50 in attendance. 10 of the 50 were lawyers. most citizens were from the Chairman's Single Member District and his supporters. The lawyers did not leave with what they wanted. they were instructed to go back to the community for support instead of expecting the ANC to rubber stamp whatever the lawyers wanted.
the chinese community is not agreeing to the creation of a glass wall cutting off chinatown. the chinese refused the delivery and now the developer is scrambling. the mayor of chinatown dc, dwayne wong is having none of the developers BS. first of all, the developer got an upgrade in a land swap and now he presents an inferior solution to a challenging problem. chinese embellishments should not END at massachusetts avenue northwest.
the yale steam laundry wants to raise the elevation of the penthouse over the existing historic building 15 feet and expected the ANC to just roll. it is important to note here that Chairman thorpe asked the lawyer for yale laundry if he has presented his case to the community and mr utz responded that he'd met with ANC 6C. chairman reminded lawyer that yale steam laundry is in 2C and there were problems with this application in the past. chairman reminded lawyer that 2C has the greatest weight in this case. lawyer agreed and said he'd meet with mount vernon community soon.
the biggest drama of the night came when the ANC voted to approve the UHOP request to purchase a recreational park and turn it into a parking lot and that became a discussion on dog parks. one citizen opposing the UHOP deal was declared out of order and another who favored the idea and name called a commissioner "sitting there looking stupid" wasn't declared out of order. the park isnt surplus property, yet. web cameras and tape recorders were not allowed at this public meeting. gee, i wonder why?
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Richard
It would be great if you could go into further detail about the race riot comments overheard at the recent ANC 2C meeting.
And what, if anything, can be done to make our streets (and meetings) safe for all races, creeds, ethnicities and orientations?
Love the blog...
what park is uhop trying to steal from the citizens of dc and what can we do to stop it?
mighty
i will let others chime in on the race riot stuff if they care to.
anonymous
the fact is the park is a mess and if the city would just do it's job and FIX the LIGHTS and FIX the TENNIS COURTS like they would were the park in spring valley or georgetown AND if the police ENFORCED the closure LAWS of parks and playgrounds there would be no need for the UHOP to seek this remedy. UHOP wants to fix the situation the only way they know how, to buy the property. i signed a petition of support for this move only to learn..it's NOT FOR SALE. so, that's why i'm back to fixing the park.
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