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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing will change unless DC somehow elects a mayor who is more conservative than Bowser who is willing to challenge the status quo. [/quote]

I think that you may have found yourself in the wrong city if you think that DC will ever become conservative.  I certainly don't believe conservatism is required for a leader to create better schools.  Fenty did more than any other mayor to push forward our schools and make change and he was far from conservative.[/quote]

PP here. You've misread what I wrote. I said "more conservative than Bowser." Not "a conservative." Fenty is precisely the kind of person I was talking about. He was "more conservative than Bowser" (not to mention everyone on the city council). We need someone who will stand up to the status quo, and raise standards and introduce a measure of accountability. You don't get that when you vote for extremely liberal Democrats. That's like voting for extremely conservative Republicans and expecting them to raise taxes on the rich. It's simply not in the cards.  [/quote]
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I disagree that Fenty was more conservative than Bowser. [/b] He went to Oberlin.  Bowser is in the pockets of every developer she ever met.[/quote]

Ok, well, you're just totally wrong. It was Adrian Fenty who put Michelle Rhee in charge of schools. It sounds Michelle Rhee was before your time. The short version is that Michelle Rhee did more to improve schools in DC than anyone else in our lifetime and she did it by doing the exact opposite of what Bowser and the rest of our city council does today re: schools. Michelle Rhee was a parent's dream and a liberal politician's nightmare. [/quote]

Totally agree, and I am old enough to remember. One of the few brave acts from a politician (and one of his appointees) that I can point to in my lifetime. It completely changed the trajectory of the DC school system for the better. And of course he was rewarded by being voted out of office.  [/quote]

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