All this talk about the Ward 4 council election has got me thinking. Since many of the candidates are using their ANC service as a springboard to the council I figured it may be worth investigating. ANC Representatives: Do you know what they do? Are they visible in your neighborhoods? I remember when I was a renter I could not care less but now that I am landed it seems like I should know what they are up to. A few months ago I was very pleased about my ANC SMD 4C10 Commissioner. In January he handed out a newsletter with lots of great information and then…nothing. I haven’t heard a peep since. Now, I know that the chair is supposed to be fantastic because I hear people talking about his good work all the time. I’m talking about our local reps. Yeah, I know I should go to the meetings but neither do you so stop judging me. Now, back to judging our local ANC reps and the Friday question of the day – Do you know what they do, and if so are you pleased with your local ANC rep?
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This is from a neighbor’s front yard. Gotta love neighbors who garden.
This is the tie and suit I wore walking home from the metro. Now tell me if you feel or have felt the same way. I despise wearing a suit from the Petworth metro. Why? Because I feel like I could not possibly stick out more. I am 99 times out of 100 the only person wearing a suit. I feel like an idiot. So tell me, am I insane? Is it just me? Ladies and gentlemen please tell me, do you feel funny wearing dress clothes home from the metro? I’m just curious is all.
Perhaps the greatest door decoration I’ve ever seen.
I can’t vouch for the validity but it is an interesting question. But I think the real important part is the last sentence of Mark Plotkin’s reply: Will some candidates drop out of the race and unite behind another candidate? From what I’ve seen, I doubt that will happen.
Petworth: Mark — I was out of town this weekend for a family
gathering. My uncle is a national labor bigwig and lives far away from
Washington He asked if I live in Ward 4; when I replied yes, he told
me that his umbrella organization is about to pump “a boatload” of
money into one of the candidate’s coffers. He told me who their
candidate is and bragged that the money was coming “from all over.” I
told him that I didn’t like what they were doing and he replied that
their candidate didn’t stand a chance unless they did this. It’s
shameful what’s happened to D.C. politics in the past four years. My
uncle lives hundreds of miles from Washington, and he has more say in
who my Council member is than I do.
Mark Plotkin: You can’t stop people from trying to raise as much money
as possible and from as many sources as possible. Bowser who is
Fenty’s candidate obviously believes that raising all this money will
eliminate any serious opposition. There could be a backlash to this.
There is still time as I said before for a candidate to emerge without
the same resources and some candidates might decide that they don’t
have a chance and unite behind somebody who has a chance. The election
is May 1 so there is still time.
I know this has been discussed by many but our bodegas leave a little to be desired. First and foremost, I understand but I despise the bullet proof glass that the cashiers work behind. It does not give one a pleasant feeling. And I know it is not a grocery store but damn can’t I get some 2% milk? My choices were soda, beer or whole milk and that was my only choice. And damn if I don’t pay premium for it too. But what do you do when you just need a few things and don’t feel like going to the grocery store. Well, unfortunately in Petworth you get some whole milk and hope for the best. To make matters even worse right when I left the store across from the metro, I was offered drugs to buy. So we got that going for us. Damn it pisses me off. I responded in the most nerdy way that I was all set and didn’t need any of the drugs (ed note: he used some slang that I never heard of) he offered. That is the first time in 4 years I’ve ever been offered drugs to buy. And right across from the metro too, where there are lots of kids. A damn sad state of affairs if you ask me.
Is this a good idea?
I just got this email from a friend of mine:
“Breaking news: Divided three-judge D.C. Circuit panel holds that the District of Columbia’s gun control laws violate individuals’ Second Amendment rights: You can access today’s lengthy D.C. Circuit ruling at this link .
Why the hell are the communist er scratch that, socialist workers of America or something like that constantly outside of the Petworth metro hawking their literature? I don’t see them outside the Dupont Circle metro or the Friendship Heights Metro or any other metro except the Petworth metro. Now, you guys are far smarter than I am. So please tell me. Is Petworth filled with Socialists? Now don’t get me wrong I like the Socialists as much as the next guy, I am even quite fond of the Socialist French Presidential candidate so I don’t really know what I am complaining about. I guess it is could be worse, how do you spell Lyndon LaRouche?
I used to be cool. I used to hit the bars every other night. I once held a record among my friends for going out three months in a row. 3 months! Now I follow open houses like I used to follow the Yankees. I get excited when I read that a grocery store may open up near my house. What happened? My friend got a new washer/dryer and I was legitimately excited. I even had envy. I wanted a new washer/dryer. A washer/dryer for the love of God. Embarrassing. Truly embarrassing.
So I encountered a tiny green ziplock bag. Maybe 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch. This made me very sad. These are the bigger issues that haven’t gone away no matter how many eatmore fried chicken’s open up. I hate these little green bags!