As “prequeled” yesterday, GM attended a brutal marathon-like ANC meeting Monday night. After a long warm-down run and a good night’s sleep, GM is now ready to give an account of the race. Along the way, we’ll pass sewage pipes, cupcakes, and yet another rejected curb cut. Make sure to carbo load and stretch and [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘WASA’
August 14, 2009
The Morning Metropolitan
Good Friday morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Georgetown University and 29th and P identified as needing special attention from WASA for their fire hydrants. Take a tour of Georgetown’s Herring Hill on Saturday. GM doesn’t know about you, but everytime he visits the Georgetowner website all his anti-virus alarms go crazy. Do you get malware [...]
August 3, 2009
After Cafritz Fire, Do You Feel Safe?
Even before the embers of Peggy Cafritz’s home ceased smoldering, residents throughout the District began wondering whether the fire hydrant on their street has the pressure to put out a fire at their house. After the Georgetown Library fire two years ago, Georgetown residents are particularly worried about the matter. It’s not the first time [...]
April 13, 2009
CAG Hosts WASApalooza
Tonight the Citizens Association of Georgetown held its April meeting and the subject of the evening was WASA. WASA Engineering and Technical Services Director David McLaughlin gave the audience a detailed breakdown of all the big projects the agency is planning for the next decade or so, both citywide and in Georgetown-proper. GM knows this sounds like [...]
February 2, 2009
ANC Roundup: An Apple Falls in Line
Quick and efficient, yet thorough, ANC meeting tonight. We had farmers markets, beer, grocery stores, pistols, and fire hydrants. And that was just the first half. It all led up to the finale, when Apple showed up with the tail between their legs and proposed a more traditional design. How did the Commission respond? Find [...]
January 28, 2009
Georgetown “Moderately” at Risk from Lead
According to the Post, a report was issued accusing WASA of seriously dropping the ball during the lead-in-the-water scare five years ago. The Post writes: D.C. Council members asked the city’s inspector general yesterday to investigate whether public health agencies and the water utility “negligently or intentionally” misled the public during the District’s water crisis [...]
