Mary Cheh has turned Cleveland Park/Cleveland Park North into her personal political asset

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

[Anonymous]

GGW, Ward 3 Vision, CCCP Smart Growth are the sleazy face of the DC Smart Growth industry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.

What they’re building right next to Fannie Mae is ugly and overwhelming. “Smart Growth”?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.

What they’re building right next to Fannie Mae is ugly and overwhelming. “Smart Growth”?

Yeah, I'm over it. Especially since the smart growth people don't seem to 'count' any of this development when they make their arguments for further development. Is there an organization that is the opposite of smart growth and how does one join?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.

What they’re building right next to Fannie Mae is ugly and overwhelming. “Smart Growth”?

Yeah, I'm over it. Especially since the smart growth people don't seem to 'count' any of this development when they make their arguments for further development. Is there an organization that is the opposite of smart growth and how does one join?

People across DC neighborhoods need to come together and form one. There are organizations that have tried to take on the DC Smart Growth Inc machine, like community associations, historic preservation groups, and the Committee of 100, but then but they become targets of the attack machine. DC Smart Growth “groups” like Ward 3 Vision and CP Smart Growth have gone around claiming that people who want to keep aspects of their neighborhoods like green space, pedestrian scale, and historic resources are somehow perpetuating “racism.” No one wants to ensure attacks like that. What’s really rich is that it’s some of the same folks associated with both groups who bring experience in GOP attack politics to the local level and will say anything to advance the special economic interests of their clients.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.

What they’re building right next to Fannie Mae is ugly and overwhelming. “Smart Growth”?

Matter of right. Not Transit Oriented Development. So it is infill, but not "smart growth" - sorry to burst your bubble.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.

What they’re building right next to Fannie Mae is ugly and overwhelming. “Smart Growth”?

Yeah, I'm over it. Especially since the smart growth people don't seem to 'count' any of this development when they make their arguments for further development. Is there an organization that is the opposite of smart growth and how does one join?

Its called the Committee of 100 on the Federal City. Have fun!

[Anonymous]

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People across DC neighborhoods need to come together and form one. There are organizations that have tried to take on the DC Smart Growth Inc machine, like community associations, historic preservation groups, and the Committee of 100, but then but they become targets of the attack machine. DC Smart Growth “groups” like Ward 3 Vision and CP Smart Growth have gone around claiming that people who want to keep aspects of their neighborhoods like green space, pedestrian scale, and historic resources are somehow perpetuating “racism.” No one wants to ensure attacks like that. What’s really rich is that it’s some of the same folks associated with both groups who bring experience in GOP attack politics to the local level and will say anything to advance the special economic interests of their clients.

You have it backwards. The Smart Growth groups sprang up in response to the hyper-NIMBYism of the entrenched city and community groups. Ward 3 Vision was specifically born in response to the Tenley Neighborhood Association (which isn't even a real group) and the Friendship Neighborhood Association fighting every development proposal on the upper Wisconsin Avenue Corridor. Actually, I take that back, They were fighting even having a conversation about it, through the Upper Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Study.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/253129/wisconsin-badgers/

And yes, perpetuating "small town feel" on corridors well served by buses and a billion dollar metro all to retain "neighborhood (read White) character, is in fact racist and protective of the racists past of these neighborhoods. You clearly don't want to acknowledge the research and evidence of this posted earlier in this thread, but that is ok, because anyone following this thread or reading along sees it for what it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hydrology, erosion etc are all here

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/hearst-park-and-pool-improvement-project

It doesn’t say anything about pumping water in perpetuity. And what happens when the pumps fail. And pretty indicative illustrations are not a reforestation or tee canopy restoration plan.

You are reaching now.

She needs to reach for her meds - I'm sure the post blaming this all on Trump is coming any moment now.

Oh - Did GGW, Ward (3) Vision and “CCCP Smart Growth” also push the Hearst Park pool as “vibrant urbanism”?

I'm actually somewhat surprised GGW hasn't written 15 blog posts opposing the use of parkland for recreational purposes when a sterile 80-unit luxury condo building could have been erected there. Such a waste of space to give the public something that everyone can enjoy when that space could have become 80 one-bedroom condos.

GGW has essentially written this very thing about Northwest DC’s two land trust conservancies - transit-accessible, would have been better for Smart Growth, yada yada yawn.

I'm so very tired of them..I watched when Columbia Heights metro came in and we were all so excited about some transformation of offerings. Instead, it looks and feels worse than before. Not because development is bad, but because rushed, souless development that doesn't take the neighborhood into account is..it also is very hard /impossible to undo the cement pour.

That all happened pre "smart growth" - no way DCUSA happens today.

What they’re building right next to Fannie Mae is ugly and overwhelming. “Smart Growth”?

Yeah, I'm over it. Especially since the smart growth people don't seem to 'count' any of this development when they make their arguments for further development. Is there an organization that is the opposite of smart growth and how does one join?

People across DC neighborhoods need to come together and form one. There are organizations that have tried to take on the DC Smart Growth Inc machine, like community associations, historic preservation groups, and the Committee of 100, but then but they become targets of the attack machine. DC Smart Growth “groups” like Ward 3 Vision and CP Smart Growth have gone around claiming that people who want to keep aspects of their neighborhoods like green space, pedestrian scale, and historic resources are somehow perpetuating “racism.” No one wants to ensure attacks like that. What’s really rich is that it’s some of the same folks associated with both groups who bring experience in GOP attack politics to the local level and will say anything to advance the special economic interests of their clients.

Yes, my spouse attends ANC meetings to share a different (than Smart growth) perspective and this captures the gist of the comments from the reps they deploy to the meetings. They are organized and have loads of rhetoric and talking points. The old methods of showing up for meetings and voicing opinions are clearly not enough to take them on. We need to do more. How do we start this in motion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

People across DC neighborhoods need to come together and form one. There are organizations that have tried to take on the DC Smart Growth Inc machine, like community associations, historic preservation groups, and the Committee of 100, but then but they become targets of the attack machine. DC Smart Growth “groups” like Ward 3 Vision and CP Smart Growth have gone around claiming that people who want to keep aspects of their neighborhoods like green space, pedestrian scale, and historic resources are somehow perpetuating “racism.” No one wants to ensure attacks like that. What’s really rich is that it’s some of the same folks associated with both groups who bring experience in GOP attack politics to the local level and will say anything to advance the special economic interests of their clients.

You have it backwards. The Smart Growth groups sprang up in response to the hyper-NIMBYism of the entrenched city and community groups. Ward 3 Vision was specifically born in response to the Tenley Neighborhood Association (which isn't even a real group) and the Friendship Neighborhood Association fighting every development proposal on the upper Wisconsin Avenue Corridor. Actually, I take that back, They were fighting even having a conversation about it, through the Upper Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Study.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/253129/wisconsin-badgers/

And yes, perpetuating "small town feel" on corridors well served by buses and a billion dollar metro all to retain "neighborhood (read White) character, is in fact racist and protective of the racists past of these neighborhoods. You clearly don't want to acknowledge the research and evidence of this posted earlier in this thread, but that is ok, because anyone following this thread or reading along sees it for what it is.

It’s really stunning when the owner of the Trump polling firm blogs on behalf of two developer-funded Smart Growth astroturf groups that people who want to preserve green and historic features of their neighborhoods are “racist.”

[Anonymous]

Ward 3 Vision was specifically born in response to the Tenley Neighborhood Association (which isn't even a real group)

Is “Ward” 3 Vision even incorporated? Why doesn’t it disclose its sources of funding?