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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

His experience is a, what, 2 term ANC commissioner who advocated for bike lanes and helped the Main Street on his single member district.  Frumin was on ANC 3E for years and was its chair for a stretch. He also was the head of the Tenley Main Street board, as well as several education and housing boards with results. He advocated for bike lanes and the mayor changed her mind because of f downtown and ward 3 business complaints. But he has a win in getting dmped moving with the Chevy Chase project.

Is he the best Ward Councilmemebr ever? No. Does his seniority and committee oversight of dmped give Ward 3 some advantages if he stays in office? Most likely. A freshmen council member doesn’t get a committee chair. Is it worth losing that for an aging NIMBY or a ‘young’ ANC commissioner who has less experience and contacts in the ward and city? Not to my eye. [/quote]

The problem with Frumin is he still acts like he’s on the ANC. You’d think the job came with no authority, no oversight, and no responsibility for results. A councilmember is supposed to actually get things done. I just haven’t seen much of that.

Sure, it would be tough to have a freshman councilmember again. Maybe. But right now we’ve basically got an absent one. He’s technically there, but nothing really seems to happen.

And the way you describe it sounds like you’re talking about the same person, An ANC commissioner with some Main Street experience.

There’s a difference between being a leader like Mary Cheh and being a councilmember like Frumin. Cheh understood the job, Frumin never did and never will. [/quote]

I would consider the progress made to get housing at Chevy Chase to be a significant win. Beyond that, if the mayor chooses to ignore the will of the people in favor of business interests where traffic and parking are concerned, i don't think it is a shortcoming of the Councilmember.

But you make it sound like a councilmember can simply make things happen, irrespective of the Mayor or other councilmembers, and in the real world, that isn't the case. The fact is, Ward 3 has significant NIMBY/Boomer issues that limit what happens there and the politicians are happy to prioritize places where there isn't as much pushback when it comes to development and infrastructure.[/quote]

[b]Who says housing is needed in Chevy Chase?[/b] Only developers. People currently in Ward 3 are able to afford living in Ward 3. So what is he actually? The housing project is for those not yet living in Ward 3. What else has he done for those living in Ward 3? [/quote]

The DC Comprehensive Plan and the DC Office of Planning both call for more affordable housing in Rock Creek West, which includes Chevy Chase, DC. Sure, the people who can afford to live there live there. What about the people who work there, like teachers at Lafayette or firefighters who are at Engine 31 the check out clerks at the Safeway? They cannot afford to live there and have to commute in fro far flung places to serve the neighborhood. It HELPS the neighborhood to have affordable housing in it and that SERVES the neighborhood.

The developer giveaway is if the city simply rebuilds what is there, paying developers to rebuild and not get anything else of value out of the city owner property. Why not leverage public assets for public good?[/quote]

The Comp has plan was written pre DOGE and is basically worthless and dangerous to rely on.  To the extent DC still needs additional housing, if at all, it should be located in downtown areas.  [/quote]

Downtown areas already has housing. Wards 5, 7 and 8 already have affordable housing. Why should there not be affordable housing in ward 3?[/quote]]]

Because no one in Ward 3 is asking for it. It's coming from the other Wards and from DC government. We have the highest tax base for all of DC and yet we're seeing taxation without representation. At least Cheh looked out for us a bit. This guy just throws us under the bus. [/quote]

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