Anonymous wrote:Can't wait to live in a police state

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/06/11/trump-threatens-new-dc-takeover-if-mayoral-candidate-lewis-george-wins/

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, though I loathe Trump, I wouldn't be all that upset with a fed takeover if the FreeDC slate wins the mayor's race and the majority of the counsel. I'd rather see a fed takeover than the policies that crowd is going to try to impose in terms of out of control spending, tax hikes, no understanding of basic business economics and extremely soft-on-crime policies. It was the control board in the 1990s that produced us Tony Williams, who was the best mayor that DC has had. The key difference though, is that the Control Board occurred during the Clinton Administration and the appointed Control Board was highly qualified. I don't have much faith in the ability of the Trump administration to appoint anyone qualified to deal with the District. We are screwed either way.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not voting JLG but in a city that despises Trump having him publicly announce she's his least-preferred candidate is the best publicity she could have hoped for. I already assumed she would be our next Mayor but this is pretty much a clincher.

Sigh.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had kind of been leaning McDuffie but making him mad would 100% be enough to swing me Janeese. Eff that baby.

I agree. I can't follow all the propaganda mailer attack ads. But getting under Trump's skin is 100% a good sign.

Free DC

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, though I loathe Trump, I wouldn't be all that upset with a fed takeover if the FreeDC slate wins the mayor's race and the majority of the counsel. I'd rather see a fed takeover than the policies that crowd is going to try to impose in terms of out of control spending, tax hikes, no understanding of basic business economics and extremely soft-on-crime policies. It was the control board in the 1990s that produced us Tony Williams, who was the best mayor that DC has had. The key difference though, is that the Control Board occurred during the Clinton Administration and the appointed Control Board was highly qualified. I don't have much faith in the ability of the Trump administration to appoint anyone qualified to deal with the District. We are screwed either way.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, though I loathe Trump, I wouldn't be all that upset with a fed takeover if the FreeDC slate wins the mayor's race and the majority of the counsel. I'd rather see a fed takeover than the policies that crowd is going to try to impose in terms of out of control spending, tax hikes, no understanding of basic business economics and extremely soft-on-crime policies. It was the control board in the 1990s that produced us Tony Williams, who was the best mayor that DC has had. The key difference though, is that the Control Board occurred during the Clinton Administration and the appointed Control Board was highly qualified. I don't have much faith in the ability of the Trump administration to appoint anyone qualified to deal with the District. We are screwed either way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had kind of been leaning McDuffie but making him mad would 100% be enough to swing me Janeese. Eff that baby.

I agree. I can't follow all the propaganda mailer attack ads. But getting under Trump's skin is 100% a good sign.

Free DC

Anonymous wrote:I had kind of been leaning McDuffie but making him mad would 100% be enough to swing me Janeese. Eff that baby.

Anonymous wrote:I had kind of been leaning McDuffie but making him mad would 100% be enough to swing me Janeese. Eff that baby.