Mayoral Sprint, a 250 Mess, and D.C.'s Crazy Expensive Fire Alarm

<p>Will Sommer, senior reporter at the Bulwark and former Loose Lips columnist at Washington City Paper, joined the Dream City Podcast as guest co-host this week.</p><p></p><p>Cuneyt and Will broke down the Kenyan McDuffie vs. Janeese Lewis George sprint to the finish — the ground game, the prediction markets, the Chipotle moment, and what ranked choice voting could mean for the outcome.</p><p></p><p>Plus: DC somehow spent a million dollars on human fire alarms, Freedom 250 is a mess, and the mayoral candidates reveal their favorite DC restaurants.</p><p></p><p>00:00 Intro— Will Sommer Guest Co-Hosts <br />03:26 DC Spent $1 Million on Human Fire Alarms <br />07:09 The Mayor's Race Final Sprint <br />15:36 Mayoral Polls, Prediction Markets, and McDuffie's Chipotle Bump <br />23:18 Freedom 250 Turmoil in DC<br />30:50 Speed Round: Capital Weather Gang Goes Independent <br />32:13 Speed Round: Mayoral Candidates' Favorite DC Restaurants <br />34:28 Speed Round: Snake Experts Rate RFK Jr. <br />35:29 Speed Round: Kangaroo Boxing Club Throwback</p><p></p><p>The Dream City Podcast is supported by launch partner <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://spotlightdc.org/" target="_blank"><b>SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism</b></a>.</p><p></p><p>The Dream City Podcast will hold the powerful accountable and take you inside D.C.’s business and political worlds. Along the way: Revelatory conversations with city officials, business leaders, and the best-sourced journalists in town.</p><p></p><p>Music credit: Highway 430 by <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://app.sessions.blue/browse/track/381497" target="_blank">Blue Dot Sessions</a></p><p></p><p>The Dream City Podcast is a product of COSMOS Media LLC.</p>