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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is off topic, but what's funny to me is how quickly DCUM falls into typical misogyny.  There are two authors listed for the story - Someone named Luke and someone named Katie.

On the Daily Caller website, Luke is listed as the "first author."   For question for comments, the article suggests contacting Luke.

And yet, here on DCUM, people who are calling out the investigative reporters are EXCLUSIVELY directing their ire at Ms. Watson.

When all else fails, attack the messager, and if that messager  is a woman, so much the better.   Ridiculous.

Whatever you may think of the Daily Caller (and I don't think much of it - it's the site started by Tucker Carlson), these people are reporters, they are investigative reporters, and where they live and whether or not they have children is completely irrelevant to the story they are investigating.  [/quote]

I just assumed ms Watson is our own obsessive residency cheating mom. Maybe it's Mr Taylor, but I thought her vitriol, and the picture of her Halloween costume, had a pretty feminine vibe. Are my accusations entirely based on assumptions and hyperbole? Totally-- but I don't think the "investigative journalism" done by the good people at the daily caller can really complain.[/quote]

what makes you think there is a single, female DCUM poster concerned about residency fraud? there is more than one. I don't care to chase down and inform on my kid's classmates. But I would be pissed and consider reporting if I found out that a well off parent were engaging in boundary fraud by buying or renting an apt they don't live in. [/quote]

Different poster here. I'm DINK DC taxpayer. I care VERY much about residency cheating, as I (i) want my neighbors to be able to get their kid into the local pre-K around the corner, (ii) want to preserve access to that school for myself, in case we have a child, and (iii) I don't want millions of my tax dollars spent on kids from outside this jurisdiction while their parents enjoy a nicer house and lower taxes in another state.

It's not rocket science as to why even childless District residents have a stake in this scandal.

Also, the principals have zero incentive to identify these kids - their individual school funding is highly dependent on head count, especially FARMS kids who come with higher levels of funding.[/quote]

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