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Apparently, President Bush gave a speech in Petworth today about immigration. I’m not sure how I feel about that. Anyone see the motorcade?
Last night was warm and since I am of the old school I don’t have central air. Therefore, I keep the window open which is usually pretty good since these houses have good air flow. Anyway, this is a preface to say that I swear a helicopter almost hit my house last night. I’m exagerating. But I am very familiar with the slow police search choppers and the medvac choppers but this was something else. It felt so close I thought my roof was going to rip off. Anyone else experience some crazy helicopter last night? Then if the night couldn’t get any wierder I swear I heard a train blowing its whistle multiple times. Is there a train even near Petworth? I have been hit in the head a lot and I did have a few beers so maybe I just had a bizarre dream…
When encountering women’s professional bowling on tv don’t necessarily change the channel. I hadn’t seen Wendy MacPherson bowl in many years but she hasn’t lost a step. Very compelling stuff.
I just have to reiterate how beautiful it is that the Yellow line now runs all the way up to Petworth during off peak hours. It is phenomenal. We must not get complacent. I think it is only on a temperary basis. We have to ensure that this becomes permanent because there are few things worse than waiting 12 minutes for the metro at 10:00 at night. Ok, there are a lot of worse things but damn I love the yellow line.
The Washington Post has a provacative article questioning DC’s building height restrictions. The article details a Brookings scholar’s claim that the only way to rememdy DC’s space crunch in the future is to build higher. Obviously we are not talking about tomorrow but in 20 years this could be a real issue. I could imagine skyscrapers looming over Petworth in newly redeveloped areas of the Old Soldier’s Home some day. Interesting factoid revealed from the article: DC’s current height restrictions are not based on the height of the Washington Monument or the Capitol Building, rather it was born out of protests when the 160 foot Cairo apartment building was built in 1894. What do you think about height restrictions? Will it change the character of Petworth or DC as a whole? I’m intrigued by this topic are you?
The Washington Post is reporting a crushing victory by Muriel Bowser who took 4886 votes or 40.6% of the vote. The next closest challenger was Michael Brown 3269 votes or 27.16% of the vote. As I stated briefly below, with such a significant victory we should all rally behind Muriel Bowser and wish her the best of luck as our new representative. There obviously has been a wide range of opinions on this election but for the moment we must now give Muriel Bowser the opportunity to succeed. I know this may not be easy for some but from this point on I believe her success will equal our success. I hope Muriel will be a great champion for Ward 4 and a great champion for the city at large. So I’m eager to hear what you guys think…
I just saw this at 10:09 on Fox 5 news. Congratulations Muriel Bowser on your victorty. Now we must all come together to support her in her endeavors to make Ward 4 great. More to come when I get an official announcement.
Apparently, there may be some fraudelent Muriel Bowser literature being handed out saying she is #15 on the ballot, which is actually Renee Bowser. The question is, is this an error or outright fraud? City Paper has a picture of it, read it here.
Please remember to vote May 1st!