Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
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Last week CAG issued a handy contact sheet for citizens. It’s a nice comprehensive list that touches on most issues that come up here in Georgetown:
■ Any illegal activity (violent crimes, theft, vandalism, noise violations, public urination, trespassing, et cetera): You must call 911 so a report is filed.
■ City services (street and sidewalk maintenance, trash, rats, trees): Call 311 and follow up if necessary. It could take several calls to resolve your issue.
■ Georgetown University student conduct issues (trash, noise, vandalism): Call the university’s 24-hour SNAP hotline, 202-687-8413. SNAP will respond to calls Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
Call both SNAP and 911 for serious violations.
■ Georgetown University off-campus student life: Contacts are director Anne Koester, at 202-687-3199 or ayk2@georgetown.edu, and Ray Danieli, at 202-687-3428 or rfd8@georgetown.edu.
■ To record complaints on the West Village People’s site, e-mail Gtown411@ymail.com. Your name will not be associated with the complaint. The recording of complaints is vital for the tracking of trends.
■ Trash violations: Charlene.Barber@dc.gov.
■ Rats: Gerard.Brown1@dc.gov or 202-535-2636.
■ Historic preservation: Start with our Web site, cagtown.org.
■ Tree issues: Call 311 or contact BestyEmes@aol.com.
■ Any illegal activity (violent crimes, theft, vandalism, noise violations,public urination, trespassing, et cetera): You must call 911 so areport is filed.■ City services (street and sidewalk maintenance, trash, rats, trees):Call 311 and follow up if necessary. It could take several calls toresolve your issue.■ Georgetown University student conduct issues (trash, noise, vandalism):Call the university’s 24-hour SNAP hotline, 202-687-8413.SNAP will respond to calls Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.Call both SNAP and 911 for serious violations.■ Georgetown University off-campus student life: Contacts are directorAnne Koester, at 202-687-3199 or ayk2@georgetown.edu, andRay Danieli, at 202-687-3428 or rfd8@georgetown.edu.■ To record complaints on the West Village People’s site, e-mailGtown411@ymail.com. Your name will not be associated with thecomplaint. The recording of complaints is vital for the tracking oftrends.■ Trash violations: Charlene.Barber@dc.gov.■ Rats: Gerard.Brown1@dc.gov or 202-535-2636.■ Historic preservation: Start with our Web site, cagtown.org.■ Tree issues: Call 311 or contact BestyEmes@aol.com.Our association’s newsletter this month goes into ■ Any illegal activity (violent crimes, theft, vandalism, noise violations,public urination, trespassing, et cetera): You must call 911 so areport is filed.■ City services (street and sidewalk maintenance, trash, rats, trees):Call 311 and follow up if necessary. It could take several calls toresolve your issue.■ Georgetown University student conduct issues (trash, noise, vandalism):Call the university’s 24-hour SNAP hotline, 202-687-8413.SNAP will respond to calls Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.Call both SNAP and 911 for serious violations.■ Georgetown University off-campus student life: Contacts are directorAnne Koester, at 202-687-3199 or ayk2@georgetown.edu, andRay Danieli, at 202-687-3428 or rfd8@georgetown.edu.■ To record complaints on the West Village People’s site, e-mailGtown411@ymail.com. Your name will not be associated with thecomplaint. The recording of complaints is vital for the tracking oftrends.■ Trash violations: Charlene.Barber@dc.gov.■ Rats: Gerard.Brown1@dc.gov or 202-535-2636.■ Historic preservation: Start with our Web site, cagtown.org.■ Tree issues: Call 311 or contact BestyEmes@aol.com.Our association’s newsletter this month goes into more
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Good Morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
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GM was informed that Jack Evans has stepped in to give it another chance and try to convince the Mayor to keep the Wisconsin branch of the Circulator. But now it really is up to us. Please, if you have just one minute, email the Mayor at Adrian.Fenty@DC.gov and let him know that Georgetown has suffered more than enough cuts in its bus service, cutting the Circulator in half would be unfair and short-sighted.
Filed under Transit
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
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Yesterday DDOT’s spokesman John Lisle confirmed that the Wisconsin branch of the Circulator has been slated for elimination. Lisle offered a list of reasons why they decided to do this. GM will list and analyze each of these reasons:
Response: We’ll have to take their word for these stats. Do you want to know why we’ll have to take their word? Because they didn’t hold any public meetings to present the proposed service cut. It’s been announced fait accompli. It hasn’t even really been officially “announced”.
Without being presented with the underlying numbers it’s impossible to argue with this statement. What does it even mean? How does one stretch of road cost more than another? How does that compare with other segments on the route?
Moreover, how does that ratio compare with the Navy Yard Circulator route? By most accounts that’s been an abysmal failure. (Perhaps that’s simply fitting since the route is designed to service Nationals games). But GM doubts the ride from M St. to Social Safeway is nearly the money pit that the ride from Union Station to Nationals Park is. But we won’t know because they didn’t make that information public.
OK, maybe. But cutting service is almost always going to save some money. So what? The question is whether the cut is fair and justified. The Wisconsin Ave. corridor has be decimated with bus service cuts. Surely they save money, but at what point do we recognize that the bus system is designed to move people around, not simply serve as budget cut fodder. Continue reading
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Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
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