Parking illegally for church not ticketed?

[Anonymous]

There are explicit parking signs on Chevy Chase Circle and on Corcoran Street in DuPont and elsewhere that says "no parking except on Sundays from 9 am to 2 pm" or whatever-- this is not a secret

On the double parking and wrong side parking, I doubt there are signs in most instances but again this is hardly a new development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

The city is enforcing the law in a discriminatory manner (favoring religion). It's a constitutional violation. Not to mention that it makes driving around places like Lincoln Park 100 times more dangerous because children can dart out from between parked cars. There's a reason there's no parking signs there.

Oh!!! The OUTRAGE!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Churches have some leeway in their parking.

and historically black congregations seem to have even more leeway, even though a lot of their worshippers no longer live in DC and drive in from the 'burbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

The city is enforcing the law in a discriminatory manner (favoring religion). It's a constitutional violation. Not to mention that it makes driving around places like Lincoln Park 100 times more dangerous because children can dart out from between parked cars. There's a reason there's no parking signs there.

Oh!!! The OUTRAGE!!!

Chill out. I know it's terrible that it slows you down getting to hot yoga on Sunday morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You must be new around here. Church goers in DC are not required to follow the law.

This has been a battle for years and years. I don't even live in DC proper and I am familiar with the residents vs black churchgoers (who travel to the city for church) war that has been waged for years. Lots of media coverage. Church has been winning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

The city is enforcing the law in a discriminatory manner (favoring religion). It's a constitutional violation. Not to mention that it makes driving around places like Lincoln Park 100 times more dangerous because children can dart out from between parked cars. There's a reason there's no parking signs there.

Oh!!! The OUTRAGE!!!

Exactly. Hopefully there will be a ruling in front of the Supreme Court soon !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

I am confused. If its not the folks who live here now who get to set policy, who is it?

[Anonymous]

Oh FFS, I live near Lincoln Park. What is the big deal about church goers parking around it for a few hours on Sunday? You whiners are an embarrassment, you really are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Churches have some leeway in their parking.

and historically black congregations seem to have even more leeway, even though a lot of their worshippers no longer live in DC and drive in from the 'burbs.

lol when DH first moved here with me (I'm from the area originally), we were driving to a diner in Silver Spring and I circled the block looking for parking. Turned onto the wrong street and was confronted by the post-service hordes spilling into the street and chatting by their triple-parked cars. I said, "oh no, black church!", threw it into reverse, and got out of there. DH was confounded until I explained. Welcome to DC!

TBF I'm sure this would happen in the 'burbs too except we have ample parking. Our church's lot does fill up and then some on the major holidays though, which I'm sure the neighbors don't love.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

I am confused. If its not the folks who live here now who get to set policy, who is it?

I'd say it's pretty clear that the folks who live there now DON'T get to set the policy.

You don't get to move into a neighborhood and transform it just because YOU live there now. Life doesn't work that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

I am confused. If its not the folks who live here now who get to set policy, who is it?

I'd say it's pretty clear that the folks who live there now DON'T get to set the policy.

You don't get to move into a neighborhood and transform it just because YOU live there now. Life doesn't work that way.

Parking enforcement is a policy set by the District govt. In most cities the local government answers to the wishes of voters. In DC, that would include all voters in DC, but not residents of the suburbs, I would think.

Why do former residents who now live in another state get to set parking policy in the District?

[Anonymous]

Born and raised in DC - can you people quit with the "new around here" BS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

The city is enforcing the law in a discriminatory manner (favoring religion). It's a constitutional violation. Not to mention that it makes driving around places like Lincoln Park 100 times more dangerous because children can dart out from between parked cars. There's a reason there's no parking signs there.

Oh!!! The OUTRAGE!!!

So I can choose what laws I want to follow? Good to know that's how this city works. I choose that anyone not born and raised in this city has to pay an asshole tax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

I am confused. If its not the folks who live here now who get to set policy, who is it?

I'd say it's pretty clear that the folks who live there now DON'T get to set the policy.

You don't get to move into a neighborhood and transform it just because YOU live there now. Life doesn't work that way.

You obviously don't live in DC. The people who go to the churches in DC don't LIVE there - they live in MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the way church parking has worked for decades.

Just because YOU live here now, doesn't mean you get to transform every detail of the neighborhood into something that fits your idea of how things "should be".

Those people at the church were parking like that 30 years before you bought your renovated, subdivided human filing cabinet with granite countertops and bamboo floors.

So just accept it as part of living in a city.

But I couldn't get my parked car (and I had a sticker allowing me to park near my cheap townhouse on capital Hill) out on Sundays because I was blocked by cars going to the Ebenezer United Methodist Church at 400 D Street SE. When I walked over to ask the ushers what I was supposed to do (it was urgent) they laughed at me. I wrote a letter to the pastor and he sent back a very ugly nasty letter. So much for Christianity.