Andy Shallal for Mayor

Andy Shallal, an Iraqi American, owner of hip local restaurant chain Busboys and Poets, and all-around good guy, is running for mayor of DC.  This jaded former political operative is not easily impressed, but after hearing him speak at a private fundraiser, I put a yard sign in my front window.

Andy's the sort of candidate that's in short supply  -- someone with integrity, honesty, real-world experience, not a career politician beholden to special interests, a progressive who walks the walk.  The mission statement for his restaurants is this:

Busboys and Poets is a community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted...a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul...a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide...we believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world.

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