Elissa Silverman, DC at-large council

[Anonymous]

What is going on with the Mayor and Elissa Silverman? I can't really make out what the true issue is here.

All I know is
(1) I like Silverman on a lot of issues
(2) I was out walking around the alleys of U Street today and Silverman had a ton of canvassers out and about. Mostly african americans, many latinos.

I asked one of the canvassers what was up with Elissa and the mayor. They said they didn't know, but they were behind Elissa.

[jsteele]

The issue is paid family leave. Silverman sponsored the bill which passed the Council and became law. Bowser is apparently siding with the business community on the issue as she is supporting a candidate who opposes paid family leave. In addition, Silverman has been very tough on oversight and the Bowser administration apparently resents having her looking over their shoulders.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:The issue is paid family leave. Silverman sponsored the bill which passed the Council and became law. Bowser is apparently siding with the business community on the issue as she is supporting a candidate who opposes paid family leave. In addition, Silverman has been very tough on oversight and the Bowser administration apparently resents having her looking over their shoulders.

Thanks. OP here. Paid family leave (and childcare) is expensive, but it's critical for working families - if you want to keep families in cities you need policies like this.

Also, I was struck by just how many non-white canvassers there were out for Elissa. Good for her that she's attracting many supporters even those who aren't exactly like her. And I was surprised to hear that many of them were down on Bowser. Interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:The issue is paid family leave. Silverman sponsored the bill which passed the Council and became law. Bowser is apparently siding with the business community on the issue as she is supporting a candidate who opposes paid family leave. In addition, Silverman has been very tough on oversight and the Bowser administration apparently resents having her looking over their shoulders.

Thanks. OP here. Paid family leave (and childcare) is expensive, but it's critical for working families - if you want to keep families in cities you need policies like this.

Also, I was struck by just how many non-white canvassers there were out for Elissa. Good for her that she's attracting many supporters even those who aren't exactly like her. And I was surprised to hear that many of them were down on Bowser. Interesting.

But the bill could have been written better. As it is, it serves thousands and thousands of families who DON'T live in DC but work here. It would be better if this was limited to just families who actually live in DC. But DC employers will have to pay for it and it won't incentivize families to move int the district.

[Anonymous]

Silverman is a nutjob. She was an unethical, unprofessional reporter at the City Paper, and she's gone on to prove she also understands nothing about the economics of running small and medium sized businesses who will be impacted most by this.

This bill WILL result in more women in their 20's and 30's not getting jobs because employers are going to pass on them in favor of older women or men.

Silverman thinks businesses have an inexhaustible source of capital to fund all sorts of spendthrift ideas of hers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Silverman is a nutjob. She was an unethical, unprofessional reporter at the City Paper, and she's gone on to prove she also understands nothing about the economics of running small and medium sized businesses who will be impacted most by this.

This bill WILL result in more women in their 20's and 30's not getting jobs because employers are going to pass on them in favor of older women or men.

Silverman thinks businesses have an inexhaustible source of capital to fund all sorts of spendthrift ideas of hers.

Shouldn't you be changing a nappy or something, Muriel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Silverman is a nutjob. She was an unethical, unprofessional reporter at the City Paper, and she's gone on to prove she also understands nothing about the economics of running small and medium sized businesses who will be impacted most by this.

This bill WILL result in more women in their 20's and 30's not getting jobs because employers are going to pass on them in favor of older women or men.

Silverman thinks businesses have an inexhaustible source of capital to fund all sorts of spendthrift ideas of hers.

Yes. We need policies that support families,.DC families (MD and VA complicate things - and should be carefully considered) and also support the business that generate revenue and employ people. I don't think Silverman considers both sides of the equation. She is the type of liberal who doesn't think through natural consequences in her desires to throw around play-money. That doesn't mean a Bowser fan, as she seems far too cozy with those same businesses. Let's get some new faces on the council and consider voting republican if only to have alternate voices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman is a nutjob. She was an unethical, unprofessional reporter at the City Paper, and she's gone on to prove she also understands nothing about the economics of running small and medium sized businesses who will be impacted most by this.

This bill WILL result in more women in their 20's and 30's not getting jobs because employers are going to pass on them in favor of older women or men.

Silverman thinks businesses have an inexhaustible source of capital to fund all sorts of spendthrift ideas of hers.

Shouldn't you be changing a nappy or something, Muriel?

I'm a very, very fiscally conservative libertarian, actually.

But the fact that you would make a quip suggesting I'm Muriel Bowser, a run of the mill liberal democrat by anyone's standards, it illustrates how absolutely batshit crazy leftist Silverman is.

Only someone literally on the fringe of communism can make Muriel Bowser appear "too conservative", lolz!!!!

Well, that's Silverman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman is a nutjob. She was an unethical, unprofessional reporter at the City Paper, and she's gone on to prove she also understands nothing about the economics of running small and medium sized businesses who will be impacted most by this.

This bill WILL result in more women in their 20's and 30's not getting jobs because employers are going to pass on them in favor of older women or men.

Silverman thinks businesses have an inexhaustible source of capital to fund all sorts of spendthrift ideas of hers.

Shouldn't you be changing a nappy or something, Muriel?

