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Anonymous wrote:We are so ever Cheh. She always thinks she’s the smartest person in the room but sadly confuses arrogance and stubbornness with real intelligence.

Same. We are backing Monte, who now appears to have been given a Hail Mary opportunity with the suspension of Duncan's and Bergmann's campaigns.

Monte is by FAR the worst candidate. Take the time to get to know her.
I met her. She will become one of the most corrupt CM Ward 3 has ever seen if she is elected.

Again. Examine what she does for a living and how she conducts business.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see why Chen is retiring. The rezoning of stoddert will cause lots of problems for her. There is a new boundary map released by the city. Everything south of Benton Street will be forced to go to the new fox hall elementary school. I guess there are not enough school age kids in the Fox Hall?

Imagine buying a home that is a two minute walk to the school and now you can’t go to that school. Your elementary age kid has a 25 minutes walk cutting through the woods. I guess most will drive? I wonder how much this will impact property values?

This is absolute unadulterated horseshit. Written most probably not by someone in Glover Park but rather one of the classist racist clowns in Foxhall that shudder at the thought of public school children entering their neighborhood.

You are the lying racist. I have lived in Glover Park for over 20 years. It is on the Listserv idiot. It was part of a presentation about new school zoning given by the city. I guess you missed that because you do not even live in ward 3? So you can count on strong opposition to this hair brain plan to build an elementary school for the one or two people who have an elementary age kid in Fox Hall. I look forwards to facing off against at the meetings.

This is a total sh#t show. The only reason to split Glover Park in 1/2 is because the crowding is at Stoddert. The new school location does not have enough population to justify a school. In fact the area is classified as rural because the population density is so low. Look at the map it’s mostly park land, Georgetown University & Hospital, GW Mary Mount Campus, St Patrick, Field School and Lab School, old GDS campus, Georgetown reservoir, Krueger Museum and the Germany Embassy. The traffic will be a nightmare on Reservoir Road with all the stop lights and the people who decide to park before 9:30. I know maybe people cut through Wesley Heights. I am sure those people will want that!

The only workable option is to cancel the Fox Hall school, spend the money to expand Stoddert and force Fox Hall’s few kids to go to Stoddert.

For those who like to maintain a relationship with reality, see the statement below from the DCPS School Planning Team about the boundaries of the new school and the effect on Stoddert. This was also posted to the Glover Park listserv this morning.

"Final decision: We are very pleased that Mayor Bowser announced in March that she wants to invest in DCPS opening a new elementary school on Foxhall Rd NW in SY2025-2026. To your point, no decision has been made on how to redraw elementary school boundaries to accommodate the new school. DCPS will engage the community before the shape of the boundary is determined. One element of that engagement will be a community working group (CWG) focused on Foxhall beginning in the fall.

Image 2: Example Map: The Image 2 map you shared really is, as noted on the slide, an example. It was produced by the School Planning team and shared at a meeting of the Foxhall and MacArthur CWG in March 2021 to help that group think about the potential impact of opening a new PK-5 elementary school vs. a grade 3-5 campus. It was not meant to be a holistic review of all options. (Interested individuals can find the full presentation on the DCPS School Planning blog: https://dcpsplanning.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/foxhall-macarthur-community-working-group-recommendations/)

Need for data: I’d also like to express my strong enthusiasm for your interest in real data. I have a background in spatial data and am looking forward to discussing potential boundary shapes and land transport distances. (I do apologize if this seems vague. While I cannot share new boundary options with you immediately, we are committed to returning to consideration of the new Foxhall boundary in the fall.)"

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Anonymous wrote:I can see why Chen is retiring. The rezoning of stoddert will cause lots of problems for her. There is a new boundary map released by the city. Everything south of Benton Street will be forced to go to the new fox hall elementary school. I guess there are not enough school age kids in the Fox Hall?

Imagine buying a home that is a two minute walk to the school and now you can’t go to that school. Your elementary age kid has a 25 minutes walk cutting through the woods. I guess most will drive? I wonder how much this will impact property values?

This is absolute unadulterated horseshit. Written most probably not by someone in Glover Park but rather one of the classist racist clowns in Foxhall that shudder at the thought of public school children entering their neighborhood.

You are the lying racist. I have lived in Glover Park for over 20 years. It is on the Listserv idiot. It was part of a presentation about new school zoning given by the city. I guess you missed that because you do not even live in ward 3? So you can count on strong opposition to this hair brain plan to build an elementary school for the one or two people who have an elementary age kid in Fox Hall. I look forwards to facing off against at the meetings.

