Hearst Playground story in Current

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing NIMBYs abuse to get their way. See the Purple Line.

Yeah, who ever heard about doing an environmental impact statement about cementing over a park? Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

Where? Name a DPR controlled location that is close to a metro in Ward 3? And, why does it need to be near a metro? Other neighborhoods have pools, so people don't need to take a metro to this one. People want to walk and bike to this one. But yes, let's look somewhere else to place a public facility that works perfectly well at Hearst.

[Anonymous]

Who cares about having a pool in an artificial boundary that describes Ward 3. It's the dumbest thing ever. There are plenty of public pools in DC. The same logic DPR needs to build an indoor pool in Ward 2.

Also, it's clear from the post that the Mary Cheh pool supporter wants it close to her house - now we know where she lives.

"Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too."

I also know she is woefully misinformed since there are people on Porter & Ordway actively participating in efforts to stop the destruction of Hearst Park.

[Anonymous]

The one question that has been asked repeatedly but not answered is where at Hearst will the pool be located? The park is long and narrow and it's hard to envision where the pool will go without tearing other important things out. But maybe Mary Cheh is smarter than all of us and sees a way to build the pool without sacrificing existing facilities. If so, she and the DPR need to tell us. In this case, silence is not golden.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

What are the chances that none of your neighbors are not part of the 71% of the neighbors who said "YES" they would like a pool at the park. When you think about it, it's almost statistically impossible. Unless you are making it all up.

[Anonymous]

Maybe people are telling the pool naysayer what she wants to hear because they don't want to deal with her whining and self-righteousness?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

What are the chances that none of your neighbors are not part of the 71% of the neighbors who said "YES" they would like a pool at the park. When you think about it, it's almost statistically impossible. Unless you are making it all up.

The "survey" to which you are referring was not a scientific poll, but rather a self directed exercise. It's not a reliable indicator of much. Moreover, nearly everyone likes apple pie, July 4th and swimming pools. But it would have been interesting if the questions had asked if respondents supported a pool if the tradeoffs were the loss of the soccer field, the tennis courts, trees and possibly the upper playground itself, any of which (including a combination) are likely depending on the pool's site. Of course, the exact proposed pool location, or alternative locations, remain a closely-guarded DC secret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The one question that has been asked repeatedly but not answered is where at Hearst will the pool be located? The park is long and narrow and it's hard to envision where the pool will go without tearing other important things out. But maybe Mary Cheh is smarter than all of us and sees a way to build the pool without sacrificing existing facilities. If so, she and the DPR need to tell us. In this case, silence is not golden.

Commissar Cheh has decreed that she knows best, but you haff no right to know zis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

What are the chances that none of your neighbors are not part of the 71% of the neighbors who said "YES" they would like a pool at the park. When you think about it, it's almost statistically impossible. Unless you are making it all up.

How do you know that 10 houses didn't do the survey multiple times?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

What are the chances that none of your neighbors are not part of the 71% of the neighbors who said "YES" they would like a pool at the park. When you think about it, it's almost statistically impossible. Unless you are making it all up.

The "survey" to which you are referring was not a scientific poll, but rather a self directed exercise. It's not a reliable indicator of much. Moreover, nearly everyone likes apple pie, July 4th and swimming pools. But it would have been interesting if the questions had asked if respondents supported a pool if the tradeoffs were the loss of the soccer field, the tennis courts, trees and possibly the upper playground itself, any of which (including a combination) are likely depending on the pool's site. Of course, the exact proposed pool location, or alternative locations, remain a closely-guarded DC secret.

You are like a 65+ empty nester, right? Like to browse at the vacuum and lamp stores in Cleveland Park? Have not crossed 16th street since the riots? Is this you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

What are the chances that none of your neighbors are not part of the 71% of the neighbors who said "YES" they would like a pool at the park. When you think about it, it's almost statistically impossible. Unless you are making it all up.

How do you know that 10 houses didn't do the survey multiple times?

Clearly, there's one poster on this thread who did the survey something like 100 times!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:An ANC has 2000 plus or minus a handful. Except for the 20 or so people who live on idaho and Quebec, everyone else is for it. Everyone in my area of Porter, and my neighbors on Ordway all want it. We are in Margie's SMD. Everyone on her street wants it too.

Really, you are living in a bubble if you think "so many people in her area are against it."

So many people in her area fully support it and want it to happen post haste.


You keep underestimating the size of the opposition. Just keep doing that.

I live a few blocks away from Hearst. Of our neighbors: A few (mildly) favor a pool, but want it up by the school so that minimal green space is lost. Others think Hearst is too small of a location and don't want to lose the field and the tennis courts. Another question is why not locate a pool, if one is built, closer to the Metro> The general theme is that a building an outdoor pool is not a high priority right now.

What are the chances that none of your neighbors are not part of the 71% of the neighbors who said "YES" they would like a pool at the park. When you think about it, it's almost statistically impossible. Unless you are making it all up.

The "survey" to which you are referring was not a scientific poll, but rather a self directed exercise. It's not a reliable indicator of much. Moreover, nearly everyone likes apple pie, July 4th and swimming pools. But it would have been interesting if the questions had asked if respondents supported a pool if the tradeoffs were the loss of the soccer field, the tennis courts, trees and possibly the upper playground itself, any of which (including a combination) are likely depending on the pool's site. Of course, the exact proposed pool location, or alternative locations, remain a closely-guarded DC secret.

You are like a 65+ empty nester, right? Like to browse at the vacuum and lamp stores in Cleveland Park? Have not crossed 16th street since the riots? Is this you?

In fact, I am perfectly happy crossing 16th St, or going to Burleith for that matter, if I want to go to an outdoor pool. I'm not so insular that I have to have one in my ward at all costs, as if ward boundaries mean that much.

[Anonymous]

Cheh Pool Mom is still pressing the "submit" button over and over on the pool "survey."