“Dear PoPville,
My husband and I bought a new condo last year and construction seems to be wrapping on the whole block-long property. Our unit is next to an unpaved area and on our purchasing documents, it says this area is a public alleyway. Does DC have stipulations for what a public alleyway entails? I would assume that it needs to be paved…which it is not. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I desperately need some help. DC tax office sent me this notice attesting I owe them about $4,200 for the 2017 tax period however I never worked or lived in dc that year (only lived in dc April-dec 2018). I spent 3 hours on hold last week waiting to talk to tax rep with no luck. I emailed them my 2017 tax return early last week with no response. I printed 42 pages of my 2017 to walk in the office however walkins are closed and the building security said no one has come to that office in a while. Adding insult to injury, (more…)
Yesterday the above slide from the Mayor’s Situational update got a bit buried during talk about restaurants, bars, nightclubs et al reopening. So I did a poll on twitter which had some interesting results: (more…)
Big news from the Mayor’s situational update this morning: (more…)
From Audrey Fix Schaefer, Communications Director I.M.P., 9:30 Club, Lincoln Theatre, The Anthem, Merriweather Post Pavilion, via email:
“I.M.P., the 9:30 Club, The Anthem and Lincoln Theatre, along with Monumental Sports, sent Mayor Bowser this letter last Thursday, in which we offer up our facilities, people, and marketing resources to encourage everyone to get vaccinated, and offer a rational, safe approach: seeking permission to reopen two months after everyone eligible has had access to the vaccines. We propose that the Mayor allow our venues to open at full capacity beginning July 1, 2021.
While her office has acknowledged receipt, we have not received a substantive response and so we are eager to hear her address this issue during this morning’s press conference. (more…)
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Today, DC Health announced that DC residents who are 16 and 17 years old can now get vaccinated at walk-up sites and pharmacies across DC that are administering the Pfizer vaccine. Previously, DC Health was directing all 16- and 17-year-olds to register for a vaccination appointment through Children’s National, which families can still do.
Beginning today, (more…)
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From Deputy Mayor John J. Falcicchio:
“NEW — @Uber is providing a FREE roundtrip rides to the @kencen if you use the code SHOTandBEERDC
Free vaccination. Free beer. Free rides. Free sunset views.
No lines. No appointments. No worries.” (more…)
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“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to alert you to the fact that buried in the Mayor’s last Covid update about weddings is a line that states, “Standing and dancing receptions are not allowed.” (Paragraph 4 on page 9.) This is brand new, and means that starting May 1, there can be no dancing (or standing?!) at wedding receptions in DC.
M.O. 2021-060 Modified Measures in Phase Two of Washington DC Reopening
There was no warning that this restriction was coming, and as everything is opening up more and more, it took everyone completely by surprise. As a bride who postponed her DC wedding from last summer to this summer in order to keep our guests and community safe, it’s extremely disappointing that an entirely vaccainted group of individuals cannot gather for a wedding reception and dance, masked and socially distant. It is also confusing why dancing was allowed before but, as cases have gone down and more and more residents are being vaccinated, the city has now decided to ban dancing. (more…)
*update I finally found mine with some help from some patient twitter folks but it was not easy (have to save as the PDF form.)
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Today, DC Health announced the launch of DC MyIR, a web-based portal that gives District residents secure, easy, and free access to their official COVID-19 vaccination records. The portal, found at myir.dc.gov, allows users to view and print official copies of their vaccination records, and their dependents’ records, at any time. (more…)
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From the Mayor’s Office:
“Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser launched the Safer Stronger DC Summer Crime Prevention Initiative (SCI) – a coordinated effort to reduce violent crime in specific areas in the District through strategic prevention and coordinated enforcement. Every year for nearly eleven years, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has identified areas of the city that have experienced a high density of violence and utilized all available resources, including collaborative outreach, to prevent violent crime in those focus areas during the summer months, running from May 1-August 31.
“We bring the Summer Crime Prevention Initiative back each year because the data shows us that it drives down crime in the neighborhoods we target,” said Mayor Bowser. “The reason this initiative works is because it’s not just about policing and it’s not just about what MPD is doing – it’s about engaging people, providing opportunity, and working across DC Government to bring resources and supports to residents who need them.”
Through focused prevention and strategic enforcement and with the support of agency partners, SCI aims to: (more…)