Duchy Trachtenberg's Washington Post Flyer

Two things struck us about this flyer from Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg trumpeting her endorsement by the Washington Post.


First, the quote from the Post is rather selective. The flyer says:

In the at-large group, we favor three incumbents running for reelection - Duchy Trachtenberg... Ms.Trachtenberg... distinguished herself as the first of the at-large council members to sound the alarm on the county's grave fiscal problems and has been a tough and consistent voice for trimming spending and budgeting responsibly. That took courage, and she deserves reelection.

The full quote from the Post's editorial is:

In the at-large group, we favor three incumbents running for reelection -- Duchy Trachtenberg, Marc Elrich and Nancy Floreen -- plus one promising challenger, Hans Riemer.

Ms. Trachtenberg, who can be cantankerous, is not winning popularity contests on the council or with public employee unions, with whom she has tangled. But she distinguished herself as the first of the at-large council members to sound the alarm on the county's grave fiscal problems and has been a tough and consistent voice for trimming spending and budgeting responsibly. That took courage, and she deserves reelection.

Second, the flyer was not on glossy card stock, but looked like a laser-print from someone's home printer on cheap white copy paper. Since when does a candidate with more than $200,000 in the bank hand out something so amateurish?