ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 2F REGULAR MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday, September 5, 2012 – 7:00 PM WASHINGTON PLAZA HOTEL—10 THOMAS CIRCLE, NW AGENDA COMMUNITY FORUM Call to Order … Read More »ANC2F Meeting Agenda for September 5, 2012
ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 2F COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 7:00 PM The Washington Plaza Hotel # 10 Thomas Circle, NW STDs can cause scaring in the tube, ectopic pregnancy and other reproductive problems. generic levitra uk deeprootsmag.org Additionally, it has been noted that the disease progresses more… Read More »ANC2F CDC Meeting Agenda for June 27, 2012
I was disheartened, to say the least, when I learned that my colleague Nick Barron would not be running for reelection to ANC 2F. Nick stated that his decision is driven by personal reasons that involve an exciting new chapter in his life. To that, I say “bravo,” and I… Read More »Losing One of the Good Ones
This morning I parked at a metered spot behind one of DC’s famous food trucks–Seoul Food, specifically. It too was legally parked. It always warms my heart to see them, because District residents have so enthusiastically embraced them, and they symbolize the best of our entrepreneurial spirit. The thing was, though,… Read More »Random Thought of the Day
ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 2F REGULAR MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – 7:00 PM WASHINGTON PLAZA HOTEL—10 THOMAS CIRCLE, NW … Read More »ANC Agenda for May 2, 2012
On Wednesday, The Ethiopian Times, which describes itself as “the only English newspaper in the United State serving the Ethiopian community,” published a little jeremiad under the headline “Mood Lounge was not found quilty [sic]”: “The Mood Lounge has been under much scrutiny by the ANC and a select group of neighbors,… Read More »The Exquisite Timing of Mood Lounge
I’m pleased to announce that last night my colleagues elected me the new chairman of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2F’s Community Development Committee. It’s in some ways a return for me (and not a “comeback,” as Norma Desmond would say). During my first term, I served as CDC chairman for several… Read More »New Community Development Committee Chairman
The views below are mine alone and are not intended to speak for the entire ANC 2F. So Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. has resigned. Good. I blogged about this a couple of months ago. However, I didn’t call for Thomas’s resignation. Yes, it was the right thing to do, but… Read More »Councilmember Thomas Resigns; Swamp a Little Shallower
This photograph (taken by my ANC 2F-06 colleague Mike Benardo) is one of the most beautiful–and surprising–images I have seen in a long time. By way of background, Mood Lounge took over the liquor license of a former bar at the same location, along with the accompanying voluntary agreement (VA)… Read More »Mood Lounge’s Liquor License Suspended “Indefinitely” — UPDATED
A post on Shaw Deserves Better that Nick brought to my attention asks the following: “Why do problematic bars not get closed before people die?” The question at hand was the deadly violence yesterday at Heritage India in Dupont Circle: Anybody familiar with the “broken windows” theory of urban planning… Read More »Liquor Licensees: The Good, the Bad and the Violent