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[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]

Ward 3 residents provide a generous tax base to DC and have every right to be listened to and fairly represented regardless of whether you like what they say or not. And you make it sound like laws can never get made because our elected lawmakers are powerless to make laws. 
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