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[quote=Anonymous]The only thing that has ever worked to truly improve the lives of DC residents is a pro-growth approach that incentivizes businesses to invest in the city. That's it. I've been here 40 years. You can have progressive policies on top of that, in fact I support a lot of progressive initiatives like investment in public transit and bike lanes, investing in public education, jobs and training programs, more money and support for struggling families, etc. All of these are easier to do when the tax base is growing, and many of them actually dovetail with a pro-growth approach.

Trying to do it backwards doesn't work. You need money and growth in order to afford the progressive initiatives.

That said, McDuffie wasn't a good pro-growth candidate, he's too passive. You want a Tony Williams or Adrien Fenty who will go after business and development proactively, not just sit back and do what the business organizations tell him to do. Even Bowser was better at this than McDuffie.

I just hope JLG is a one term mayor and that she winds up not getting much done. Then we get a new mayor hopefully right around the time the RFK development is getting close to opening and we can springboard off of that back into a growth era. [/quote]

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