Results are in from the Special Election and we've done it Ward3

So now that the dust has settled from #Four24DC it appears that our local candidate was able to win 6 precincts.  Which means he shouldn't have been in the race. Considering Ward 3 has some of the biggest voting blocks in the District this goes to prove my point in the last blog that running for a District wide office out of Ward3 is the best way to not win an election and to ensure that the old guard continues to win.


Source of information: http://dcist.com/2013/04/how_the_special_election_candidates.php

Here's a color coated map by Keith Ivey from http://kcivey.github.io/dcision13/

I know this is going to sound crazy, however here it goes..... Often those interested in gaging the will of the people run these things called polls, and sure how we do it in Ward3 by not running polls (is pretty awesome) for the candidates it's not working out too well for the voters.

So instead of thinking that backing our lovely Ward 3 neighbors is the way to go, we might want to look District wide to see who's actually got a chance to win and perhaps the Ward 3 Dem's can help all of us by doing just that.....conduct some polls.....

What's Ward 3 role in the recent special election?

So despite not setting the election for the lowest voter turnout, that's still owned by the voters of 97,  Ward3 might have done something far worse.

Help elect the very candidate we seeks to keep from getting into office in the FIRST place. 

Having run a number of Ward 3 campaigns and worked on as many District wide races I know Ward 3 is just as passionate about the District of Columbia as any other Ward.  It's just we seem to have Ward 3 Tunnel Vision #W3TV.

Yes our candidates are great, since many of them our help our community, are friends or neighbors.  However the one thing that seems to be missing from the equation is how our wonderful people in Ward 3 relate to other Wards.

Again having campaigned in a Ward5's straw vote, or Ward  8 unity breakfast, other than the very same "Do Gooders" our candidates outside of the Ward aren't even on the radar.   I'll let everyone in on a little secret, when the At-Large candidates and officials our outside of Ward 3 they point a crooked finger in Ward 3's direction say the ills and woes of this Ward (anything but 3) is Ward 3 fault.

There is a number of issues I have from time to time with my fellow Workers however the fault of another Ward's council member to deliver anything of value to their constituents is not our issue and the point of this blog.   What do we want in Ward 3 to like who we're voting for or someone that is electable in all of the Wards of the District.

Since the current way Ward 3 is going about it seems to be yielding the opposite of what we want, and it's just a thought; However it might be time to do something different in Ward 3 come 11 months from now when we can show that Ward 3 gets DC.

NRJ

PS I'm not even going to wipe up on the GOP since we all know 3 strikes your out. 

Here's What's Wrong With The Economy is Ward3 part of the problem

Here's What's Wrong With The Economy - Business Insider: "I think there is room to blame rent-seeking in cities for the fate of some middle-income workers. The dynamic that troubles me, however, is that of the NIMBY, who restricts access to the best neighbourhoods or—by fighting development and therefore raising housing costs—to the most productive cities, thereby discouraging marginal workers from locating in such places and taking advantage of the opportunities that are available."

'via Blog this'

Looking at TenleyTown is it fair to ask if some of our neighbors are reflected in this comment.

Brazen stagecoach like armed robbery in AUPARK

(Saturday, Dec. 10) between 5:30 and 6 p.m. According to Ofc. Jose Berrios, a woman was driving her car north on 43rd when two armed men stepped into the street at the intersection of Windom to block her car. They robbed her, and although they took her keys, they did not take the car. The victim contacted the police about 30 minutes later. 

If you saw anything unusual this evening, please contact Ofc. Berrios at jose.berrios@dc.gov or (202) 715-7300. 

Thankful for today.

Hoping everyone is having a great thanksgiving

I would like to give a special shout out for all the DC workers that are on the job today working for us. 

*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*

Warren Buffett, "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months& 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of
twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do
likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the
message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office
and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All
funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security
system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system,
and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for
any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans
do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay
will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the
same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen
made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor,
not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours
should serve their term's), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take
three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is
time.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on.

