David Alpert
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David Alpert
@alpert
Dad, rock climber, former @ggwash executive director, blogger at Moderates for Janeese (Lewis George for Mayor)
Washington, DC Katılım Mart 2007
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@dcadamb I don't think it would have to be used only during events - WMATA actually originally wanted to turn the Silver Line around there but couldn't, and eventually there is supposed to be a full neighborhood there. So it could be a full time Silver station/terminus.
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Not seeing anyone online discuss this — according to today’s meeting slides, WMATA considered a spur line w/ platforms directly next to RFK Stadium. Interesting concept, but I agree with WMATA’s conclusion to consider other improvements
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New: DC's campaign finance office is none too pleased with @AUDCRESEARCH, the dark money group running ads against JLG.
After a former JLG staffer filed a complaint alleging it hasn't properly filed its disclosures, OCF wants it to fix those issues...or cease running ads.
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@maustermuhle @TPCarney Also they are much more expensive to plow. Virginia passed laws limiting how many of them a development can have, because the cost to the state is much higher than for grids or something more grid-like. Not directly a safety matter, though unplowed roads are a safety matter.
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I appreciated @TPCarney's take that way more has to be done to make it safe for kids to get around on their own. But while cul de sacs seem like a good option, they generally require people to have to drive a lot more. Which, absent other interventions, can put kids at risk.
Tim Carney@TPCarney
We should err on the side of kids. Cul de sacs win. Also pedestrian cut-throughs can make a neighborhood a grid for humans while not a grid for cars.
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@DemzDeliver How does that work? Isn't the next year's budget up to the next year's mayor and council one way or the other?
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🚨 NEW: Zohran Mamdani to permanently fund NYC libraries and parks.
Libraries will no longer have to plead for funding each year.
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Nothing makes me appreciate Navy Yard like seeing the land use at other ballparks.
BaseballHistoryNut@nut_history
Dodger Stadium aerial view
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@mattyglesias Based on one provision which McDuffie came to agree with her about.
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It’s certainly true that they have agreed on some stuff — this is a 90% Democratic city with a limited range of policy disagreement on the Council — but George cast the only vote against the 2023 emergency crime bill at the peak of the murder wave.
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I don’t understand this @maustermuhle take that JLG and McDuffie don’t disagree on crime.
As he notes they are on opposite sides of the one actual legislative debate happening, all the tough on crime people are for McDuffie, and the DSA is for George.
51st.news/dc-mayoral-rac…
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@andre_quentin Yeah that happened to me with a hotel in London we were going to stay at. We got this kind of email several times. Fortunately my ad blocker gave big red warnings before I was even tempted to go along with it.
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Things are about to get real scary.
I got a WhatsApp message about a hotel reservation I made on Booking.com. They have my correct hotel name, correct dates, correct amount, everything. They ask me to confirm my CC details, without which they'll cancel my res.
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@rule12f @mattyglesias The DC budget has funded more police officers the whole time but Bowser hasn’t been able to hire/retain them.
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@mattyglesias The thing to note about this is we actually have ~1,000 fewer police officers than we did in 2019. The results have not been good.
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It's cool that she was saying this way *before* the Summer of Floyd, a principled true believer and not someone who hopped on a bandwagon without thinking it through.
Janeese Lewis George@Janeese4DC
I will absolutely divest from MPD and put that money into violence interruption programs. Full stop.
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@mattyglesias Have you asked Kenyan McDuffie yet why he consponsored a resolution opposing changes to the Height Act and now says he opposes it?
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To be clear there were a couple of great people at Post Opinions but they were exceptions.
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I'm extremely sad to see the demise of the Post newsroom; however, I'm not so sad to see residents stop heeding their editorials, which were kind of bad even before all this. Local endorsements were really based on a set of hidden policy preferences around charters, taxes, etc.
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Every decade-ish, Post Opinions would cycle around to someone thinking it's edgy to be anti Metro. (Example: washingtonpost.com/news/tripping/…) This time it's more that they're just ideologically anti any effective government service and Washingtonians don't heed the Post any more.
Randy Clarke@wmataGM
Looks like I need to post this again. For some reason current stats or context is not being reported. Pls read my full tweet thread to understand the facts about Metro’s financials. x.com/wmatagm/status…
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The Executive Director of the DCBOE testified today at the Wilson Building and confirmed how RCV results will be processed for the June 16 primary election. We’re very likely not going to know who won the Delegate, Mayoral, At-Large CM, & Ward 1 CM races for at least a few days:
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@maustermuhle They’re pretty transparent - GGWash publishes all kinds of stuff, DCFPI does a lot of testifying and publishing papers.
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@alpert Does DCFPI do all of its lobbying in public? Does GGW?
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This is a big endorsement because of Williams's role in bringing D.C. out of its financial crisis in the late 1990s. That being said, that was a long time ago, and plenty a D.C. resident have come up in the post-Control Board era.
Kenyan McDuffie@kenyanmcduffie
🚨Former Mayor Tony Williams has endorsed my campaign for mayor! 🚨 “Kenyan McDuffie has the character and vision to lead the District, as he has demonstrated consistently on the DC Council, where he has prioritized affordability, public safety and economic mobility for all residents,” stated Williams. “He is the right leader for this moment—and the right choice to be DC’s next mayor.” Mayor Williams’ leadership restored confidence in our government and proved what’s possible with discipline and vision. I am honored to have his support as we work to build a stronger, more affordable, and more inclusive DC for every resident.
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@maustermuhle Certain things like the Policy Center aside, the vast majority of influence is behind the scenes.
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@alpert Shadowy? I mean, the Federal City Council is lots of things, but it’s not exactly hiding anything.
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@AshleySchapitl @JHWeissmann I’d like people to engage with the policy criticism of IMPACT though. So far I just hear “it’s good and the union is bad.” I’m sure the issue is somewhat more complex. Maybe that’s something we can all discuss in more depth.
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@alpert @JHWeissmann Yes. The union has wanted to kill IMPACT for 16 years despite its success with respect to student achievement. She is their endorsed candidate and also wants to end the system and replace it with some yet-to-be determined system. So you can understand the concern and skepticism
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McDuffie supported a DC council resolution in 2013 asking the federal government not to change the Height Act. Would be interesting for a journalist to ask him to explain his change of heart. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/375166…
Alex Koma@AlexKomaDC
Perhaps our most interesting q so far was a direct yes or no: do you support the Height Act? Kenyan McDuffie, Gary Goodweather and Rini Sampath were all no's, Ernest Johnson, Hope Solomon and Vincent Orange all say yes.
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@MelikAbdul_ People are complaining about past JLG votes and saying the fact she’s saying different things today shouldn’t be believed. McDuffie was bad on housing in the past and I think should explain his evolution too.
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@alpert With the exception of Barry, this was a consensus (symbolic) vote of the council back when Vincent Gray was still mayor.
Not a McDuffie fan but how exactly is his 13yr old position relevant to District elections today, when the Council has no control over height limits?
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