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“Dear PoPville,
Earlier today (Tuesday), I happen to hear the street sweeper coming down my street (R NW in Dupont) and looked out to see him passing by (thankfully, all of the cars were moved). He left behind a trail of leaves so he backed all the way up to the start and made a second pass. There was still a little debris left so he backed up again and made a third pass – the street is totally clean now! I was so impressed that I emailed a general DPW email address to thank them. 15 minutes later, I received this response:
“Thank you for contacting the Department of Public Works with this beautiful compliment. Our teams work very hard, and they will appreciate the time you took to acknowledge their services. We are DC residents as well and care about our communities cleanliness. We take pride in the District services we provide to our constituents. Again, thank you so much for showing appreciation to our DPW Street Sweeping Team member. We will ensure that he will receive this message from SWMA Leadership.”
I know DC government isn’t perfect but sometimes they do a great job!”