If a bicyclist cuts you off and you cuss at them they get to sue you.

I have to say as a long time non car want to be driving  , ward 3 living, obama socialist voting walker that our new friends in the non car category are getting to be kinda a pain in the neck.  That's right and to go further.  Bicyclist need to learn to share the road and as well respect the laws at the same time if they want others to be accountable instead of making the rest of us fear them via the Council of DC's attempt to over regulate everything.     

Since I'm one of those DC folks that have to run I spend hours every week on the road, in the parks and on the various paths and trails of our great capital region and I have noticed the increased presence of bikers on the roads and trails everyday

So I am now reading that our Council is considering the following. 
The Assault of Bicyclist Prevention Act and in this day and age of over doing everything and fixing nothing by our City leaders this one is the grandest expressions of how out of touch with reality our Council is today.   

32 To create a civil cause of action for a person who while riding a bicycle is the victim of an
33 intentional assault, injury, or harassment or the threat of assault, injury, or harassment,
34 and to provide for civil penalties, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees.
35
36 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this
37 act may be cited as the “Assault of Bicyclists Prevention Act of 2011”.
38
39 Sec.  2.  Civil action.
40 (a) Irrespective of any criminal prosecution or the result of a criminal prosecution, a
41 person who while riding a bicycle is intentionally physically assaulted or otherwise intentionally
42 injured; threatened with physical assault or injury, whether by words, a vehicle, body part of 2
1 another, or other object; or intentionally distracted, or the attempt thereof, shall have a civil cause
2 of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate relief, which shall include:
3   (1)  An injunction;
4 (2)  Actual damages with regard to each such violation, or up to 3 times the
5 amount of the actual damages or $1,000, whichever is greater;
6 (3)  Punitive damages in the an amount to be determined by a jury or a court
7 sitting without a jury; and
8 (4) Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
9 (b)(1) The relief provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to all
10 other remedies provided by law.
11 (2) Nothing in this act shall preclude an aggrieved person from pursuing any other
12 remedy provided by law   http://dccouncil.us/media/twentieth_leg_meeting/Introductions/wells_sept20_bicycleassaultprevention.pdf

Is our Council INSANE....    If a bicyclist cuts you off and you cuss at them they get to sue you as point 42 points out and they get reasonable attorney fees.   Come on reasonable fees in DC could be tens of thousands of dollars and because someone said your an ass.   


Let's face if we don't have rules on the books now that take care of Assault then these same Council member have failed the larger society and are now so hyper focused that they're reducing it down to someone having to be the "Word Police."   Cuss at a bicyclist  and you go to Court. Is this really the world that we want to leave to our children.  


Mean while this same council is so awash in corruption charges, conflicts of interesest and corporate donations that they are eating cake and making stupid laws while DC falls apart at the seams.  We need our council to back away from inducing new laws to regulate the citizens and get some on the books that take care of them.  They are until that that is done part of the 1 percent because they have nothing in common with the rest of us. 



I would invite anyone to come with me one morning to run along the Capital Crescent Trail or any street in DC.  The bikers are getting out of hand.   They have not one care or concern for the joggers, folks with strollers roller bladers and those of us that are running.   They ride on the streets they ride on the sidewalks and they don't stop at lights or stop signs. 


Before I get labeled an anti biker I will fess up to owning a few bikes. Had more till they where stolen out of our condo garage in Adams Morgan.  I even raced (cat4) for minute including the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Bike race organized by Lee Iacocca which I understand to be one of the first Socialprenuring undertaking (doing good by doing events) and raced bike in triathlons long enough to have had Mayor Fenty sell me my first Nike Sock Racers out of his family store Fleetfeet in Adams Morgan.


btw I already have bikers that are asking folks to unfollow me on twitter for daring to exercise my right of free speech.  

10whatscottreads scott 

Unfollow. RT @wardthreedc If a bicyclist cuts you off and you cuss at them they get to sue you. nblo.gs/o52IN