Who will replace Mary Cheh?

[Anonymous]

Conservative? In Ward 3? in DC?

I don't think you know the electorate very well. It is a progressive and liberal city, with politicians that reflect that world view. Like California, DC's economy is strong, consistently running surpluses and enjoying high bond ratings.

There are serious issues, to be clear, but conservative?

They would get 100 votes, mostly from Spring Valley.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, I know DC very well. I'm from DC and from Ward 3. To be clear, I mean fiscal conservative but also not someone who runs towards every trendy social issue rather than simply address bread and butter issues for constituents. They can call themselves whatever they want, though if they called themselves Republican I would vote for them off the bat since at least I would know they would be different from the same old we've been spoon fed in DC forever. I think there are more than you think who desire some level of centre governing. A DC Republican would be a Democrat anywhere else, simply because our Democrats have skewed so far left that anyone who doesn't want to follow them is most likely in the middle. Wasn't there a woman Republican who used to run in Ward 3? Carol Schwartz? Where is that crew?

[Anonymous]

That crew no longer is represented in DC, or at best is Jack Evans.

But I doubt you are from DC if you have to ask who Carol Schwartz is, or if you intended to spell center, centre.

[Anonymous]

I miss voting for anyone who isn't on the left side. Someone who has a common sense approach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss voting for anyone who isn't on the left side. Someone who has a common sense approach.

???

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone,

I am an independent candidate running in the general election. I grew up in Ward 3 and am a DCPS graduate (Key, Hardy, Deal, and School Without Walls). I worked in Mayor Fenty's Administration as a Community Relations Liaison and have a in-depth understanding of DC government and its agencies. I am passionate about substantive education reform and fixing our broken infrastructure. Happy to further chat with you. You can send me an email at petar [at] petarforward3.com. I also invite you to visit my website at www.petarforward3.com.

Best,

Petar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi Everyone,

I am an independent candidate running in the general election. I grew up in Ward 3 and am a DCPS graduate (Key, Hardy, Deal, and School Without Walls). I worked in Mayor Fenty's Administration as a Community Relations Liaison and have a in-depth understanding of DC government and its agencies. I am passionate about substantive education reform and fixing our broken infrastructure. Happy to further chat with you. You can send me an email at petar [at] petarforward3.com. I also invite you to visit my website at www.petarforward3.com.

Best,

Petar

Do you support the pool at Hearst?

[Anonymous]

Not good that you have time to troll DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:Hi Everyone,

I am an independent candidate running in the general election. I grew up in Ward 3 and am a DCPS graduate (Key, Hardy, Deal, and School Without Walls). I worked in Mayor Fenty's Administration as a Community Relations Liaison and have a in-depth understanding of DC government and its agencies. I am passionate about substantive education reform and fixing our broken infrastructure. Happy to further chat with you. You can send me an email at petar [at] petarforward3.com. I also invite you to visit my website at www.petarforward3.com.

Best,

Petar

[Anonymous]

Why? He is running in the general election, not the primary next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That crew no longer is represented in DC, or at best is Jack Evans.

But I doubt you are from DC if you have to ask who Carol Schwartz is, or if you intended to spell center, centre.

What a sleuth you are. I was born at Washington Hospital Centre/er. DC enough for you? The DCUM game of sniffing out who is/isn't from DC is weirdly tribal and high school. I'm kind of over it. As far as I'm concerned if you live in DC and show an interest that's good enough for me. The fact that I'm actually from DC doesn't give me some pecking order rights. The fact that you want to 'out' me is for voicing support for a Republican candidate. That you find unfathomable. There are more of us than you think who are from DC and find the efforts to turn our city in San Francisco annoying and ignoring the city's daily bread and butter needs. Hence Jack Evans. We need more centre/center politicians in our city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not good that you have time to troll DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:Hi Everyone,

I am an independent candidate running in the general election. I grew up in Ward 3 and am a DCPS graduate (Key, Hardy, Deal, and School Without Walls). I worked in Mayor Fenty's Administration as a Community Relations Liaison and have a in-depth understanding of DC government and its agencies. I am passionate about substantive education reform and fixing our broken infrastructure. Happy to further chat with you. You can send me an email at petar [at] petarforward3.com. I also invite you to visit my website at www.petarforward3.com.

Best,

Petar

Ah--we shall peruse this with interest Petar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That crew no longer is represented in DC, or at best is Jack Evans.

But I doubt you are from DC if you have to ask who Carol Schwartz is, or if you intended to spell center, centre.

What a sleuth you are. I was born at Washington Hospital Centre/er. DC enough for you? The DCUM game of sniffing out who is/isn't from DC is weirdly tribal and high school. I'm kind of over it. As far as I'm concerned if you live in DC and show an interest that's good enough for me. The fact that I'm actually from DC doesn't give me some pecking order rights. The fact that you want to 'out' me is for voicing support for a Republican candidate. That you find unfathomable. There are more of us than you think who are from DC and find the efforts to turn our city in San Francisco annoying and ignoring the city's daily bread and butter needs. Hence Jack Evans. We need more centre/center politicians in our city.

I don't know why you are spelling center the other way, unless you are getting it confused with the old Capital Centre. But there isn't anything about the GOP right now that would be appealing to most US citizens, much less DC residents and voters. We do need politicians who understand our budget and won't continue to keep going left - at the moment that is Phil Mendelson (as compared to Ed Lazere) and Anita Bonds (as compared to her further left challengers) - but Vince Gray, Jack Evans and Phil Mendelson, who are all getting up there in age, are the only ones I trust with our budget. We need new, younger politicians who represent the responsibility of what a surplus means, and maintaining our rainy day fund etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's the pissed off IB Eaton parents that Cheh needs to worry about. The OOB parents can't vote for her.

Yup. And we are pissed off.