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IF the Council and Mayor KNEW that the NDA was not binding (which I do not believe - based on the WAPO article I think that what WMATA told Jinks is different from what was in the email to the project engineer, and that all the elected based their behavior on what they heard from Jinks) then it suggests that both Silberberg and Wilson are equally culpable, ergo this has no bearing on the race for Mayor.  At least the primary, as I presume if the GOP nominates anyone for November, that person will not be an incumbent member of the Council. [/quote]

Both Silberberg and Wilson obviously assumed blindly, with no checking, that what Jinks told them was true: NDA was in force and binding.  They always assume that what Jinks tells them is true.  And sometimes it is.

But they both should have known better.  And the one thing they should be able to agree on is, no more Jinks.  
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+1 and I still say that it's atrocious that there is no documentation of anyone from the city pushing back on WMATA in writing about the need for the change to the southern entrance to be kept from the public.

Even if WMATA was talking out both sides of their mouths and out their butts (which let's face it, it's WMATA, totally possible/probable), [b]someone with the city should have pushed back and said "why can't we tell anyone about this major change?"  But they didn't, because they didn't care or didn't want to deal with the fallout. [/b] [/quote]

It is funny, isn't it, how we can see so clearly how reasonable people should act!?!  Yet the fools running our city don't seem to get it.  They don't seem to understand that they should be asking questions not blindly accepting what they're told.  And now they are mad because the rest of us are clearly questioning them and their actions (or lack thereof). [b] I'm willing to accept Silberberg's explanation because I don't see her acting with malfeasance. [/b] It really makes me mad that Wilson keeps trying to portray himself as such a good money man and strategic thinker yet he purposefully did not disclose.  Either he knew and didn't say or he is way overselling his skills.  Neither are a good look for him.

This is a total change-up for me.  Two months ago I was completely behind Wilson.  Now I can't wait to scrape the crud from my shoe.[/quote]

So, I'm 99% sure you're actually a long time Allison fan, putting on a show, but I'll play along.

I attend or view many, many City meetings. Ivre watch her in action, and even had one on one conversaions with het. Silberberg is saying she didn't get that info, not because she didnt get it, but because when she got it, she was too ignorant and confused to understand it. It is PAINFUL to watch her try to comprehend the discussions happening around her. And don't call me a sexist jerk for calling her dim. I am a woman and there are plenty of intelligent women in government. She is not one of them.

The Potomac Yard situation is not great, but it is far from the catastrophe folks are trying to make it. Moreover, in no way whatsoever does AS come out of this looking "better" than the rest of the Council. I'm not planning to vote for all of the incumbents, but this is a desperate attempt to get Allison and odder non-incumbents in. [/quote]

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