Anonymous wrote:So who is actually worth voting for, and why?

Anonymous wrote:Watch and learn as Lazere follower, having lost his argument, then attempts to promote fringe candidate in the hope he'll draw support from Marcus Goodwin.

Any idea why they do that?

Anonymous wrote:Have you all heard Chander? He really does seem completely independent. Not beholden to any of the standard DC interest groups. I also like how he is a firm believer in harvesting great ideas from normally divergent positions. He has experience with proactive middle ground policy on such difficult topics in DC as housing density and historical designations. Imagine that, there are good ideas on both sides of the argument which can be made to work together.

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Gooedwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty hilarious that there's clearly one Lazere supporter here pretending to be multiple Lazere supporters, having a phony conversation with themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Goodwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

If you like the youth/energy, then look at Markus Batchelor. Far more genuine to progressive ideals than Marcus Goodwin. Batchelor grew up in DC, has a history of progressive activism as an elected member of the SBOE, and hasn't sold out to the developer/business interests.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

Ironic, considering the only race Lazere could possibly win is one with 24 candidates in it and no ranked choice voting.

Glad you after that Lazere has morals as opposed to some of the self-serving councilmembers we have.

I don't think you actually know his appeal across the city in a smaller race. Hopefully we'll find out next election cycle with him as the incumbent.

Mendo stomped him by nearly 30 percentage points in a two-candidate primary race in 2018, so his "appeal across the city in a smaller race" has proven to be pretty low.

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Goodwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:If you review Ed Lazere’s two decades of advocacy (Ed’s a lobbyist) on behalf of the citizens of this city what has been accomplished? Take a look at the DCFPI website. It’s filled with position papers that tell you a whole lot of what you already know and provides few if any solutions.

Silverman, Nadeau, George, and Lazere will kill any chance we had for statehood by allowing the Socialists to turn us into a laughingstock and bankrupting our city.

It is true that our council and mayors have taken half measures and performative steps rather than the kind of meaningful change that needs to happen.

You're smoking something strong if you think that dancing for the Republicans is going to get us statehood. Let's do the right thing and the R's (and D's) who are holding out can go F themselves.

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I don’t understand the antagonism between Lazere and Goodwin supporters. I am thinking about voting either Lazere/Goodwin or Lazere/Henderson. I think Lazere aligns best with my politics as I’m very progressive, and I do like his fiscal background and commitment to DCPS. But I also like Goodwin’s youth, and that he grew up in DC. He has been vocal during the BLM protests this summer and helped spearhead the campaign to take down that offensive statue in Lincoln Park. I am not big on developers as a group, but I do think Goodwin has a valuable perspective as a someone who actually grew up in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for a DC Council member to be elected after receiving like 15,000 votes.

The absurd size of this field is a recipe for a bad outcome, because whoever makes the most yard signs probably will win. Instead of a qualified candidate, we're gonna be stuck with the person with the biggest Kinko's account. Great.

You should press your CM for Ranked Choice Voting. I believe Lazere has said he supports this.

Ironic, considering the only race Lazere could possibly win is one with 24 candidates in it and no ranked choice voting.

Glad you after that Lazere has morals as opposed to some of the self-serving councilmembers we have.

I don't think you actually know his appeal across the city in a smaller race. Hopefully we'll find out next election cycle with him as the incumbent.

Mendo stomped him by nearly 30 percentage points in a two-candidate primary race in 2018, so his "appeal across the city in a smaller race" has proven to be pretty low.

It was always going to be difficult to beat an incumbent. Why do you hate Ed so much? Seriously. You haven't actually given any substantive reason. I actually took the time to listen to the candidates. I've also worked in city government and am familiar with the real issues. We need really smart experienced people on Council, not newbies.

Not about Ed, but to the point of smart experienced people. Chander J has been serving on his ANC for 8 + years, I believe currently as Chair. Very actively, so I don't see that as a "newbie". I also like that he's an independent. I like that for City Council. Need some freshening up there. He legit reminds me of Tony Williams. Decent person and to the point with problem-solving. Not a lot of foo-fa .

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Isn't Chander a Republican?