This is a total sh#t show. The only reason to split Glover Park in 1/2 is because the crowding is at Stoddert. The new school location does not have enough population to justify a school. In fact the area is classified as rural because the population density is so low. Look at the map it’s mostly park land, Georgetown University & Hospital, GW Mary Mount Campus, St Patrick, Field School and Lab School, old GDS campus, Georgetown reservoir, Krueger Museum and the Germany Embassy. The traffic will be a nightmare on Reservoir Road with all the stop lights and the people who decide to park before 9:30. I know maybe people cut through Wesley Heights. I am sure those people will want that!

The only workable option is to cancel the Fox Hall school, spend the money to expand Stoddert and force Fox Hall’s few kids to go to Stoddert.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can see why Chen is retiring. The rezoning of stoddert will cause lots of problems for her. There is a new boundary map released by the city. Everything south of Benton Street will be forced to go to the new fox hall elementary school. I guess there are not enough school age kids in the Fox Hall?

Imagine buying a home that is a two minute walk to the school and now you can’t go to that school. Your elementary age kid has a 25 minutes walk cutting through the woods. I guess most will drive? I wonder how much this will impact property values?

This is absolute unadulterated horseshit. Written most probably not by someone in Glover Park but rather one of the classist racist clowns in Foxhall that shudder at the thought of public school children entering their neighborhood.

You are the lying racist. I have lived in Glover Park for over 20 years. It is on the Listserv idiot. It was part of a presentation about new school zoning given by the city. I guess you missed that because you do not even live in ward 3? So you can count on strong opposition to this hair brain plan to build an elementary school for the one or two people who have an elementary age kid in Fox Hall. I look forwards to facing off against at the meetings.

This is a total sh#t show. The only reason to split Glover Park in 1/2 is because the crowding is at Stoddert. The new school location does not have enough population to justify a school. In fact the area is classified as rural because the population density is so low. Look at the map it’s mostly park land, Georgetown University & Hospital, GW Mary Mount Campus, St Patrick, Field School and Lab School, old GDS campus, Georgetown reservoir, Krueger Museum and the Germany Embassy. The traffic will be a nightmare on Reservoir Road with all the stop lights and the people who decide to park before 9:30. I know maybe people cut through Wesley Heights. I am sure those people will want that!

The only workable option is to cancel the Fox Hall school, spend the money to expand Stoddert and force Fox Hall’s few kids to go to Stoddert.

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Anonymous wrote:I just read this so no way Monte

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/555260/erstwhile-republican-monte-monash-wants-to-be-the-ward-3-councilmember/

Fwiw, it is fairly standard practice for lobbyists to make contributions to many politicians on both sides of the aisle. A $200 contribution to Pence in that context does not make her a Pence supporter. Not disqualifying to me. I really care much more about where a candidate stands: on tax policy, business regulation, housing, crime. Monte is a centrist, which I realize some see as far right in the context of DC politics. I'm not planning to vote for her, just reacting to all the knee-jerk negativity I'm finding in these discussions, primarily from the supporters of progressive candidates. It is very much hardening me in my own more-centrist views.

I agree. I am really repulsed by the antics of these hard left (and almost entirely white) DC progressives, which makes me more inclined to oppose them and support candidates that seek to build bridges and find compromises. I refuse to be associated with people who behave like this.

If you're including Duncan in your hard-left progressives lump, you're way off. At the first few forums, she came off as just slightly to the left of Goulet.

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Anonymous wrote:I can see why Chen is retiring. The rezoning of stoddert will cause lots of problems for her. There is a new boundary map released by the city. Everything south of Benton Street will be forced to go to the new fox hall elementary school. I guess there are not enough school age kids in the Fox Hall?

Imagine buying a home that is a two minute walk to the school and now you can’t go to that school. Your elementary age kid has a 25 minutes walk cutting through the woods. I guess most will drive? I wonder how much this will impact property values?

This is absolute unadulterated horseshit. Written most probably not by someone in Glover Park but rather one of the classist racist clowns in Foxhall that shudder at the thought of public school children entering their neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read this so no way Monte

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/555260/erstwhile-republican-monte-monash-wants-to-be-the-ward-3-councilmember/

Fwiw, it is fairly standard practice for lobbyists to make contributions to many politicians on both sides of the aisle. A $200 contribution to Pence in that context does not make her a Pence supporter. Not disqualifying to me. I really care much more about where a candidate stands: on tax policy, business regulation, housing, crime. Monte is a centrist, which I realize some see as far right in the context of DC politics. I'm not planning to vote for her, just reacting to all the knee-jerk negativity I'm finding in these discussions, primarily from the supporters of progressive candidates. It is very much hardening me in my own more-centrist views.

