Ari Gerstman

I get the news I need on the climate report (everything here is personal)

[Sky Marchini @rhcm123]

has any man ever been more vindicated?

[Alex Taliadoros @AlexCTaliadoros]

DC had the chance to lock in lower renewable energy rates in 2018 with the Clean Energy DC Act.

As Council Committee Chair, McDuffie stripped the provision from the bill as a favor to Pepco lobbyists.

Today, DC residents are paying ~$24 more a month as a result of the decision.

[Ryan @Rybread_26]

@SpeakSamuel I watched him learn what prevailing wage law was, in real-time, while voting on prevailing wage law reform.

[Sam Peak 🇺🇸💡 @SpeakSamuel]

The character issue is my biggest reservation with McDuffie. I've met ANCs, agency workers, and constituents who all have a grievance working with him--particularly that he is unresponsive and flaky.

Favoring McDuffie over JLG means you're so cynical about her platform, coalition, and ideology that you think it would be better to elect an empty suit who has a reputation for ignoring big problems and sleeping on the job.

I'm still not sure how cynical I am, but this mayoral race is a difficult choice for many reasonable and good people.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

T’ruah means a shout, a battle cry for justice, a joyful noise that calls us toward collective liberation.

I was honored to celebrate the work of Rabbi Jill Jacobs and @truahrabbis at their gala. This year’s honorees, including New York’s own Gili Getz, remind us that solidarity is a practice.

As Tehillim teaches: “Fortunate are the ones who know this joyful shout.”

Grateful to be in this struggle for justice alongside you.

[Ryan @Rybread_26]

Yglesias is selling a fantasy where corporate deregulation magically cures a systemic housing crisis. McDuffie represents the continuation of that fantasy. JLG represents the reality: we need to build a dense city, but we must build it for the people who actually make D.C. run.🔚

[Ryan @Rybread_26]

The standard neoliberal playbook: label demands for corporate accountability or public investment as "economically illiterate." JLG doesn't deny private capital builds housing. She just refuses to let private capital hold the District’s housing policy hostage. 4/

[Ryan @Rybread_26]

1⃣ Yglesias makes a fundamental error here: he confuses developer profit margins with housing abundance for working people. The industry doesn't want an abundance of housing that lowers market rents. They want high rents, low regulations, and targeted tax abatements. 2/

[Charles Allen @charlesallen]

I see a woman who’s gracious to a departing colleague on his last day as he resigns from office, looks to find common ground, and shows value in public service. Interesting choice to turn that around and use it as fodder for a campaign ad. That choice says more than she did.

[Alex Marshall @a_r_marshall]

Looking at the number of upcoming volunteer activities for JLG vs. McDuffie tells quite the story

[Ari Gerstman @AriGerstman]

@mattyglesias You make this about ideology rather than competence because you can’t comprehend that maybe your candidate has just been telling you what you want to hear. Your insistence that I’m hard left is not only wrong but indicative of how shallow your assessment is.

[Ari Gerstman @AriGerstman]

I suppose @mattyglesias sees this as evidence of the competence necessary to build coalitions, lead the city, address hard problems and earn trust.

[Alex Marshall @a_r_marshall]

LMAO

[Ari Gerstman @AriGerstman]

@mattyglesias I think you really overemphasize professed ideology (which changes every minute with mcduffie) over capacity to govern. Ask anyone who has worked with both candidates. One will tell you what he thinks you want to hear, the other will listen.

[Josh Jacobson @joshjacobsondc]

Friends have asked me why I'm not ranking McDuffie at all. It's a story about corruption at ABCA (alcohol licensing agency) and what McDuffie did as chair of the relevant Council committee (spoiler: absolutely nothing) 1/11

[Bob Ward @BobWardDC]

One of the key questions I have is "Who is going to clean house?" And I think any of these three, in addition to their strong urbanist credentials, are going to shake up DC government.

[Ari Gerstman @AriGerstman]

@ErikTelford @jbarro I think it’s an oddity that you know that term. I’m glad you own that oddity.

[Ari Gerstman @AriGerstman]

@ErikTelford @jbarro What exactly is a strange ranger, Eric?

[Ari Gerstman @AriGerstman]

@ErikTelford Wild

[Karl Racine @KarlRacineDC]

I have known and worked with Janeese for more than a decade. She is the only candidate in this race who has prosecuted violent crime in DC Superior Court, fought for victims, and understands that real public safety requires prevention, intervention, and enforcement.