Is this the same board that endorsed a Republican for City Council, one who opposes DC statehood, just because he's a Republican?

I don't really care what they think about DC races anymore.

She is trying to hold government contractors accountable for all the tax dollars they get paid. It's making some powerful people uncomfortable. The supposed scandal, conducting a poll for an election you're not running in, only happened because we don't have ranked choice voting so she had to figure out which candidate to strategically support.

WaPo opinion piece?

Pass

Hey OP, this is your 3rd post about Silverman in the last 2 weeks. What position do you have in Niosi's campaign? Or do you just really want a republican on the Council?

You’re 100% apart of the oppositions campaign.

It’s not actually the “Board”, but rather one Republican who lives in Silver Spring and to whom the rest of the Board has delegated coverage of local politics.

For sure. That post history says it all.

Fart noise

anti-Silverman astroturfing reddit has to be one of the biggest wastes of your time OP

This is embarrassing for the Post considering our city's political history.

Did she or did she not commit a pretty deliberate violation of DC’s public campaign finance law? I could care less about Elissa Silverman (could not tell you anything about her competence, political views, or her opponent, feel free to comb through my post history) but reading that article made it seem like a bizarre own goal which undermines her credibility as a trustworthy politician.

Wasn’t this debunked?

EDIT: I can do my own debunking. In your words later in this comment thread you stated that the person who has been delegated the local WaPo political endorsements is “Jo-Ann Armao is the editor covering local politics.”

The woman in question penned an article defending Planned Parenthood in 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/07/15/dont-rush-to-judge-planned-parenthood/ .

And also voted for Hillary Clinton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/08/win-or-lose-clinton-has-done-something-remarkable/ . So yeah, not a Republican.

Just an opposition supporter that would like to see fresh blood on the Council. Just sharing for others that feel the same.

True

Eh, you might be right. And I know this subreddit may not be my target audience, but I do my part to spread the word for people that feel the same as me.

Don’t think so. I haven’t seen anything in any event.

Yeah I’m 100% sure that I’ve seen this debunked on Reddit, so I’m pretty sure you’re spreading misinformation. I’m away from my computer but I can find it specifically if you need me to but I think you should probably delete your post.

EDIT: Here is the debunking. In your words you stated that the person who has been delegated the local political endorsements is “Jo-Ann Armao is the editor covering local politics.”

The woman in question penned an article defending Planned Parenthood in 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/07/15/dont-rush-to-judge-planned-parenthood/ . You’re just blatantly spreading textbook misinformation.

And also voted for Hillary Clinton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/08/win-or-lose-clinton-has-done-something-remarkable/ . I mean cmon this is all easily proveable.

I feel like using the "there are dozens of us" gif would be greatly overstating how many people on this sub feel the same as you.

> Niosi

Am I out of touch? Is Niosi going to crack 10% of votes? 5%?

Yes. Please find it for me.

Sure, and in the meantime, do you have any evidence whatsoever that the “Views of the Editorial Board” (seems to consist of 16 people: https://helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004745292-Leadership-of-The-Washington-Post-Opinions-section) is really just a Republican who lives in Silver Spring?

EDIT: Here, consider it debunked. In your words later in this comment thread you stated that the person who has been delegated the local WaPo political endorsements is “Jo-Ann Armao is the editor covering local politics.”

The woman in question penned an article defending Planned Parenthood in 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/07/15/dont-rush-to-judge-planned-parenthood/ .

And also voted for Hillary Clinton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/08/win-or-lose-clinton-has-done-something-remarkable/ . So yeah, not a Republican.

Do you have any evidence to support this statement?

EDIT: You don’t. In your words elsewhere in this comment thread you stated that the person who has been delegated the local WaPo political endorsements is “Jo-Ann Armao is the editor covering local politics.”

The woman in question penned an article defending Planned Parenthood in 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/07/15/dont-rush-to-judge-planned-parenthood/ .

And also voted for Hillary Clinton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/08/win-or-lose-clinton-has-done-something-remarkable/ . So yeah, not a Republican.

Yep.

I do. Jo-Ann Armao is the editor covering local politics. If you think all 16 editors and associate editors write editorials, I admire your naïveté. Here is some background for you: https://dcfordemocracy.org/2020/10/06/why-washington-post-local-endorsements-cannot-be-trusted/

Theres this article, but Im not sure where they got their info: https://dcfordemocracy.org/2020/10/06/why-washington-post-local-endorsements-cannot-be-trusted/

At some point, it just becomes common sense. Like all efficient organizations, there is a division of labor at WaPo. Local politics is delegated to her. She has established a long track record of endorsing folk like Jack Evans, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that she publishes crap like this as well. Luckily, DC voters apparently don’t give a whit what she has to say. Her endorsements have a terrible track record of winning competitive elections.

Okay that article says: “since this blogpost was published, the Washington City Paper revealed that Armao is a registered as an independent.” So not a Republican?

And it also says: “The Post delegates its local endorsements largely to one person, Jo-Ann Armao, a Republican* who lives in Montgomery County.” On what basis is this statement being made?

This is literally crazy uncle sharing fake news on Facebook tier sourcing.

EDIT: She literally penned an article defending Planned Parenthood in 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/07/15/dont-rush-to-judge-planned-parenthood/ . You’re just blatantly spreading textbook misinformation.

She also voted for Hillary Clinton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/08/win-or-lose-clinton-has-done-something-remarkable/ . I mean cmon this is all easily provable.

Yeah doesn’t say where they got that information and it also adds a note at the end that she’s an Independent. So a Republican is both not in charge of endorsements and there is no evidence that endorsements are delegated to her in the first instance.

EDIT: Some more information fully debunking your claim. In your words later in this comment thread you stated that the person who has been delegated the local WaPo political endorsements is “Jo-Ann Armao is the editor covering local politics.”

The woman in question penned an article defending Planned Parenthood in 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/07/15/dont-rush-to-judge-planned-parenthood/ .

And also voted for Hillary Clinton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/08/win-or-lose-clinton-has-done-something-remarkable/ . So yeah, not a Republican.

What’s your evidence that they delegate it to her, a registered Independent?

EDIT: You have been debunked. In your words later in this comment thread you stated that the person who has been delegated the local WaPo political endorsements is “Jo-Ann Armao is the editor covering local politics.”

The woman in question penned an article defending Planned Parenthood in 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/07/15/dont-rush-to-judge-planned-parenthood/ .

And also voted for Hillary Clinton: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/08/win-or-lose-clinton-has-done-something-remarkable/ . So yeah, not a Republican.

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It’s so nice of you to join us here, Jo-Ann.

It’s completely impossible in your simple mind that there are Republicans that could vote for Hillary and support planned parenthood. OK.