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Anonymous wrote:In one corner, we have Matt Frumin, Democratic nominee, supporter of Connecticut Avenue bike lanes, supporter of the Foxhall School, and all-around Ward 3 Guy.

In another corner, we have David Krucoff, Republican nominee, relatively recent Republican, anti-statehood, anti-bike lane, and anti-Foxhall School. Other than platitudes, it is unclear what he is for.

In yet another corner, we have the libertarian candidate whose inkjet printed signs that lack required financial disclosures indicate that he will end the (nonexistent) mask mandates.

Who you got and why?

Full disclosure: I'm going with Frumin, but the chaos monkey inside me wants to vote for the libertarian who is running opposed to something that doesn't exist. I don't respect the libertarian enough to look his name up, but I do love his campaign that presupposes a reality that doesn't exist.

I voted for the Libertarian. I am an Independent that DC keeps registering as a Democrat. Yes, I am a unicorn that frustrates many because I don’t vote party lines, I vote candidates, their backgrounds, track record and overall position across the issues that matter to most voters.

No one is “frustrated” by you. You chose to waste your vote on someone who has no chance of winning and threw it away on a tantrum. We roll our eyes at people like you. And no, your nonvotes have nowhere near the numbers to sway an election, so save that predictable retort.

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect at least that our ANC commissioner would not want to defund the police. Unfortunately our ANC commissioner (S. Siddiqui in 3C05) is a vocal proponent of cutting the MPD force and budget. That seems totally tone deaf and out of step with his constituents’ concerns, especially with the rise in violent crime along Connecticut Ave.

If you read the resolution Commissioner Siddiqui authored that is being labeled "defund" you'd see it only contains support for recommendations made by the Mayor's Police Reform Commission. While he may be trendy and drawing attention to the need to reform MPD in the wake of massively increasing response times, incredibly bloated overtime, and, as the Office of the DC Auditor and WaP have shown, many officers not fit for anything other than desk duty, calling Siddiqui a "defund" candidate lacks nuance and is myopic.

What is”nuanced” about retweeting “Defund MPD”, dismissing DC residents as “cop lovers” and attacking Matt Frumin for advocating the build MPD levels back up? Sauleh Siddiqui has done all of these. Siddiqui doesn’t represent his constituents, instead pursuing his ideological agenda over his constituents’ needs and concerns.

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect at least that our ANC commissioner would not want to defund the police. Unfortunately our ANC commissioner (S. Siddiqui in 3C05) is a vocal proponent of cutting the MPD force and budget. That seems totally tone deaf and out of step with his constituents’ concerns, especially with the rise in violent crime along Connecticut Ave.

If you read the resolution Commissioner Siddiqui authored that is being labeled "defund" you'd see it only contains support for recommendations made by the Mayor's Police Reform Commission. While he may be trendy and drawing attention to the need to reform MPD in the wake of massively increasing response times, incredibly bloated overtime, and, as the Office of the DC Auditor and WaP have shown, many officers not fit for anything other than desk duty, calling Siddiqui a "defund" candidate lacks nuance and is myopic.

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Anonymous wrote:Since when is Joe Biden a progressive?

You all really have Fox living in your head if you think "the progressives" are ruling the roost.

And frankly, I will take universal healthcare over evangelical fascism 7 days out of 7.

Why do you prefer fascism?

The progressives in DC and NYC spent the past two years pushing for bike lanes. All while Rome burned. If the ANCs used half the time they spent on bikes instead on schools and crime this would be a world class city. Instead it’s been two years of bike lanes and weed dispensaries. The Ds will now suffer generational losses at the polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/eric-adams-new-york-crime-midterms/index.html

What, exactly, do you think ANCs can do about schools and crime? They are not the mayor, they are not the school board and they are not the police force. I will be very interested in your response.

They could hold up the upzoning, which the mayor wants, until schools etc is addressed. Instead they traded that for bike lanes. It's the exact same lever.

