How did Brooke Pinto win Ward 2 council seat?

[Anonymous]

In short, her parents’ money and the Karl Racine machine. It pisses me off so much that this elitist carpetbagger won the seat. She’s the new Jack arcana.

How the f#ck did WaPo give this person the endorsement? Zero service to Ward 2, no knowledge of the ward’s issues. She didn’t even vote in DC until late 2019!!

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/21136934/how-did-brooke-pinto-win-the-ward-2-council-primary

-Pissed off Ward 2 resident

[Anonymous]

Edit - she’s the new Jack Evans.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anything about her, I voted for her just because I liked her name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anything about her, I voted for her just because I liked her name.

with all the actual good candidates in the race, this is pretty sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anything about her, I voted for her just because I liked her name.

with all the actual good candidates in the race, this is pretty sad.

She had the best name.

[Anonymous]

She’s only 28? That’s not a good photo.

[Anonymous]

Decent article from Rachel Cohen. Will be interesting to see what Pinto does on the council.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Decent article from Rachel Cohen. Will be interesting to see what Pinto does on the council.

Why wasn’t any of this discussed in local media BEFORE the election? It feels like everyone was keeping a lid on this information. How could WaPo endorse her without doing a shred of background research? These are all highly problematic issues.

[Anonymous]

The Post is interested in candidates who genuflect to their editorial board and won’t upset the applecart. The Post is not a change oriented institution.

[Anonymous]

Saw on Twitter that a complaint was filed against her alleging that she accepted a massive in-kind contribution in the form of a house used as an office from her parents. If I recall correctly some of the people in the Jeffrey Thompson scandal went to jail for accepting large contributions and not reporting them. The complaint also details a lot of sketchiness about the house, which imo smells like money laundering. https://twitter.com/lauren_wolfe/status/1271822072029773824?s=21

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decent article from Rachel Cohen. Will be interesting to see what Pinto does on the council.

Why wasn’t any of this discussed in local media BEFORE the election? It feels like everyone was keeping a lid on this information. How could WaPo endorse her without doing a shred of background research? These are all highly problematic issues.

What papers do you read? What this current #BLM issues has taught me is we have to do your own research, be skeptical of mainstream newspapers, there is a lot of information on local politics by excellent journalists for free on twitter!!! You gotta do the work and read all about it! IT's a disgrace, but those running against her should have also made more of a fuss! I don't live in ward 2, so don't know if they were not great candidates either but she clearly bought the vote!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’s only 28? That’s not a good photo.

She doesn't look 28.

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty mad about this, too. She’s a carpetbagger and totally out of her league.

-Ward 2 resident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decent article from Rachel Cohen. Will be interesting to see what Pinto does on the council.

Why wasn’t any of this discussed in local media BEFORE the election? It feels like everyone was keeping a lid on this information. How could WaPo endorse her without doing a shred of background research? These are all highly problematic issues.

The Post also endorsed Todd, and anyone paying attention knew that was a mistake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw on Twitter that a complaint was filed against her alleging that she accepted a massive in-kind contribution in the form of a house used as an office from her parents. If I recall correctly some of the people in the Jeffrey Thompson scandal went to jail for accepting large contributions and not reporting them. The complaint also details a lot of sketchiness about the house, which imo smells like money laundering. https://twitter.com/lauren_wolfe/status/1271822072029773824?s=21

Wow this is nuts. A few of the other candidates already threw in the towel for the June 16 special election; I hope they reconsider!!!