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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's weird that in a city that's no longer a Chocolate City, the majority of current residents can't

1.  elect a representative mayor for either the majority or who represents the whole city, take your pick

and

2.  one woman, Ms. Cafritz, continues to have so much power.

I guess it's too soon in the evolution of the District to expect this kind of cronyism to fade.  I have to have faith that, with a changing electorate, there will be less of this kind of $tuff
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The city is not majority chocolate city but the school population is...  Which means that the flavor of the present is not having babies.  That also let's you know that the ones that are moving here are not giving up their voting rights in their hometowns.  They move here a novelty and not as becoming a Washingtonian.  It is not cronyism when you're a native and not a nuisance.  Duke Ellington was established on the back bone of black woman married to a white Jewish man, I would tread lightly with your rhetoric.[/quote]

I will be more clear then, and avoid "rhetoric."

I believe that when the electorate becomes about 70% non-native-AA voters, the city will elect a mayor who would not greenlight this kind of pet project that only benefits a minuscule % of the population -- a population that is overwhelmingly AA.*  Because however much we all like dancing and singing, this project is not good government.

I further believe that when the electorate is about 70% non-native-AA voters, a single individual of the likes of Ms. Cooper Cafritz will not wield as much power with the entire city government.

And to the PP who claims that all cities have cronyism that rise to levels seen presently and historically in the District ... no, not all cities do.   Especially in the center of the country.

* demographics of Ellington
http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Duke+Ellington+School+of+the+Arts

http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Duke+Ellington+School+of+the+Arts
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