Pennsylvania Ave SE Crime and Potomac Gardens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://dcist.com/2010/12/arrest_following_assault_on_pennsyl.php

Arrest for this incident?

Yes. Two interesting items from the neighborhood mailing list: First, as anybody could have guessed, the assailant was a juvenile; Second, he was pretty well-known to MPD-1D officers for involvement in various property crimes and assaults in the past; and Third, in the *incredibly* unlikely event he gets any sort of real sentence, he'll be out on the street at his 21st birthday.

I think juveniles who are convicted of violent attacks on innocents should be automatically locked away until they're 30. By then even the most damaged begin to develop a bit of self-control.

[Anonymous]

I have an idea. Judging from some of the other topics on this forum, most of you make A LOT of money. Why don't you start donating some of that moo-lah to charities and organizations, dedicated to improving the lives of those living in poor and challenged communities?

((Sound of crickets chirping))

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://dcist.com/2010/12/arrest_following_assault_on_pennsyl.php

Arrest for this incident?

Yes. Two interesting items from the neighborhood mailing list: First, as anybody could have guessed, the assailant was a juvenile; Second, he was pretty well-known to MPD-1D officers for involvement in various property crimes and assaults in the past; and Third, in the *incredibly* unlikely event he gets any sort of real sentence, he'll be out on the street at his 21st birthday.

I think juveniles who are convicted of violent attacks on innocents should be automatically locked away until they're 30. By then even the most damaged begin to develop a bit of self-control.

I don't think that anyone learns a ton of self control while incarcerated. If there was any kind of rehabilitation involved and those who were interested in improving themselves were segregated from those who are not, maybe. If you got most of the inmates good psychiatric services, some medication and some therapy, you might have a prayer of have a productive citizen emerge at 30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an idea. Judging from some of the other topics on this forum, most of you make A LOT of money. Why don't you start donating some of that moo-lah to charities and organizations, dedicated to improving the lives of those living in poor and challenged communities?

((Sound of crickets chirping))

because all too often, that money doesn't really effect any long term change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an idea. Judging from some of the other topics on this forum, most of you make A LOT of money. Why don't you start donating some of that moo-lah to charities and organizations, dedicated to improving the lives of those living in poor and challenged communities?

((Sound of crickets chirping))

because all too often, that money doesn't really effect any long term change.

Hey, give it to Jan's Tutoring House. Like I said earlier in this thread, we have kids who have graduated from college -- two of whom I know lived in Hopkins Apartments. The Tutoring House has been a great place for kids who are looking to succeed to get the kind of intellectual and social support they need. Is it a drop in the bucket? Yes, it is. But it does work for some kids.

[Anonymous]

All yall shut the fuck up , i live their BITCH

[Anonymous]

If I catch a motherfucker like you around my way. POTOMAC GARDENS your done you bitch.

Anonymous wrote:DC needs nothing short of a total overhaul of its laws regarding youth offenders, but that won't happen, so we might as well get used to this sort of thing. I just don't understand why we haven't been able to have meaningful change to these laws when individuals under the age of 18 are committing so many of the violent crimes. They're bullet-proof, in the legal sense. Out the same day, or placed in zero-security group homes where they can spend half their time consorting with even worse offenders, and half their time wandering the streets of DC "entertaining" themselves and egging each other on to worse crime.

I am also in favor of stricter control of public housing. Drug testing, employment/ service requirements, and penalties for residents found harboring fugitives. The "no snitching" culture needs to go away, and the only way to do that is to make it very, very painful to uphold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of you are racists.

NP. STHU. Signed black lady who would not dare to live over there

[Anonymous]

This thread is more than two years old. There was no need to revive it.

[Anonymous]

A NEW PROPOSAL FOR POTOMAC GARDENS !

Right now there is a status quo so to speak. Both parties are relatively unhappy. The "wealthy" Capitol Hill home owners are unhappy with the crime and the effects of the Potomac Gardens eyesore on their property values, and the Potomac Gardens residents are not happy that they have to perpetually rely on government assistance.

Perhaps in this particular situation, a creative solution that offers a win win scenario for ALL involved would be best. This idea treads on a slippery slope in some regards, but it may be the only way to move through this minefield.

I propose that the city (under partnership with a developer) offer residents of the Potomac Gardens complex a buyout offer for the units they currently live in, in return for their commitment to permanently move out of the complex. The offer would be put to a simple majority vote of the residents living at the complex. These former Potomac Garden residents would then be free to choose a better living situation that works for their individual circumstances (perhaps even home ownership).

Since Potomac Gardens is comprised of 352 units, the total cost for buying out the Potomac Gardens residents would run in the millions.

The city would buy the property from the current owner at a slight premium to market value. With the property now free for redevelopment and in the city's hands, the city would allow the developer to develop a large scale project as follows:

1)Demolish the entire current complex of buildings and temporarily replace it with park space while redevelopment plans are formalized.
2)Option to build one mixed use mega development project, OR sell off individual parcels of land
3)Include park or other outdoor gathering spaces equal to 1/4th of the total ground floor square footage.
4)Construct townhouses or retail that is consistent with capital hill architecture

If there were any issues with redevelopment feasibility, the developer could be offered tax credits by the city.

Everyone wins

[Anonymous]

Why did they put a Harris Teeter there?