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[quote=jsteele][quote=takoma]
However, once in, she impressed me with her knowledge of the issues, her public demeanor, her near immediate reaction to postings on local listservs, her energy in supporting local groups on issues of importance to them, her willingness to engage with people she knew were not supporters, and, last but not least, a staff that also displays the above qualities.
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I concur with you on these items. She has been responsive to neighborhood concerns and generally pretty good at constituent services. But, I'm not sure this is enough to earn the right to be mayor. Her legislative record is dismal. She is deeply compromised by her campaign finance situation. I had multiple conversations with her about Initiative 70 which would have prohibited direct corporate contributions to candidates. She would not recognize that there was anything wrong with accepting contributions from multiple LLCs controlled by the same individual. She agreed to do an interview for DCUM, but then did not respond when provided the questions in advance (most of which dealt with campaign finance). When I asked her directly why she didn't respond, she said she wanted to wait until her campaign finance bill was ready. Guess what? It's still not ready.

Her other area of vulnerability is schools. She is going to campaign as a candidate of education reform based on her association with Fenty. Yet, her record is nearly empty where education is concerned. The Ward 4 schools are among the least reformed in the City. The two DCPS high schools are an embarrassment and the last middle school in the Ward is going to close (leaving "education campuses"). I really don't see how she is going to differentiate herself from Gray on education given that Gray has a relatively strong record on education. Her attempts so far have been almost funny in their ineffectiveness (in her Post interview she criticized Gray for being slow and setting up too many committees, then proposed setting up a committee).
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