Posts Tagged ‘delaney4anc’

Delaney Loses Bigtime; Single Beers DOOMED

According to the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, 34 people voted for a write-in candidate in ANC 6B08 yesterday. That might mean 34 people voted for Arthur Delaney, the pro-single-beers candidate.
Unfortunately for single beers, over 800 people voted for four-term incumbent Neil Glick. He sent an email bragging about it to his family and [...]

DCision Video 8: Delaney Engages Future Constituents, Dispenses Pencils*

Truly a man of the people:
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*(The pencils say "Artie D.")

DCision Video 7: Delaney Speaks!

Update from Ward 6: Don't miss this hard-hitting tell-all, in which Arthur Delaney (a.k.a. Sir Pants-a-lot) holds forth on his incredible dark horse campaign, the resonance of his message, his umbrella woes, and the perils of picking Glick.
Don't be fooled by the blazer, folks. Arthur Delaney may look like your typical District politico, but [...]

DCision Video 6: Pantsgate

In which Arthur Delaney vehemently refuses to term it a "scandal."

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Delaney’s Campaign Grows Into A Movement

City Desk just called Arthur Delaney to check in on his historic campaign for an ANC post in Cap. Hill. He is standing outside his precinct at Payne Elementary. It is 5:35 p.m.
Delaney has big news. His mom has joined his campaign!
"My mom is here campaigning with me," Delaney says. "She voted for me over [...]

Ward 6 Exit Polls Reflect Delaney’s GOTV Push

According to Ward 6 exit poll surveyor Arthur Delaney, Ward 6 ANC candidate Arthur Delaney is garnering early afternoon momentum in the race.
"At least a dozen people said they voted for me," Delaney GChatted, "[and] not a single person said they wouldn't vote for me."
Is Delaney headed for a blowout? Contacted seconds later, also by [...]

The Road to 1: Capitol Hill

Delaney Projections Done Right:

I thought of all my friends from one end of the country to the other and how they were really all in the same vast backyard doing something so frantic and rushing about.

—Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Delaney Still Fighting Through Pantsgate

ANC Candidate Arthur Delaney calls in. It's 1:38 p.m.
"I decided I had to wear my other pants," Delaney says. "The spin cycle is broken." It appears running for a post on the ANC is harder than one would expect.
I scream at him to get to his precinct at Payne Elementary and start campaigning.
"I'll be over [...]

Delaney Campaign Unleashes Bold New Flier

City Desk has obtained a copy of the new campaign flier being distributed by Delaney For ANC in Ward 6. Campaign staffer Arthur Delaney (who is also the candidate (who is also a contributor to City Paper (who asked Delaney to run for ANC))) says he expects the flier to have a "devastating impact[!!!1]" [...]

Delaney Confronts Troubling Setback

Yesterday afternoon, CP contributor Arthur Delaney launched his write-in campaign for his local ANC post. He announced his historic candidacy on this blog.
At 11 a.m., City Desk checked in with Delaney's campaign. We reached the young man at his apartment/campaign headquarters.
Delaney tell us that he went by his precinct at Payne Elementary this morning to [...]

Washington City Paper Endorses Arthur Delaney for ANC 6B08

Washington City Paper is breaking all sorts of longstanding traditions to endorse Arthur Delaney for Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat 6B08.
City Paper has never endorsed candidates as an institution, typically leaving that job to crack political reporter Loose Lips. And Loose Lips has never endorsed candidates in advisory neighborhood commission races, considering those pissant offices well [...]

Last-Minute ANC Write-In Campaign Announced at Last Minute!

This afternoon Southeast Capitol Hill resident Arthur Delaney kicked off his write-in campaign for a spot on the local advisory neighborhood commission. Delaney, who is me, is campaigning entirely on a pro-single-beers platform for 6B08.
Lately, the local political establishment is united in its insistence that corner stores not sell single cans or bottles of beer [...]