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Who doesnt remember the
opening scene in the 1992 Tarantinos cult hit where eight (not DC ward) members discuss business" only this aint a goddamn f****** city council meeting you know…" The members were: the council" boss and his son plus Mr. Brown Mr. White Mr. Blonde Mr. Blue Mr. Orange and Mr. Pink. The scene also reveals to us that Mr. Purple has some other job" four other people applied for Mr. Blacks position while a Mr. Yellow might be in the combination.
But let us not digress. On June 19 2018 Washington DC will hold its
Democratic primaries a futile exercise" for many DC voters. In the overwhelmingly Democratic city the party primaries are always a strong indicator for the general election winners.
Interesting fact: during the June 14 2016 primaries it turned out that three opponents of Mayor Muriel Bowser won seats in the DC Council.
Washington DC has 13
council members five elected at-large including the chairman and one for each of the eight city wards.
The veteran at-large member Mr. Orange (Vincent) lost to Mr. White (Robert) and the seats for the eastern wards 7 and 8 were won by the DC former mayor Mr. Gray (Vincent) against Bowsers then incumbent protge Yvette Alexander while Mr. White (Trayon) won against Mrs. Pink (LaRuby May) respectively. This put the mayor in a truly
Mexican standoff similar to the one in the last scene of the movie since she will face in the next period opposition to her legislative agenda.
Bowser is a party super-delegate like another
Mr. Brown (Michael).
As a mayor she has become (in)famous for her first two
trips abroad to China and Cuba in order to explore" attracting investors. In China she was accompanied by many donors of a PAC sustaining her agenda who accepted unlimited contributions using a legislative loophole regulating off-year fundraising.
During the November 8 2016 elections she pushed hard for
DC statehood by holding a non-constitutional local referendum in order to take out of the magician hat three Democratic rabbits (2 senators and 1 representative that is) in a heavily Republican U.S. Congress.
In the recent months of 2018 as education-related scandals hit Bowsers administration speculation grew about a primary challenge from ex-mayor Mr. Gray (Vincent) or council member Mr. White (Robert C. Jr.)
Mr. Gray another interesting character was a one-term mayor involved in a
campaign finance corruption scandal that prevented him for a second term and paved the way for Bowser.
In 2016 Mr. Gray won the DC Council seat in Ward 7 with a message against the city rampant crime rate (that has doubled since 2015) and Bowsers
populist pro affordable housing" policies although the city is worldwide known for its intense gentrification process. He also declared that running again for mayor is a possibility.
The filing deadline for the 2018 primaries was 5 p.m. Wednesday March 22 and Mr. Gray decided that he wouldnt run in the DC primary. The ex-mayor didnt rule out a general election race against Bowser a move that would require him to change his party registration.
Reason: he he had been urged to challenge the mayor by residents unhappy with recent scandals in the public school system.
As for Mr. White he said he would not run. Reason: bad timing for his family since his daughter is 18 months old.
And so while the Democratic primaries are pretty much over the Reservoir Dogs of Washington DC are back in business!
NOTE - A version of the article was published previously in AMERICAN THINKER.
Tiberiu Dianu has published several books and a host of articles in law politics and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington DC and can be followed on MEDIUM.
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