Anonymous
Post 09/17/2018 21:29     Subject: Petar?
What is Mary Cheh doing about education?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-council-members-look-to-curtail-mayors-control-of-city-schools/2018/09/17/32492e5a-ba84-11e8-bdc0-90f81cc58c5d_story.html

Mary Cheh will introduce a bill tomorrow that would have the D.C. superintendent report to the state board instead of the mayor. Grosso is also introducing a bill that would make it harder for mayor to fire the superintendent.

This is leadership to get the proper oversight back in place. It is the proper role for a Councilmember and particularly one with senior status.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2018 20:21     Subject: Re:Petar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Elections shouldn't be announcements. It's good cheh has competition. May they both woo the voters with quality ideas and may the best win. Personally, I'm interested in a fresh face. The fact that he attended the ward 3 schools and might take more of an interest in education issues (cheh always seems distant/impervious to those bread and butter issues) could be a good thing.


All of the schools in the Ward will have been renovated since she was first elected Councilmember. Other than budget oversight of schools and confirmation of the upper management as appointed by the mayor, what else do you expect from a councilmember? Their job isn't to micromanage the curriculum - that is the school board and State Superindentant office. Or do you think the Council should be deciding what books the 4th graders should be reading?


The renovations were city wide. I'm glad she didn't block them, but how does she get credit for that? There's an ongoing complaint from ward 3 residents about the tidal wave of bad behaviour when Wilson lets out. I don't think she's done much to address that. That certainly would take a council member bringing together school, parents, wmata police.. There have been other really bad deals city wide to do with schools - like the bad lab school lease and the Ellington construction/residency boondoggle. Where is she in that? I know Eaton families feel abandoned and betrayed by her. How does she feel about charters? When I heard her speak years ago on the topic she was indifferent, joking that ward 3 residents didn't use them . Except they do and city wide they've been a game changer. That she couldn't see that then and formulate an opinion indicates to me a myopic view on education that concerns itself only with what would make her phone ring we have a lot of homeless in tenleytown. She's bringing in a new shelter, but not addressing the overflow in neighborhood venues- library, bus stops, church entries,
outside CVS, even in bushes. Lastly, the pace of development has been rocketing forward in ward 3 between sidwell expansion, Fannie Mae, shelter, AU buildup (that whole area looks completely different than one decade ago) cathedral commons. Weve also lost some beloved institutions like Johnsons. What's her overall vision for ward 3 development? Will we end up looking like Columbia heights? Empty big box stores litter etc? I'm unclear on her vision for the future with that. To me she is a council member who leaves me with a LOT of questions.


Tony Williams secured the money for the city wide school modernization program, but Cheh worked hard to get schools like Wilson and Janney moved up in the queue. The last one in the Ward will be Eaton.

With respect to the bad behavior after school in Tenleytown, she has ensured there is a police presence and she secured money for a Main Street program that provides additional eyes on the street as well as other services.

Johnson's was being subsidized by AU and wasn't able to come to an agreement on a lease extension. How is that the fault of a Councilmember?

I don't know much about the Lab School and Cheh other than what was reported in the NW Current at the time.

The city needs to accommodate the residents who are here and the ones that will be coming here. There is no reason why there can't be new development along the transit corridors, which is where we are seeing most of the development. Isn't that better than in the heart of residential neighborhoods?
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2018 13:43     Subject: Re:Petar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Elections shouldn't be announcements. It's good cheh has competition. May they both woo the voters with quality ideas and may the best win. Personally, I'm interested in a fresh face. The fact that he attended the ward 3 schools and might take more of an interest in education issues (cheh always seems distant/impervious to those bread and butter issues) could be a good thing.


All of the schools in the Ward will have been renovated since she was first elected Councilmember. Other than budget oversight of schools and confirmation of the upper management as appointed by the mayor, what else do you expect from a councilmember? Their job isn't to micromanage the curriculum - that is the school board and State Superindentant office. Or do you think the Council should be deciding what books the 4th graders should be reading?


