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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elections shouldn't be announcements. It's good cheh has competition. May they both woo the voters with quality ideas and may the best win. Personally, I'm interested in a fresh face. The fact that he attended the ward 3 schools and might take more of an interest in education issues (cheh always seems distant/impervious to those bread and butter issues) could be a good thing.[/quote]

All of the schools in the Ward will have been renovated since she was first elected Councilmember. Other than budget oversight of schools and confirmation of the upper management as appointed by the mayor, what else do you expect from a councilmember? Their job isn't to micromanage the curriculum - that is the school board and State Superindentant office. Or do you think the Council should be deciding what books the 4th graders should be reading?[/quote]

The renovations were city wide. I'm glad she didn't block them, but how does she get credit for that? There's an ongoing complaint from ward 3 residents about the tidal wave of bad behaviour when Wilson lets out. I don't think she's done much to address that. That certainly would take a council member bringing together school, parents, wmata police.. There have been other really bad deals city wide to do with schools - like  the bad lab school lease and the Ellington construction/residency boondoggle. Where is she in that? I know Eaton families feel abandoned and betrayed by her. How does she feel about charters? When I heard her speak years ago on the topic she was indifferent, joking that ward 3 residents didn't  use them . Except they  do and city wide they've been a game changer. That she couldn't see that then and formulate an opinion  indicates to me a myopic view on education  that concerns itself only  with what would make her phone  ring  we have a lot of homeless in tenleytown. She's bringing in a new shelter, but not addressing the overflow in neighborhood venues- library, bus stops, church entries, 
outside CVS, even in bushes. Lastly, the pace of development has been rocketing forward in ward 3 between sidwell expansion, Fannie Mae, shelter, AU buildup (that whole area looks completely different than one decade ago) cathedral commons. Weve also lost some beloved institutions like Johnsons. What's her overall vision for ward 3 development? Will we end up looking like Columbia heights? Empty big box stores litter etc? I'm unclear on her vision for the future with that. To me she is a council member who leaves me with a LOT of questions.[/quote]

Tony Williams secured the money for the city wide school modernization program, but Cheh worked hard to get schools like Wilson and Janney moved up in the queue. The last one in the Ward will be Eaton.

With respect to the bad behavior after school in Tenleytown, she has ensured there is a police presence and she secured money for a Main Street program that provides additional eyes on the street as well as other services.

Johnson's was being subsidized by AU and wasn't able to come to an agreement on a lease extension. How is that the fault of a Councilmember?

I don't know much about the Lab School and Cheh other than what was reported in the NW Current at the time.

The city needs to accommodate the residents who are here and the ones that will be coming here. There is no reason why there can't be new development along the transit corridors, which is where we are seeing most of the development. Isn't that better than in the heart of residential neighborhoods?[/quote]

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