jsteele wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:DC, get ready for Trump rule.

Inshallah

The U.S. Constitution (remember that?) gives Congress, not the President, authority over the District. Trump rule would be illegal and DC will see him in court if he exceeds his legal authority.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? Why would you send your kids to school here if your primary residence is elsewhere?

Let me break it down for you, Mr. “You are making yourself out to be more important”:

1) A person/ couple who declares a home in another jurisdiction to be their primary is a person/ couple who is rich. They have TWO Homes.

2) That RICH person/couple currently pay 11% in DC income tax on income substantial enough to have 2 homes. DC loses those tax dollars.

3) In order to claim another residence as your primary, you need to live there 181 days a year. That means you wouldn’t be using the schools anyway.

4) 181 days out of DC not only means no income tax from that person/couple, it also means that they aren’t spending their discretionary income in DC in our restaurants, stores, gyms, salons and theaters.

5) DC cannot afford to lose its rich tax payers. Period. They pay for our schools, our roads, our government, and our trash. Please be real.

My husband and I recently sold our home in DC. We are renting a luxury apartment in DC. Our kids are grown and we are looking at the buying a beach house elsewhere. We have decided that if JLG is crazy, we will either move to MD or VA as our primary resident, or use our second home as our primary residence. It's so easy for us to do. People act like it's a major thing. It isn't. We are the people that she doesn't want to lose. We live in Ward 3 and I don't want to change my residency, but we don't actually have anything that ties us to live in DC proper.

Must be nice to be above the middle class. You’re so humble too.

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Anonymous wrote:DC, get ready for Trump rule.

Inshallah

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Anonymous wrote:DC, get ready for Trump rule.

Inshallah

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

How many 38 year old government employees can buy a $1.2 million house in this interest rate environment? I dont think her husband works. If she has a $200,000 downpayment, that's still a $7,500 per month payment, which doesn't leave much for anything else.

We make way more than her and bought a house that cost way less. I can’t think of an explanation for how or why she has such an expensive house that wouldn’t concern me.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of us with a brain and a heart care deeply. All our neighbors should feel welcome and as that PP said so eloquently “DC is in an economic tailspin” and we need those tax payer dollars and the disposable income dropped in our businesses.

You may be independently wealthy and able to pave your own roads and pay for private trash pick up and private schools. And congratulations- but the rest of us depend on city services and we need tax payers to fund them

Eat the rich

I've got bad news for you. The District has the highest median income in the nation. Compared to the rest of the country you're looking at a lot of rich neighbors. You may want to define the rich. For me, I'm very clear that my interests do not align with the top 2%. A lot of our neighbors are upper middle class. We can use this tax base to our advantage.

What? DC's median household income is second-lowest in the area, only beating out PG. Loudoun, Fairfax, MoCo, Arlington, Alexandria, heck even Prince William County all have higher median household incomes than DC.

It's the highest of all the states in the nation.

Are you really this stupid?

Anonymous wrote:Who is the GOP candidate running against JLG in November? Does the GOP candidate have a shot?

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Anonymous wrote:Those of us with a brain and a heart care deeply. All our neighbors should feel welcome and as that PP said so eloquently “DC is in an economic tailspin” and we need those tax payer dollars and the disposable income dropped in our businesses.

You may be independently wealthy and able to pave your own roads and pay for private trash pick up and private schools. And congratulations- but the rest of us depend on city services and we need tax payers to fund them

Eat the rich

I've got bad news for you. The District has the highest median income in the nation. Compared to the rest of the country you're looking at a lot of rich neighbors. You may want to define the rich. For me, I'm very clear that my interests do not align with the top 2%. A lot of our neighbors are upper middle class. We can use this tax base to our advantage.

What? DC's median household income is second-lowest in the area, only beating out PG. Loudoun, Fairfax, MoCo, Arlington, Alexandria, heck even Prince William County all have higher median household incomes than DC.

It's the highest of all the states in the nation.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? Why would you send your kids to school here if your primary residence is elsewhere?

Let me break it down for you, Mr. “You are making yourself out to be more important”:

1) A person/ couple who declares a home in another jurisdiction to be their primary is a person/ couple who is rich. They have TWO Homes.

2) That RICH person/couple currently pay 11% in DC income tax on income substantial enough to have 2 homes. DC loses those tax dollars.

3) In order to claim another residence as your primary, you need to live there 181 days a year. That means you wouldn’t be using the schools anyway.

4) 181 days out of DC not only means no income tax from that person/couple, it also means that they aren’t spending their discretionary income in DC in our restaurants, stores, gyms, salons and theaters.

5) DC cannot afford to lose its rich tax payers. Period. They pay for our schools, our roads, our government, and our trash. Please be real.

My husband and I recently sold our home in DC. We are renting a luxury apartment in DC. Our kids are grown and we are looking at the buying a beach house elsewhere. We have decided that if JLG is crazy, we will either move to MD or VA as our primary resident, or use our second home as our primary residence. It's so easy for us to do. People act like it's a major thing. It isn't. We are the people that she doesn't want to lose. We live in Ward 3 and I don't want to change my residency, but we don't actually have anything that ties us to live in DC proper.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcfluffie ran a crappy campaign. This race should have been his to lose. He seemed annoyed at being asked questions and gave the impression, maybe unwittingly, that he was entitled to be mayor.

Dude sent his kids to GDS. Why would any public school parent vote for him?

Maybe because they don't want to get robbed walking their kids to school.

Both comments are ridiculous. So what he sent his kids to private school. I had one kid in private and one went to Wilson. Each kid is different and you should do what is best for your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

Anonymous wrote:DC, get ready for Trump rule.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to learn which special interest group bought JLG a house right before the election.

Just rode by today to check it out. A $1.2 million dollar home, must be nice. I do know, multi-generational housing can't be built on that block. That's for sure.

You must not live here. A $1.2M house is a basic home and I am not a JLG fan.

How many 38 year old government employees can buy a $1.2 million house in this interest rate environment? I dont think her husband works. If she has a $200,000 downpayment, that's still a $7,500 per month payment, which doesn't leave much for anything else.