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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

Charter schools are an important part of DC's public educational system. And there is (and historically has been) a Ward 3 cohort at Washington Latin. A number of Ward 3 students also go to Walls, which while not technically a charter is run like one.

Walls isn't remotely run like a charter. You clearly don't have a kid there. Sure, the application screens out the riff-raff, and many Ward 3 parents treat it like a free private school (and then get angry when they realize...nope, it isn't)...but it doesn't operate anywhere close to say Basis.

In theory DC public schools are allowed to screen out the riff-raff too, through the ability to send discipline- and repeated truancy-problem students who live out of the boundary area back to their "home" (in boundary) schools. But DCPS seldom if ever exercises this authority, probably because they are afraid of the political blowback.

Does a DCPS school actually have this authority though? To enact a discipline consequence (removal from the school) on a student based on their in-boundary or out-of-boundary status? If two kids get into a fight and one is in boundary and the other is out of boundary andthey are both at the same level of fault, does the in-boundary student get to stay but the out-of-boundary student can be sent back to their home school?

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

Charter schools are an important part of DC's public educational system. And there is (and historically has been) a Ward 3 cohort at Washington Latin. A number of Ward 3 students also go to Walls, which while not technically a charter is run like one.

Walls isn't remotely run like a charter. You clearly don't have a kid there. Sure, the application screens out the riff-raff, and many Ward 3 parents treat it like a free private school (and then get angry when they realize...nope, it isn't)...but it doesn't operate anywhere close to say Basis.

In theory DC public schools are allowed to screen out the riff-raff too, through the ability to send discipline- and repeated truancy-problem students who live out of the boundary area back to their "home" (in boundary) schools. But DCPS seldom if ever exercises this authority, probably because they are afraid of the political blowback.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

Charter schools are an important part of DC's public educational system. And there is (and historically has been) a Ward 3 cohort at Washington Latin. A number of Ward 3 students also go to Walls, which while not technically a charter is run like one.

Walls isn't remotely run like a charter. You clearly don't have a kid there. Sure, the application screens out the riff-raff, and many Ward 3 parents treat it like a free private school (and then get angry when they realize...nope, it isn't)...but it doesn't operate anywhere close to say Basis.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

I appreciate your viewpoint. However, his published platform mentioned funding police. Assuming if he saw the current situation he would move further than Frumin to address it. Charters may not be a compelling issue for Ward 3, but some children do attend them. Ours did. And an educational mix and school choice in general (charters, public (which let's face it has a huge element of choice with feeders and lotteries) vouchers, and privates) is something out family supports. All for neighborhood schools too.

Funding police was listed, but not prominently. Again, I spoke with the guy for a good 30 minutes. More importantly, he was not running to win...there was no fire or real interest.

Again, I did say 90% of Ward 3 kids are DCPS or private...which, let me do my math...give me a second...means 10% attend charters.

We all complain, rightly so, that Frumin and other Ward 3 council folks care too much about non-Ward 3 problems. Well, private school vouchers are not a Ward 3 problem...they might be good policy for the city as a whole, but I would be pissed off if everyone was allowed to use private school vouchers that simply subsidized kids already in private schools. In states where there are vouchers for everyone, 80% of the money goes to parents/kids already enrolled in private school. Also, don't think the private school won't raise tuition or lower their financial aid accordingly.

You are fixating on schooling when you are correct, the biggest issue facing ward 3 is crime. I think he would have done better than Frumin, but happy to elect any other candidate that actually address it as well - of ANY party including Republican.

Not really...was responding to a PP. One of the major problems Ward 3 has always had is our council member spends too much time worrying about Ward 3 problems.

Last thing I want is our Ward 3 council member taking their eye off the ball of crime to sponsor private school vouchers (which is what PP suggested). That's not a Ward 3 problem and it will also take away money that can be used towards...fighting crime.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

I appreciate your viewpoint. However, his published platform mentioned funding police. Assuming if he saw the current situation he would move further than Frumin to address it. Charters may not be a compelling issue for Ward 3, but some children do attend them. Ours did. And an educational mix and school choice in general (charters, public (which let's face it has a huge element of choice with feeders and lotteries) vouchers, and privates) is something out family supports. All for neighborhood schools too.

Funding police was listed, but not prominently. Again, I spoke with the guy for a good 30 minutes. More importantly, he was not running to win...there was no fire or real interest.

Again, I did say 90% of Ward 3 kids are DCPS or private...which, let me do my math...give me a second...means 10% attend charters.

We all complain, rightly so, that Frumin and other Ward 3 council folks care too much about non-Ward 3 problems. Well, private school vouchers are not a Ward 3 problem...they might be good policy for the city as a whole, but I would be pissed off if everyone was allowed to use private school vouchers that simply subsidized kids already in private schools. In states where there are vouchers for everyone, 80% of the money goes to parents/kids already enrolled in private school. Also, don't think the private school won't raise tuition or lower their financial aid accordingly.

You are fixating on schooling when you are correct, the biggest issue facing ward 3 is crime. I think he would have done better than Frumin, but happy to elect any other candidate that actually address it as well - of ANY party including Republican.

