Elliott Payne is my councilman. He really hasn't done anything for the district , except give his blessing to already approved city projects. He really only cares about performing for the camera cameras and promoting agendas such as supporting Gaza.
I've noticed that engineers like Council President Payne can either be thoughtful and nuanced, or pushy and like to impose their top-down systemic thinking (especially around urban planning) on people, with disdain for people who think differently. Payne definitely toes the line between these two. While his public persona comes across as less strident than DSA council members, Payne's quick and eager endorsements of leftists and DSA candidates like Robin Wonsley (ward 2), Jason Chavez (ward 9), Aisha Chughtai (ward 10), Michael Wilson (parks at large), Dan Engelhart (parks district 1) and Kay Carvajal Moran (parks district 5) speaks volumes. He was also nit picky and scolding at the 9/10/25 BET meeting where he, amazingly, sided with Mayor Frey in trying to hold back a trivial amount of extra funding for the Park Board. It's unexpected because Payne obviously dislikes Frey, but also maintains that parks are important for youth---Payne effectively contradicted himself on both his positions, seemingly because he dislikes the current park commissioners who get in the way of his bike plans.
He is quite a mixed bag .
Kudos though to him for being in your show Terry
I agree. Some candidates are unwilling to risk speaking with someone who will challenge them.
Elliott Payne is my councilman. He really hasn't done anything for the district , except give his blessing to already approved city projects. He really only cares about performing for the camera cameras and promoting agendas such as supporting Gaza.
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I've noticed that engineers like Council President Payne can either be thoughtful and nuanced, or pushy and like to impose their top-down systemic thinking (especially around urban planning) on people, with disdain for people who think differently. Payne definitely toes the line between these two. While his public persona comes across as less strident than DSA council members, Payne's quick and eager endorsements of leftists and DSA candidates like Robin Wonsley (ward 2), Jason Chavez (ward 9), Aisha Chughtai (ward 10), Michael Wilson (parks at large), Dan Engelhart (parks district 1) and Kay Carvajal Moran (parks district 5) speaks volumes. He was also nit picky and scolding at the 9/10/25 BET meeting where he, amazingly, sided with Mayor Frey in trying to hold back a trivial amount of extra funding for the Park Board. It's unexpected because Payne obviously dislikes Frey, but also maintains that parks are important for youth---Payne effectively contradicted himself on both his positions, seemingly because he dislikes the current park commissioners who get in the way of his bike plans.