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[quote=Anonymous]Some of the talk on this forum reflects flyers that have been sent out by Democrats for Educational Reform, a pro DC establishment lobbying group that is using scare tactics to say Janeese Lewis George will be soft on crime. From what I see here, they are having some success! Lewis George served as Assistant Attorney General to Karl Racine for four years and prosecuted juveniles. Racine is endorsing her. That doesn't seem to indicate she's soft on crime. What she did do is work in Philadelphia with community groups that use other methods than policing to deal with violence. Violence in communities is not just solved through policing, something I think many people can agree with. She also has a vision for development in the city that isn't the carte blanche that Bowser and her ilk give to developers. I live in Ward 4 and Todd is the ghost council member. Todd and his staff NEVER answer the phone and never call back. Since I live on the west side of Rock Creek, which is mostly Ward 3, people call March Cheh if they have a problem. Todd is Bowser's yes man, and follows what she says religiously. Bowser lost me when she found and campaigned for a candidate to run against an incumbent city council member, Elissa Silverman, and that is unheard of. She just doesn't like progressive candidates and people who don't do what she wants. Lewis George had taken no money from developers, corporate donors, etc. She is her own woman, and very far from the scary person opponents try to make her out to be. DC Dept of Public works took down hundreds of Lewis George's signs before neighbors alerted her campaign, and there is still no explanation from DPW. Shameful but not shocking. If you want a machine politician, by all means vote for Todd, who is an inept yes man. If you want a city that is better for someone who might be less lucky than you and someone who has her own opinions and her own mind and is not indebted to corporate interests, vote for Janeese. Yes, I have volunteered for her.[/quote]

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