Key, Hardy and Deal were before her time. Just to name three off the top of my head.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2018 11:45     Subject: Petar?
Anonymous wrote:Would any Ward 3 resident support sending the Ward’s trash to wards 7 and 8? No. Then why is it ok for ward 7 and 8 to to their trash to Ward 3?


Well there aren't any trash transfer stations in Ward 3 so yeah that in fact is what already happens. But nice attempt at being witty.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2018 00:40     Subject: Petar?
One might think this and the "nest of hood rats" thing were trolls, but they probably aren't. These are the people in Ward 3 who hate Cheh the most, "the forgotten," and when Petar or whoever is running against Cheh, they will no longer be forgotten, this Ward 3 carnage will be over.

Anonymous wrote:Would any Ward 3 resident support sending the Ward’s trash to wards 7 and 8? No. Then why is it ok for ward 7 and 8 to to their trash to Ward 3?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 22:36     Subject: Re:Petar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Elections shouldn't be announcements. It's good cheh has competition. May they both woo the voters with quality ideas and may the best win. Personally, I'm interested in a fresh face. The fact that he attended the ward 3 schools and might take more of an interest in education issues (cheh always seems distant/impervious to those bread and butter issues) could be a good thing.


All of the schools in the Ward will have been renovated since she was first elected Councilmember. Other than budget oversight of schools and confirmation of the upper management as appointed by the mayor, what else do you expect from a councilmember? Their job isn't to micromanage the curriculum - that is the school board and State Superindentant office. Or do you think the Council should be deciding what books the 4th graders should be reading?


The renovations were city wide. I'm glad she didn't block them, but how does she get credit for that? There's an ongoing complaint from ward 3 residents about the tidal wave of bad behaviour when Wilson lets out. I don't think she's done much to address that. That certainly would take a council member bringing together school, parents, wmata police.. There have been other really bad deals city wide to do with schools - like the bad lab school lease and the Ellington construction/residency boondoggle. Where is she in that? I know Eaton families feel abandoned and betrayed by her. How does she feel about charters? When I heard her speak years ago on the topic she was indifferent, joking that ward 3 residents didn't use them . Except they do and city wide they've been a game changer. That she couldn't see that then and formulate an opinion indicates to me a myopic view on education that concerns itself only with what would make her phone ring we have a lot of homeless in tenleytown. She's bringing in a new shelter, but not addressing the overflow in neighborhood venues- library, bus stops, church entries,
outside CVS, even in bushes. Lastly, the pace of development has been rocketing forward in ward 3 between sidwell expansion, Fannie Mae, shelter, AU buildup (that whole area looks completely different than one decade ago) cathedral commons. Weve also lost some beloved institutions like Johnsons. What's her overall vision for ward 3 development? Will we end up looking like Columbia heights? Empty big box stores litter etc? I'm unclear on her vision for the future with that. To me she is a council member who leaves me with a LOT of questions.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 18:41     Subject: Petar?
Anonymous wrote:So nobody knows anything about Petar or his positions on the issues?


I remember when he worked for Fenty. He was a kid. It sounds like he went to law school, but I have no idea where has has worked since or what qualifications he might bring to the Council.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 18:40     Subject: Petar?
Anonymous wrote:Would any Ward 3 resident support sending the Ward’s trash to wards 7 and 8? No. Then why is it ok for ward 7 and 8 to to their trash to Ward 3?


So you are referring to people, human beings, as trash?

Screw you. And may you never have the misfortune of needing a temporary homeless shelter yourself.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 18:39     Subject: Re:Petar?
Anonymous wrote:Elections shouldn't be announcements. It's good cheh has competition. May they both woo the voters with quality ideas and may the best win. Personally, I'm interested in a fresh face. The fact that he attended the ward 3 schools and might take more of an interest in education issues (cheh always seems distant/impervious to those bread and butter issues) could be a good thing.