I'm a very, very fiscally conservative libertarian, actually.

But the fact that you would make a quip suggesting I'm Muriel Bowser, a run of the mill liberal democrat by anyone's standards, it illustrates how absolutely batshit crazy leftist Silverman is.

Only someone literally on the fringe of communism can make Muriel Bowser appear "too conservative", lolz!!!!

Well, that's Silverman.

You should vote republican PP in upcoming local elections. It definitely is a sliding scale here in DC bast on how far to the left our Dem leadership is. IMO most Republicans in DC would socially be democrats anywhere else. Most are fiscally conservative though - or at least don't consider tax payer money monopology money to throw at every pet project that they think only more, more, more money can be the answer to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman is a nutjob. She was an unethical, unprofessional reporter at the City Paper, and she's gone on to prove she also understands nothing about the economics of running small and medium sized businesses who will be impacted most by this.

This bill WILL result in more women in their 20's and 30's not getting jobs because employers are going to pass on them in favor of older women or men.

Silverman thinks businesses have an inexhaustible source of capital to fund all sorts of spendthrift ideas of hers.

Shouldn't you be changing a nappy or something, Muriel?

I'm a very, very fiscally conservative libertarian, actually.

But the fact that you would make a quip suggesting I'm Muriel Bowser, a run of the mill liberal democrat by anyone's standards, it illustrates how absolutely batshit crazy leftist Silverman is.

Only someone literally on the fringe of communism can make Muriel Bowser appear "too conservative", lolz!!!!

Well, that's Silverman.

Pardon, I thought communism involved the forceful confiscation of all private property, etc, the elimination of the market economy, not simply applying the minimum wage to tipped workers.

I can readily believe you are a libertarian however.

[Anonymous]

If you gave Silverman that kind of power, that's exactly what you'd have.

Exactly.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:The issue is paid family leave. Silverman sponsored the bill which passed the Council and became law. Bowser is apparently siding with the business community on the issue as she is supporting a candidate who opposes paid family leave. In addition, Silverman has been very tough on oversight and the Bowser administration apparently resents having her looking over their shoulders.

Thanks. OP here. Paid family leave (and childcare) is expensive, but it's critical for working families - if you want to keep families in cities you need policies like this.

Also, I was struck by just how many non-white canvassers there were out for Elissa. Good for her that she's attracting many supporters even those who aren't exactly like her. And I was surprised to hear that many of them were down on Bowser. Interesting.

But the bill could have been written better. As it is, it serves thousands and thousands of families who DON'T live in DC but work here. It would be better if this was limited to just families who actually live in DC. But DC employers will have to pay for it and it won't incentivize families to move int the district.

That's the nature of employment laws. DC's minimum wage law applies to residents of MD and VA who work in DC.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Silverman is a nutjob. She was an unethical, unprofessional reporter at the City Paper, and she's gone on to prove she also understands nothing about the economics of running small and medium sized businesses who will be impacted most by this.

This bill WILL result in more women in their 20's and 30's not getting jobs because employers are going to pass on them in favor of older women or men.

Silverman thinks businesses have an inexhaustible source of capital to fund all sorts of spendthrift ideas of hers.

You are probably uninformed about the Paid Family Leave law. It doesn't just apply to mothers who have have given birth. Fathers are also eligible. Do you think this will cut down on jobs for men in their 20s and 30s? More over, the law is not limited to maternity or paternity events. It also covers serious medical conditions affecting family members or serious medical conditions impacting the employee. If employers avoided child-bearing age women, they might end up with an inordinate amount of older employees who are more likely to face health issues.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:The issue is paid family leave. Silverman sponsored the bill which passed the Council and became law. Bowser is apparently siding with the business community on the issue as she is supporting a candidate who opposes paid family leave. In addition, Silverman has been very tough on oversight and the Bowser administration apparently resents having her looking over their shoulders.

Thanks. OP here. Paid family leave (and childcare) is expensive, but it's critical for working families - if you want to keep families in cities you need policies like this.

Also, I was struck by just how many non-white canvassers there were out for Elissa. Good for her that she's attracting many supporters even those who aren't exactly like her. And I was surprised to hear that many of them were down on Bowser. Interesting.

But the bill could have been written better. As it is, it serves thousands and thousands of families who DON'T live in DC but work here. It would be better if this was limited to just families who actually live in DC. But DC employers will have to pay for it and it won't incentivize families to move int the district.

That's the nature of employment laws. DC's minimum wage law applies to residents of MD and VA who work in DC.

Then it's.problematic. if it's too onerous on businesses, it will drive them to resettle in MD and VA. Probably not the federal or police/firefighter etc jobs their residents come into our city to do. More like the big box or start up etc that our DC citizenry are employed by (yes, we are also employed by govt.)..So in essence MD and VA residents would be double dipping. If Silverman were a really great politician, she would coordinate some kind of arrangement with the surrounding districts, as our email monies and fates are so intertwined. She would also be reasonable to a.scaled back version. To go it alone is DC taking a stand on a national social justice issue and getting that kind of "glory" but also economic suidice that doesn't actually put residents well being first. I think this one needs a "do-over".

[Anonymous]

Sorry "economies", not " email monies"