Not really...was responding to a PP. One of the major problems Ward 3 has always had is our council member spends too much time worrying about Ward 3 problems.

Last thing I want is our Ward 3 council member taking their eye off the ball of crime to sponsor private school vouchers (which is what PP suggested). That's not a Ward 3 problem and it will also take away money that can be used towards...fighting crime.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

I appreciate your viewpoint. However, his published platform mentioned funding police. Assuming if he saw the current situation he would move further than Frumin to address it. Charters may not be a compelling issue for Ward 3, but some children do attend them. Ours did. And an educational mix and school choice in general (charters, public (which let's face it has a huge element of choice with feeders and lotteries) vouchers, and privates) is something out family supports. All for neighborhood schools too.

Funding police was listed, but not prominently. Again, I spoke with the guy for a good 30 minutes. More importantly, he was not running to win...there was no fire or real interest.

Again, I did say 90% of Ward 3 kids are DCPS or private...which, let me do my math...give me a second...means 10% attend charters.

We all complain, rightly so, that Frumin and other Ward 3 council folks care too much about non-Ward 3 problems. Well, private school vouchers are not a Ward 3 problem...they might be good policy for the city as a whole, but I would be pissed off if everyone was allowed to use private school vouchers that simply subsidized kids already in private schools. In states where there are vouchers for everyone, 80% of the money goes to parents/kids already enrolled in private school. Also, don't think the private school won't raise tuition or lower their financial aid accordingly.

You are fixating on schooling when you are correct, the biggest issue facing ward 3 is crime. I think he would have done better than Frumin, but happy to elect any other candidate that actually address it as well - of ANY party including Republican.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

I appreciate your viewpoint. However, his published platform mentioned funding police. Assuming if he saw the current situation he would move further than Frumin to address it. Charters may not be a compelling issue for Ward 3, but some children do attend them. Ours did. And an educational mix and school choice in general (charters, public (which let's face it has a huge element of choice with feeders and lotteries) vouchers, and privates) is something out family supports. All for neighborhood schools too.

Funding police was listed, but not prominently. Again, I spoke with the guy for a good 30 minutes. More importantly, he was not running to win...there was no fire or real interest.

Again, I did say 90% of Ward 3 kids are DCPS or private...which, let me do my math...give me a second...means 10% attend charters.

We all complain, rightly so, that Frumin and other Ward 3 council folks care too much about non-Ward 3 problems. Well, private school vouchers are not a Ward 3 problem...they might be good policy for the city as a whole, but I would be pissed off if everyone was allowed to use private school vouchers that simply subsidized kids already in private schools. In states where there are vouchers for everyone, 80% of the money goes to parents/kids already enrolled in private school. Also, don't think the private school won't raise tuition or lower their financial aid accordingly.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

Charter schools are an important part of DC's public educational system. And there is (and historically has been) a Ward 3 cohort at Washington Latin. A number of Ward 3 students also go to Walls, which while not technically a charter is run like one.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

I appreciate your viewpoint. However, his published platform mentioned funding police. Assuming if he saw the current situation he would move further than Frumin to address it. Charters may not be a compelling issue for Ward 3, but some children do attend them. Ours did. And an educational mix and school choice in general (charters, public (which let's face it has a huge element of choice with feeders and lotteries) vouchers, and privates) is something out family supports. All for neighborhood schools too.

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Anonymous wrote:Is any kind of suit possible, over the total failure of the DC legal system? Seems like we need a custodianship.

By whom? The feds already run our system.

Look, I'm novice at the law. But aren't there times when there are suits over massive system failures, like title 9? The people of DC are being failed by systems. Federal Investigation, lawsuit and conditions imposed? We are being systemically failed on every level. That was my takeaway from last week's meeting.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.

Charter schools are an important part of DC's public educational system. And there is (and historically has been) a Ward 3 cohort at Washington Latin. A number of Ward 3 students also go to Walls, which while not technically a charter is run like one.

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Anonymous wrote: just watched this video. Very upsetting.

+1. He’s completely delusional. He’s basing his policy choices on the fact that a work colleague CHOSE to live in a different neighborhood 40 years ago? We’re all getting punished because of this foggy memory which may or may not be true? This is scary stuff.

Ward 3 residents voted for a guy who campaigned on making your quality of life worse. Sadly, he’s good at his job and delivering on his promise.

I voted for the Republican. I have to live with my neighbors choices, but hoping next time they'll consider alternatives to Bernie Sanders type representation.

The republican was an awful candidate and barely mentioned crime on his platform. Nice guy and I spoke to him at length, but he wasn’t running to win.

His campaign was heavy on no bike lanes…yeah, some people are passionate for or against, but 95% of us don’t care.

He also spent a ton of time promoting charter schools. I pointed out that 90% of Ward 3 is DCPS or private and we don’t have any charters in Ward 3. Told him again just not a compelling issue for Ward 3.

He claims he is really an independent and only ran Republican because the Republican Party refuses to stand down and not run somebody and endorse an independent. As a result, if he was independent he would split the vote with a republican.