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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that Goulet is an outlier among his fellow candidates. Supporting a football stadium, and being a shill for the Chamber of Commerce is a horrible look.

I will be supporting Frumin, because I think he has the most organic support in the Ward and has the best chance of ensuring that Goulet doesn't win.[/quote]

Frumin has solid credentials but his campaign has been disappointing to many who know him well and had higher hopes. He didn't lose a lot of time in pandering to the Foxhall NIMBYs by offering to pursue alternatives to Foxhall Elementary that he knows (or at least should know) have been tried and were found to be infeasible. The leader of the Save Hardy Park campaign had a Frumin sign on his yard before he replaced with a Goulet sign following their meet-and-greet last Friday. Then there's this silly stuff with the ice rink. Frumin's trying to be everyone to everybody, which makes it very hard to know what he would do if he was elected.[/quote]

And I am not sure what is silly about an ice rink in Friendship Heights. The closest sheets are at Cabin John or ft Dupont. For the number of kids who play hockey or families who would like to skate, it would be very well supported. I don't see that being all things to all people. It is a single, concrete suggestion for an area that is going to be totally remade over the next decade.[/quote]

Any land big enough to support an ice rink would be better utilized as a new school. According to the Crowding Working Group the area west of Rock Creek needs a new high school, a new middle school and two new elementary schools. Even if Foxhall and MacArthur both get built we're still down two schools. 
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