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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I know who you're talking about. He claimed to be from this area and work here, but he has a very active social media account and seems chummy with the architect and the chief Ward 3 Vision useful idiot.

I suspect that he's another one of the GDS's paid for team, like the woman who claimed to recently have moved here, with kids that she conveniently didn't bring to the meeting. [/quote]

It's now part of Development 101 to have an "astroturf campaign" -- a faux grass roots strategy of 'community members' who come out of the woodwork to support a particular development project.  Some may be paid consultants, who speak at meetings and may author op-ed pieces for local newspapers.  Others simply may wish to ingratiate themselves with and get business from the developers.  More numerous are the grad students and stay at home moms who are engaged by the developer's PR consultant and get paid a few dollars for each posting they do on list servs and social media.  Sometimes, development interests will work with industry-friendly groups like Ward 3 vision to create astroturf groups, say "Tenleytown Neighbors for Smart Growth" or whatever.  For all while, all of this really impressed council members and zoning officials but lately they have caught on to these tactics.  [/quote]

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