Bowser getting $525K in taxpayer funded improvements to her Colonial Village home

[Anonymous]

The improvements were categorized as “renovation to MPD 4th District North Office” which is the MPD guard shack at the end of her driveway.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/746504/bowsers-colonial-village-home-is-getting-525000-in-taxpayer-funded-improvements/

With all these improvements, it sounds like Bowser is running for reelection.

Local journalism is important!

[Anonymous]

Criminal

[Anonymous]

That’s a misuse of taxpayer money for sure.

[Anonymous]

Is there really a security threat necessitating a guard booth?? If so, then I guess it's fair for that to be publicly funded, but I have never heard of a DC Mayor being the subject of a threat like that.

She should 100% be paying for her own fence and retaining wall. GMAB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there really a security threat necessitating a guard booth?? If so, then I guess it's fair for that to be publicly funded, but I have never heard of a DC Mayor being the subject of a threat like that.

She should 100% be paying for her own fence and retaining wall. GMAB.

DC should really just have an official mayor's residence with built-in security, continuity of government features, and space to host official events.

Otherwise, we need to rebuild the wheel every time we have a new mayor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there really a security threat necessitating a guard booth?? If so, then I guess it's fair for that to be publicly funded, but I have never heard of a DC Mayor being the subject of a threat like that.

She should 100% be paying for her own fence and retaining wall. GMAB.

DC should really just have an official mayor's residence with built-in security, continuity of government features, and space to host official events.

Otherwise, we need to rebuild the wheel every time we have a new mayor.

Some rich person offered to donate one a decade or so ago. It was turned down for some reason.

[Anonymous]

bUT cRIme iS dOWn.

[Anonymous]

I have no problem with this. I wouldn't want to be the mayor of a large city like DC without adequate security.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:bUT cRIme iS dOWn.

But the insurrectionists might make a comeback if the orange buffoon loses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:bUT cRIme iS dOWn.

But the insurrectionists might make a comeback if the orange buffoon loses.

Amazing how LWNJs find a way to drag TFG into every.single.thread. Even one about the corrupt mayor of DC. Never change!
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The improvements were categorized as “renovation to MPD 4th District North Office” which is the MPD guard shack at the end of her driveway.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/746504/bowsers-colonial-village-home-is-getting-525000-in-taxpayer-funded-improvements/

With all these improvements, it sounds like Bowser is running for reelection.

Local journalism is important!

"Much of the work includes security upgrades to the two-story house. Documents filed with the Department of Buildings describe the replacement of a “security booth” on the property for the mayor’s Metropolitan Police Department detail, as well as the installation of a new fence behind the home and three “exterior light poles w/ integrated security cameras.” (Amusingly, some of the permits describe the project as the “renovation to MPD 4th District North Office, which may be technically accurate, but leaves out some important context.) The plans submitted to DOB also call for the widening of the home’s driveway, the replacement of a retaining wall that runs alongside it, and the installation of a new guardrail at the house’s “rear yard terrace.”"

If I were the mayor of DC, I would want these additional security upgrades. There are a lot of bonkers people out there who target elected officials, judges, etc.

[Anonymous]

"Other permits describe more cosmetic changes to the home, such as the replacement of the front door and front-facing windows, the addition of roofs over uncovered portions of the home, and renovations to the basement."

Unbelievable!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there really a security threat necessitating a guard booth?? If so, then I guess it's fair for that to be publicly funded, but I have never heard of a DC Mayor being the subject of a threat like that.

She should 100% be paying for her own fence and retaining wall. GMAB.

DC should really just have an official mayor's residence with built-in security, continuity of government features, and space to host official events.

Otherwise, we need to rebuild the wheel every time we have a new mayor.

This. Any mayor of DC needs security.

They would not need to make these improvements if they'd buy a house that could be used as the PP stated above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Other permits describe more cosmetic changes to the home, such as the replacement of the front door and front-facing windows, the addition of roofs over uncovered portions of the home, and renovations to the basement."

Unbelievable!!

You forgot the next sentence: "These projects are managed by the same private construction firms working with DGS on the security upgrades, but they are not listed among the elements of the project coordinated by the city agency, so it’s unclear whether they’re also publicly funded."

[Anonymous]

How long has she lived here WITHOUT the house upgrades? Seems like something she can pay for on her own - or get one of her developer cronies to eat the costs.