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The DC government is bad at performing the basic functions of government.

The agencies are an absolute mess.

DGS can't fix things - public spaces have broken gates and rotting surfaces. Playgrounds are broken and degrade because of terrible maintenance. Schools have broken HVAC.
DPR can't clean playgrounds or pools - rats live in trash cans at schools. The streets are filled with trash. [b]Wilson pool has been closed for SIX MONTHS because the mayoral agencies did not do maintenance.[/b]
The housing agency is doing a terrible job managing and assigning vouchers.
The social service agencies are doing a terrible job with mental health care and supporting the homeless.
OSSE is a corrupt ineffectual mess that saddles charters and public schools alike with endless testing and can't even bus students to where they need to go.
The police are engaged in a work slowdown that the mayor is not handling.

We have a strong mayor system, which means the mayor is accountable FOR IT ALL. The Council has very very little power or oversight ability.

This is [b]THE MAYOR'S FAULT. [/b]
Muriel Bowser is doing a bad, bad job as mayor.

The Post local section appears to be a handful of interns plus a Republican editor who lives in Maryland. And so when Matt Yglesias told the world that DC should elect Bowser because she had a slightly better housing plank than Robert White, it had a huge effect.

The decay of District government is Bowser's fault, but it's also Yglesias' fault. The guy knows little to nothing about how the District actually works and he has poisoned new DC voters' brains about what is going on.

Someone has to hold Bowser accountable for the absolute disaster of the city executive agencies, which she has total control over. Who will hold her accountable?

(ps if you bring the rightwing BS in here about DC as a city, or blame Nadeau or others who have little control, you will just embarrass yourself. Please address Bowser's administration of the agencies she controls.)

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I'm all for bashing Matt Yglesias, but do you seriously think a Substack newsletter is the reason the incumbent Democratic mayor won the Democratic primary in D.C.? Bowser beat White by 9 percentage points. I don't think the "I primarily base my vote on housing politics and/but the only source of information I have on D.C. politics is Matt Yglesisas's opinions on it" bloc accounts for 9 points. I'd be surprised if that bloc accounted for as many as 9 votes.[/quote]

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