Adrian Fenty

So no talk of him here yet. How will he do? Somebody in the Post article compared it to Barry coming in in '78, I cried a little at the comparison.

I heard that he's an inexperienced hothead, and Cropp was the better choice. But that's from a friend who works for Williams. Also, Fleet Feet always had the most arrogant assholes working there.

honestly, its hard to say, as a Ward 4 resident I worship the ground he walks on, he gets things done like no other politician I've ever seen….I am hopeful but also aware that the DC govt has a tendancy to chew people up and spit them out

but paving alleys and solving parking ticket problems is different from running the city

I think the Barry comparison is unfair and completely off base - Barry filled the city administration with cronies and layabouts, problems we are still dealing with today…..Fenty has an almost messianic zeal when it comes to making the city run better

Given a choise between him and Linda 'the female Marion Barry' Cropp it was a no brainer…..and don't get me started on those upper NW elitists who made Marie Johns their pet candidate - I don;t care if she was Verizon CEO - I had Verizon for years and it had some of the worst customer service I have ever seen…..

If I were Charles Ramsey or (insert city department head here) I'd be working on my resume….

Originally posted by brennser:
Barry filled the city administration with cronies and layabouts,

Like Linda Cropp…

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by brennser:
Barry filled the city administration with cronies and layabouts,

Like Linda Cropp…

which is why she deservedly didn't win…..I mean she was president of the school board for ages and just ran the schools into the ground

I think Williams brought in a lot of people that probably deserve to stay, although people see him as heartless, he did an amazing job turning the city in the right direction. I was no Cropp fan, and since I left I didnt really have a favorite. I just remember the bad old days before Williams and would hate to see them return.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by brennser:
Barry filled the city administration with cronies and layabouts,

Like Linda Cropp…

And Anthony Williams, who was exactly what D.C. needed in 1999 after Barry was inexplicably voted back into office. Anyone who owned or bought a house in DC when Williams was elected made very good money.

Originally posted by Relaxer:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by brennser:
Barry filled the city administration with cronies and layabouts,

Like Linda Cropp…

And Anthony Williams, who was exactly what D.C. needed in 1999 after Barry was inexplicably voted back into office. Anyone who owned or bought a house in DC when Williams was elected made very good money.

actually Williams was appointed by the control board, not Barry

don't get me wrong here - I think Williams did a pretty good job as mayor and I personally benefitted greatly from the increase in property prices - and he deserves great credit for his transformation of downtown

however I also think he checked out shortly after the beginning of his second term and did not focus enough on improving the machinery of government

having a million dollar house is all well and good but if your trash isn't collected or if you get tickets because some antiquated DMV computer thinks you own a car you don't own or if your building permits get stuck for 6 months in the planning office downtown or you have to spend 20 grand a year putting your kid in private schools it doesn't do you a hell of a lot of good does it?

Originally posted by brennser:

having a million dollar house is all well and good but if your trash isn't collected or if you get tickets because some antiquated DMV computer thinks you own a car you don't own or if your building permits get stuck for 6 months in the planning office downtown or you have to spend 20 grand a year putting your kid in private schools it doesn't do you a hell of a lot of good does it?

he did stop getting as much change as he had earlier on, but he had also made a lot of enemies by then, these were all problems before Williams in office including ALOT more, there wasnt a single city service that worked at all well before Williams was in office

Where's the law saying you HAVE to spend 20K a year on sending your kid to private school?

Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Where's the law saying you HAVE to spend 20K a year on sending your kid to private school?

Yeah! Rhett went to public school his whole life. Look how well he turned out.

Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Where's the law saying you HAVE to spend 20K a year on sending your kid to private school?

as usual, you're missing the point

fenty runs marathons, cropp is a fat f. because she lost the race she is gonna retire. so much for her drive and ambition. fenty is hungry. maybe he will put ac in dc's public schools.

My point is, until parents that give a shit about their kids' education start putting their kids in public schools, the public schools are going to be filled with kids of parents who don't give a shit.

Originally posted by brennser:

Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Where's the law saying you HAVE to spend 20K a year on sending your kid to private school?

as usual, you're missing the point

actually Williams was appointed by the control board, not Barry

According to Anthony Williams' bio,
"Appointed by former DC Mayor Marion Barry to lead the District to financial recovery, Williams restored fiscal accountability for District agencies and balanced the city's budget."

I think Barry is the one who actually picked him. He was forced to do so by the Control Board.

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Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
My point is, until parents that give a shit about their kids' education start putting their kids in public schools, the public schools are going to be filled with kids of parents who don't give a shit.

Originally posted by brennser:

Originally posted by Weird Little Self Loathing Man:
Where's the law saying you HAVE to spend 20K a year on sending your kid to private school?

as usual, you're missing the point

You're right, there are lots of parents who don't give a shit. However there are lots of parents who do give a shit, put their kids in public schools, get very involved and hands on, witness first hand the dysfunctional disaster that is DCPS, and for the sake of their kids consider private or charter school options……and for that matter while I think parental involvement is important, there are many many other factors that go into a successful school system….look at MoCo…..lots of parents there don't have to give a shit because the school system is a well-oiled machine

Originally posted by Relaxer:

actually Williams was appointed by the control board, not Barry

According to Anthony Williams' bio,
"Appointed by former DC Mayor Marion Barry to lead the District to financial recovery, Williams restored fiscal accountability for District agencies and balanced the city's budget."

I think Barry is the one who actually picked him. He was forced to do so by the Control Board.

ok, so Barry picked him….I still don't see how a single hire somehow absolves him from my cronies and layabouts comment….

Just move to the 'burbs like Rhett did:

Newsweek - Top 100 Public High Schools

5 - H-B Woodlawn | Arlington | Va. |
11 - Richard Montgomery* | Rockville | Md.
17 - Wootton | Rockville | Md. |
23 - George Mason* | Falls Church | Va. |
29 - Bethesda-Chevy Chase* | Bethesda | Md. |
34 - W.T. Woodson | Fairfax | Va.
44 - Washington-Lee* | Arlington | Va. |
50 - Langley | McLean | Va. |
51 - Yorktown | Arlington | Va. |
70 - Churchill | Potomac | Md. |
79 - Walter Johnson | Bethesda | Md. |
83 - Robinson* | Fairfax | Va. |
94 - Chantilly | Chantilly | Va. |

But then you wouldn't be near all the cool hipster bars or DC! Never.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Just move to the 'burbs like Rhett did:

Newsweek - Top 100 Public High Schools

5 - H-B Woodlawn | Arlington | Va. |
11 - Richard Montgomery* | Rockville | Md.
17 - Wootton | Rockville | Md. |
23 - George Mason* | Falls Church | Va. |
29 - Bethesda-Chevy Chase* | Bethesda | Md. |
34 - W.T. Woodson | Fairfax | Va.
44 - Washington-Lee* | Arlington | Va. |
50 - Langley | McLean | Va. |
51 - Yorktown | Arlington | Va. |
70 - Churchill | Potomac | Md. |
79 - Walter Johnson | Bethesda | Md. |
83 - Robinson* | Fairfax | Va. |
94 - Chantilly | Chantilly | Va. |