All of the schools in the Ward will have been renovated since she was first elected Councilmember. Other than budget oversight of schools and confirmation of the upper management as appointed by the mayor, what else do you expect from a councilmember? Their job isn't to micromanage the curriculum - that is the school board and State Superindentant office. Or do you think the Council should be deciding what books the 4th graders should be reading?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 12:20     Subject: Petar?
Would any Ward 3 resident support sending the Ward’s trash to wards 7 and 8? No. Then why is it ok for ward 7 and 8 to to their trash to Ward 3?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 10:38     Subject: Petar?
So nobody knows anything about Petar or his positions on the issues?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 10:34     Subject: Re:Petar?
Elections shouldn't be announcements. It's good cheh has competition. May they both woo the voters with quality ideas and may the best win. Personally, I'm interested in a fresh face. The fact that he attended the ward 3 schools and might take more of an interest in education issues (cheh always seems distant/impervious to those bread and butter issues) could be a good thing.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 06:33     Subject: Petar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue is why does ward 3 have to be burdened with a dreadful facility like this? Ward 3 pays more in personal income taxes than all of the other wards combined - that shoud buy freedom from a facility housing poors prone to violence and criminality. I never understood why the ward whose culture spawned the shelter residents in the first instance (chiefly wards 7 and 8) should not get to “enjoy” the fruits of their labor.


This is the worst of the worst of Ward 3 tripe. We are a city. If you want to live on an island, move. Most of us understand that, while there are wealthier and less wealthy areas, it is better to distribute and not focus "all the poors" in one place. And, this is a TEMPORARY shelter for FAMILIES. You are a truly deplorable person and likely consider yourself to be an anti-Trump liberal. Look in the mirror. And if you are actually a pro-Trump conservative, then the shoe fits.


AMEN. More typical liberal elite hypocrisy.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2018 01:23     Subject: Re:Petar?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Mary Chen lost me with her pious insistence on supporting the no tip restaurant legislation, despite the vocal opposition from her own community. She doesn’t represent “us” any more- the people who actually pay the taxes to fund the city.


Nope, she does not. She's been representing San Francisco/Portland/Seattle for a long while now.


What are the heck are you talking about?


We’re talking about why Petar might be a reasonable alternative to the insufferable Mary Cheh. You know- the topic of this thread.


And what? Mary has been representing San Francisco/Portland/Seattle? What the hell is that supposed to even mean?


It means that she is far more concerned with national "social justice" initiatives that are fairly west coast, than local bread and butter quality of life ward 3 issues. Isn't that sort of obvious from the comment?


Well Ward 3 is probably more liberal than just about any jurisdiction on the west coast so there is nothing illogical about that.

In any case assuming by bread and butter you mean delivering money for projects in Ward 3 once Eaton and the Chevy Chase Rec Center are renovated I'm not sure what projects Cheh will have left to fund in Ward 3 - all of the other schools, libraries, rec centers and fire stations have been fully renovated and we are finally getting an outdoor pool next year. Heck Janney and Deal have been expanded twice now.

Or did you have something else in mind when you referred to bread and butter?
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2018 20:22     Subject: Petar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It might be obvious from the comment, but it doesn't reflect reality. Our schools have or will have been rebuilt. Our rec centers have or will have all been rebuilt, our fire houses have all been rebuilt, our libraries have all been renovated or rebuilt. That is pretty good for quality of life in the Ward, IMO.


Are you living in a box? She just brought a shelter to the ward which is essentialy a nest for hood rats.


The shelter was coming to the Ward based on Mayoral edict. Cheh supported moving it to a location the city owned versus a more expensive lease arrangement a few blocks away. If anything, that is showing fiscal responsibility.

And using terms like "nest" and "hood rats" is outright racist - not unlike Trump referring to "Mexicans" or Hitler referring to Jews as animals or vermin. Look in the mirror, because you may or may not recognize the ugliness the rest of us are seeing on display. You do not represent the best of Ward 3, clearly.