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I’ve lived in D.C. for 20 years, in wards 2, 1, 4, and 3. City services have never really seemed better or worse to me because of who my councilmember was. The constituent service funds are used for things like paying rent or utility bills (or, in the case of Jack Evans, buying sports tickets). What specific things that the city does do you think your councilmember is in charge of for your ward? They may be the person you complain to when services aren’t being performed the way you want — because they obviously have more clout with, say, DPW than you do — but the government isn’t run ward by ward as a little fiefdom. [/quote]

I think DC voters are split into three (maybe four) pools: those who vote but have minimal to no involvement with city services other than maybe traffic enforcement. They don't have kids, nevertheless kids in schools, and they have decent jobs and support themselves. Probably live in apartments so they aren't worried about trash being picked up or dudes trashing their yards.

Then you have people with some more involvement with city services such as schools.

Then you have those who are heavily dependent on city services for many things in their lives. These people are much more likely to depend on individual councilmembers to are able to get things done to help them.[/quote]

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