningful change that needs to happen.

You're smoking something strong if you think that dancing for the Republicans is going to get us statehood. Let's do the right thing and the R's (and D's) who are holding out can go F themselves.

We've been hearing this for years. If only DC did this....or that....we'd get statehood. While we watch and see state government corruption in multiple states and no one every questions whether Illinois or Louisiana should have senators. No, not gonna happening by sucking up.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Goodwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

If you like the youth/energy, then look at Markus Batchelor. Far more genuine to progressive ideals than Marcus Goodwin. Batchelor grew up in DC, has a history of progressive activism as an elected member of the SBOE, and hasn't sold out to the developer/business interests.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

Ironic, considering the only race Lazere could possibly win is one with 24 candidates in it and no ranked choice voting.

Glad you after that Lazere has morals as opposed to some of the self-serving councilmembers we have.

I don't think you actually know his appeal across the city in a smaller race. Hopefully we'll find out next election cycle with him as the incumbent.

Mendo stomped him by nearly 30 percentage points in a two-candidate primary race in 2018, so his "appeal across the city in a smaller race" has proven to be pretty low.

Yes but that was for Council Chair. I voted for Mendo because I didn't think Lazere should come into the council as chair. Mendo has the experience needed to lead at that level. But I'm more than happy to vote for Lazere for Council at Large. That's a good place for him to be.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Goodwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

If you like the youth/energy, then look at Markus Batchelor. Far more genuine to progressive ideals than Marcus Goodwin. Batchelor grew up in DC, has a history of progressive activism as an elected member of the SBOE, and hasn't sold out to the developer/business interests.

I will check him out, thank you! I saw Goodwin speak at a protest in late July/early August and he impressed me, but I may just not know enough about him yet. Will definitely look into Batchelor.

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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty hilarious that there's clearly one Lazere supporter here pretending to be multiple Lazere supporters, having a phony conversation with themselves.

I am a Lazere supporter, but I have not written all of the posts so there are clearly multiple supporters on here. Why does that seem shocking? He's been in DC forever.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Gooedwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

I am a Lazere supporter, but I don't have ANY antagonism toward Goodwin. I thought he was great, he just doesn't seem ready. He's studied the issues, but doesn't really understand them. It's like he's talking out of a textbook. I'm not suggesting never Goodwin, I'm just saying for me, not yet.

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Have you all heard Chander? He really does seem completely independent. Not beholden to any of the standard DC interest groups. I also like how he is a firm believer in harvesting great ideas from normally divergent positions. He has experience with proactive middle ground policy on such difficult topics in DC as housing density and historical designations. Imagine that, there are good ideas on both sides of the argument which can be made to work together.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you all heard Chander? He really does seem completely independent. Not beholden to any of the standard DC interest groups. I also like how he is a firm believer in harvesting great ideas from normally divergent positions. He has experience with proactive middle ground policy on such difficult topics in DC as housing density and historical designations. Imagine that, there are good ideas on both sides of the argument which can be made to work together.

+1 He's prepared and thoughtful. I listened in on a council hearing this summer and was surprised by how uninformed a few of the members were on what wasnt exactly a niche issue. I really want some people on the Council prepared to dig in and work hard, who also have common sense... Agree he would be a great bridge for both sides.

[Anonymous]

Watch and learn as Lazere follower, having lost his argument, then attempts to promote fringe candidate in the hope he'll draw support from Marcus Goodwin.

Any idea why they do that?

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Anonymous wrote:Watch and learn as Lazere follower, having lost his argument, then attempts to promote fringe candidate in the hope he'll draw support from Marcus Goodwin.

Any idea why they do that?

What are you talking about? Goodwin is a fringe candidate. Like Vincent Orange. Are there actual people voting for them? Or just $$ support from those who would benefit directly from their corruption?

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So who is actually worth voting for, and why?

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Anonymous wrote:So who is actually worth voting for, and why?

Ed Lazere has a good view for what's wrong with the city and how to fix it. Ethical.
Markus Batchelor also. While less experienced in politics, he had the kind of lived experience that would guide us well.
Robert White - similar to Markus but with more experience under his belt.