I agree. I am really repulsed by the antics of these hard left (and almost entirely white) DC progressives, which makes me more inclined to oppose them and support candidates that seek to build bridges and find compromises. I refuse to be associated with people who behave like this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read this so no way Monte

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/555260/erstwhile-republican-monte-monash-wants-to-be-the-ward-3-councilmember/

Fwiw, it is fairly standard practice for lobbyists to make contributions to many politicians on both sides of the aisle. A $200 contribution to Pence in that context does not make her a Pence supporter. Not disqualifying to me. I really care much more about where a candidate stands: on tax policy, business regulation, housing, crime. Monte is a centrist, which I realize some see as far right in the context of DC politics. I'm not planning to vote for her, just reacting to all the knee-jerk negativity I'm finding in these discussions, primarily from the supporters of progressive candidates. It is very much hardening me in my own more-centrist views.

Honestly, from a strategic point of view, it make sense for the more moderate republicans to run in the dem primary, especially if there are dozens of others splitting the centrist and liberal votes. The center has Thomas/Goulet/Brown, the center-left consolidated around Frumin and the progressive-left still has Finley.

Honestly, I was surprised at the center-left consolidating around Frumin, but I guess Duncan annoyed too many NIMBYs and Bergmann was just too new to the scene to get traction. Though they may have done this too late to matter. Using 2018 as a baseline, we're about 30-40% of turnout.

The NIMBYs were actually doing Duncan a big favor. They made her campaign a talking point and brought out a lot of people in favor of her. Frumin had a huge headstart in fundraising and better connections across the city. That was always going to be hard to overcome.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read this so no way Monte

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/555260/erstwhile-republican-monte-monash-wants-to-be-the-ward-3-councilmember/

Fwiw, it is fairly standard practice for lobbyists to make contributions to many politicians on both sides of the aisle. A $200 contribution to Pence in that context does not make her a Pence supporter. Not disqualifying to me. I really care much more about where a candidate stands: on tax policy, business regulation, housing, crime. Monte is a centrist, which I realize some see as far right in the context of DC politics. I'm not planning to vote for her, just reacting to all the knee-jerk negativity I'm finding in these discussions, primarily from the supporters of progressive candidates. It is very much hardening me in my own more-centrist views.

Honestly, from a strategic point of view, it make sense for the more moderate republicans to run in the dem primary, especially if there are dozens of others splitting the centrist and liberal votes. The center has Thomas/Goulet/Brown, the center-left consolidated around Frumin and the progressive-left still has Finley.

Honestly, I was surprised at the center-left consolidating around Frumin, but I guess Duncan annoyed too many NIMBYs and Bergmann was just too new to the scene to get traction. Though they may have done this too late to matter. Using 2018 as a baseline, we're about 30-40% of turnout.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read this so no way Monte

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/555260/erstwhile-republican-monte-monash-wants-to-be-the-ward-3-councilmember/

Fwiw, it is fairly standard practice for lobbyists to make contributions to many politicians on both sides of the aisle. A $200 contribution to Pence in that context does not make her a Pence supporter. Not disqualifying to me. I really care much more about where a candidate stands: on tax policy, business regulation, housing, crime. Monte is a centrist, which I realize some see as far right in the context of DC politics. I'm not planning to vote for her, just reacting to all the knee-jerk negativity I'm finding in these discussions, primarily from the supporters of progressive candidates. It is very much hardening me in my own more-centrist views.

I agree. I am really repulsed by the antics of these hard left (and almost entirely white) DC progressives, which makes me more inclined to oppose them and support candidates that seek to build bridges and find compromises. I refuse to be associated with people who behave like this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read this so no way Monte

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/555260/erstwhile-republican-monte-monash-wants-to-be-the-ward-3-councilmember/

Fwiw, it is fairly standard practice for lobbyists to make contributions to many politicians on both sides of the aisle. A $200 contribution to Pence in that context does not make her a Pence supporter. Not disqualifying to me. I really care much more about where a candidate stands: on tax policy, business regulation, housing, crime. Monte is a centrist, which I realize some see as far right in the context of DC politics. I'm not planning to vote for her, just reacting to all the knee-jerk negativity I'm finding in these discussions, primarily from the supporters of progressive candidates. It is very much hardening me in my own more-centrist views.