+1000. But most of the ANC reps don’t and will never have kids. They literally have no idea what a crap show DCPS is and how they could help their community. All they want is these ridiculous bike lanes and pot dispensaries. Please go back to Petworth and live your progressive dreams. FFS.

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Anonymous wrote:In one corner, we have Matt Frumin, Democratic nominee, supporter of Connecticut Avenue bike lanes, supporter of the Foxhall School, and all-around Ward 3 Guy.

In another corner, we have David Krucoff, Republican nominee, relatively recent Republican, anti-statehood, anti-bike lane, and anti-Foxhall School. Other than platitudes, it is unclear what he is for.

In yet another corner, we have the libertarian candidate whose inkjet printed signs that lack required financial disclosures indicate that he will end the (nonexistent) mask mandates.

Who you got and why?

Full disclosure: I'm going with Frumin, but the chaos monkey inside me wants to vote for the libertarian who is running opposed to something that doesn't exist. I don't respect the libertarian enough to look his name up, but I do love his campaign that presupposes a reality that doesn't exist.

I voted for the Libertarian. I am an Independent that DC keeps registering as a Democrat. Yes, I am a unicorn that frustrates many because I don’t vote party lines, I vote candidates, their backgrounds, track record and overall position across the issues that matter to most voters.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since when is Joe Biden a progressive?

You all really have Fox living in your head if you think "the progressives" are ruling the roost.

And frankly, I will take universal healthcare over evangelical fascism 7 days out of 7.

Why do you prefer fascism?

The progressives in DC and NYC spent the past two years pushing for bike lanes. All while Rome burned. If the ANCs used half the time they spent on bikes instead on schools and crime this would be a world class city. Instead it’s been two years of bike lanes and weed dispensaries. The Ds will now suffer generational losses at the polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/eric-adams-new-york-crime-midterms/index.html

I agree. Unpaid Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are to blame for the red wave happening this year.

Their progressive ideas are absolutely THE cause of the red wave. They brag about the 60 meetings they’ve had on bike lanes, but have had Like one meeting on crime and zero meetings on school quality. Completely clueless about what the majority of their constituents care about.

Anonymous wrote:I would expect at least that our ANC commissioner would not want to defund the police. Unfortunately our ANC commissioner (S. Siddiqui in 3C05) is a vocal proponent of cutting the MPD force and budget. That seems totally tone deaf and out of step with his constituents’ concerns, especially with the rise in violent crime along Connecticut Ave.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since when is Joe Biden a progressive?

You all really have Fox living in your head if you think "the progressives" are ruling the roost.

And frankly, I will take universal healthcare over evangelical fascism 7 days out of 7.

Why do you prefer fascism?

The progressives in DC and NYC spent the past two years pushing for bike lanes. All while Rome burned. If the ANCs used half the time they spent on bikes instead on schools and crime this would be a world class city. Instead it’s been two years of bike lanes and weed dispensaries. The Ds will now suffer generational losses at the polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/eric-adams-new-york-crime-midterms/index.html

I agree. Unpaid Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are to blame for the red wave happening this year.

Their progressive ideas are absolutely THE cause of the red wave. They brag about the 60 meetings they’ve had on bike lanes, but have had Like one meeting on crime and zero meetings on school quality. Completely clueless about what the majority of their constituents care about.

The "60 meetings" you cite were specifically meetings about the bike lanes. Some of those were ANC meetings, others were neighborhood organizations or DDOT itself.

dP: I believe you forgot the word "not". The 60 meetings were generalized and spread out among them. It was not at all teadily apparent that those meetings were discussing a reduction in transportation capacity.

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The upper parts of Connecticut have no effective police coverage (the police station is in glover park while Maryland covers their fire/ems) and have been hit by waves of car break ins and carjackings. Yet silence.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since when is Joe Biden a progressive?

You all really have Fox living in your head if you think "the progressives" are ruling the roost.

And frankly, I will take universal healthcare over evangelical fascism 7 days out of 7.

Why do you prefer fascism?

