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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see he has two challengers now? Any thoughts? [/quote]

One is a Chevy Chase NIMBY, the other is a very young YIMBY urbanist. Both will draw from core constituencies if they can get their messages out, but Frumin is the incumbent and is a centrist compared to both of these challengers, who could not be more diametrically opposite from each other.[/quote]

I don't know if I'd say early-30s is "very young", bur maybe "younger" which is not necessarily a bad thing.[/quote]

I’m no Frumin fan, but I’m having a hard time seeing the case for a young, single, lightly employed, apartment renter seeking to be on the Council.  I appreciate his passion for service but maybe go start a family, get a real career, buy some property and then come back in 20 years when he has some actual life experience that could inform him.  [/quote]

You can say what you want about someone’s employment history, but bringing up the fact that someone rents an apartment or is single is a pretty disingenuous argument. Some people like to rent. Not everyone wants to own a home, and that doesn’t mean they care any less about their community.

A person’s marital status or whether they own property really isn’t any indication of how they’ll perform on the Council. Just look at Brooke Pinto, she’s single, a renter, and not exactly someone with decades in the workforce, yet she’s proven to be one of the more competent Councilmembers.[/quote]

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