The progressives in DC and NYC spent the past two years pushing for bike lanes. All while Rome burned. If the ANCs used half the time they spent on bikes instead on schools and crime this would be a world class city. Instead it’s been two years of bike lanes and weed dispensaries. The Ds will now suffer generational losses at the polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/eric-adams-new-york-crime-midterms/index.html

I agree. Unpaid Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are to blame for the red wave happening this year.

I would expect at least that our ANC commissioner would not want to defund the police. Unfortunately our ANC commissioner (S. Siddiqui in 3C05) is a vocal proponent of cutting the MPD force and budget. That seems totally tone deaf and out of step with his constituents’ concerns, especially with the rise in violent crime along Connecticut Ave.

Their progressive ideas are absolutely THE cause of the red wave. They brag about the 60 meetings they’ve had on bike lanes, but have had Like one meeting on crime and zero meetings on school quality. Completely clueless about what the majority of their constituents care about.

So the ANC host MPD at most, if not all of their meetings. What, exactly, would you like an ANC commissioner or a commission to do about crime?

They cannot author legislation. They have no executive power, they host MPD to inform the community of the latest crime numbers and enforcement actions.

So what more do you want them to do?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since when is Joe Biden a progressive?

You all really have Fox living in your head if you think "the progressives" are ruling the roost.

And frankly, I will take universal healthcare over evangelical fascism 7 days out of 7.

Why do you prefer fascism?

The progressives in DC and NYC spent the past two years pushing for bike lanes. All while Rome burned. If the ANCs used half the time they spent on bikes instead on schools and crime this would be a world class city. Instead it’s been two years of bike lanes and weed dispensaries. The Ds will now suffer generational losses at the polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/eric-adams-new-york-crime-midterms/index.html

I agree. Unpaid Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are to blame for the red wave happening this year.

Their progressive ideas are absolutely THE cause of the red wave. They brag about the 60 meetings they’ve had on bike lanes, but have had Like one meeting on crime and zero meetings on school quality. Completely clueless about what the majority of their constituents care about.

The "60 meetings" you cite were specifically meetings about the bike lanes. Some of those were ANC meetings, others were neighborhood organizations or DDOT itself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since when is Joe Biden a progressive?

You all really have Fox living in your head if you think "the progressives" are ruling the roost.

And frankly, I will take universal healthcare over evangelical fascism 7 days out of 7.

Why do you prefer fascism?

The progressives in DC and NYC spent the past two years pushing for bike lanes. All while Rome burned. If the ANCs used half the time they spent on bikes instead on schools and crime this would be a world class city. Instead it’s been two years of bike lanes and weed dispensaries. The Ds will now suffer generational losses at the polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/eric-adams-new-york-crime-midterms/index.html

I agree. Unpaid Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are to blame for the red wave happening this year.

Their progressive ideas are absolutely THE cause of the red wave. They brag about the 60 meetings they’ve had on bike lanes, but have had Like one meeting on crime and zero meetings on school quality. Completely clueless about what the majority of their constituents care about.

So the ANC host MPD at most, if not all of their meetings. What, exactly, would you like an ANC commissioner or a commission to do about crime?

They cannot author legislation. They have no executive power, they host MPD to inform the community of the latest crime numbers and enforcement actions.

So what more do you want them to do?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since when is Joe Biden a progressive?

You all really have Fox living in your head if you think "the progressives" are ruling the roost.

And frankly, I will take universal healthcare over evangelical fascism 7 days out of 7.

Why do you prefer fascism?

The progressives in DC and NYC spent the past two years pushing for bike lanes. All while Rome burned. If the ANCs used half the time they spent on bikes instead on schools and crime this would be a world class city. Instead it’s been two years of bike lanes and weed dispensaries. The Ds will now suffer generational losses at the polls.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/eric-adams-new-york-crime-midterms/index.html

I agree. Unpaid Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are to blame for the red wave happening this year.

Their progressive ideas are absolutely THE cause of the red wave. They brag about the 60 meetings they’ve had on bike lanes, but have had Like one meeting on crime and zero meetings on school quality. Completely clueless about what the majority of their constituents care about.