First day drop off -- MD tags

[Anonymous]

She's probably already a mom photographer, so it's not such a reach. After all, what's wrong with following cars with a camera and taking pictures of people without their permission? I'm sure nothing bad will ever come from that. After all, if they're not doing anything wrong, why would they mind being followed by a yoga-pansted, pony-tailed, mom in a crv?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's probably already a mom photographer, so it's not such a reach. After all, what's wrong with following cars with a camera and taking pictures of people without their permission? I'm sure nothing bad will ever come from that. After all, if they're not doing anything wrong, why would they mind being followed by a yoga-pansted, pony-tailed, mom in a crv?

She's not following anyone, residency fraudster. She's just taking pictures of cars with MD tags that pull up to the curb to drop off kids at her DC's school.

Why do you care? Are you...

a. the MD resident co-parent of a DC resident child
b. the DC resident employer of a MD resident nanny
c. the DC resident parent of a child with active MD resident grandparents
d. the DC resident parent who can't be bothered to register a car in DC
e. the DC resident parent driving a MD tagged rental cal
f. other excuse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's probably already a mom photographer, so it's not such a reach. After all, what's wrong with following cars with a camera and taking pictures of people without their permission? I'm sure nothing bad will ever come from that. After all, if they're not doing anything wrong, why would they mind being followed by a yoga-pansted, pony-tailed, mom in a crv?

She's not following anyone, residency fraudster. She's just taking pictures of cars with MD tags that pull up to the curb to drop off kids at her DC's school.

Why do you care? Are you...

a. the MD resident co-parent of a DC resident child
b. the DC resident employer of a MD resident nanny
c. the DC resident parent of a child with active MD resident grandparents
d. the DC resident parent who can't be bothered to register a car in DC
e. the DC resident parent driving a MD tagged rental cal
f. other excuse

g. a DC government employee who lives in MD and used a false DC address and a DCPS connection to get her kid into a decent school with great aftercare on her route to work, and is worried about what will happen if DC puts more focus on residency fraud.

[Anonymous]

I am none of those. I'm zoned for Deal. Legally. And I drive a car with DC plates, also legally, because I live in DC. I just can't believe how obsessive this woman is on this topic.

[Anonymous]

I was nearly sideswiped by a mom with Maryland plates dropping off this morning at Perry St Prep. Car had a Washington Hospital sticker so not a rental, mom was in scrubs, and the kids called her mommy. Two possibilities- mom is residency cheating or they legitimately share custody with a DC parent. Given Perry St Prep's rep I'm going to go with residency cheater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was nearly sideswiped by a mom with Maryland plates dropping off this morning at Perry St Prep. Car had a Washington Hospital sticker so not a rental, mom was in scrubs, and the kids called her mommy. Two possibilities- mom is residency cheating or they legitimately share custody with a DC parent. Given Perry St Prep's rep I'm going to go with residency cheater.

Most likely a cheater. Lots of these folks have inherited homes or apartments in the District and then rent them out. But all their mail is still tied to the rental and they file taxes in the District (and still claim the Homestead Deduction). This is how those two MPD cops got busted - they had to take their tenant to court for eviction proceedings (meanwhile, family lived full time in Accokeek and had kids in the MMJK-Deal-Wilson feeder pattern)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was nearly sideswiped by a mom with Maryland plates dropping off this morning at Perry St Prep. Car had a Washington Hospital sticker so not a rental, mom was in scrubs, and the kids called her mommy. Two possibilities- mom is residency cheating or they legitimately share custody with a DC parent. Given Perry St Prep's rep I'm going to go with residency cheater.

Most likely a cheater. Lots of these folks have inherited homes or apartments in the District and then rent them out. But all their mail is still tied to the rental and they file taxes in the District (and still claim the Homestead Deduction). This is how those two MPD cops got busted - they had to take their tenant to court for eviction proceedings (meanwhile, family lived full time in Accokeek and had kids in the MMJK-Deal-Wilson feeder pattern)

DC can be such a Third World-style corrupt place -- the cops are even in on the fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am none of those. I'm zoned for Deal. Legally. And I drive a car with DC plates, also legally, because I live in DC. I just can't believe how obsessive this woman is on this topic.

Again, why do you care? Some people are offended by criminal behavior, and others are not. Either way, it's still criminal.

[Anonymous]

Why don't I care? Because it is not my job to investigate residence fraud. It is also not my job to judge how someone else lives their lives or raises their children. I also do not care because I take "innocent until proven guilty" seriously. I see a care with Maryland plates, the only thing I assume is that the family had been through the same vetting process I have--and if their child is a part of my school's community, they are just as valued, and just as important as my own twee little snowflake.

I would be more concerned about the children of a parent like you--someone who is so obsessed with being a vigilante law-protector--that they're standing on a street corner photographing license plates. You think you're a good example to your kids? Explaining to them that some of their classmates parents are, (as you said many times) "criminals?" According to the statistics you yourself provided, the majority of investigations do not probe fraud... so tell me, how do you explain later to little Ruby and Bridget later that their friends whose parents you said might be dirty cheaters, are in fact, not?

Or is this practice something you hide from your children? Like you weekly bong hits and sporadic bulemia?

[Anonymous]

I guess I lied when I said I don't judge other parents. I am judging the hell out of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't I care? Because it is not my job to investigate residence fraud. It is also not my job to judge how someone else lives their lives or raises their children. I also do not care because I take "innocent until proven guilty" seriously. I see a care with Maryland plates, the only thing I assume is that the family had been through the same vetting process I have--and if their child is a part of my school's community, they are just as valued, and just as important as my own twee little snowflake.

I would be more concerned about the children of a parent like you--someone who is so obsessed with being a vigilante law-protector--that they're standing on a street corner photographing license plates. You think you're a good example to your kids? Explaining to them that some of their classmates parents are, (as you said many times) "criminals?" According to the statistics you yourself provided, the majority of investigations do not probe fraud... so tell me, how do you explain later to little Ruby and Bridget later that their friends whose parents you said might be dirty cheaters, are in fact, not?

Or is this practice something you hide from your children? Like you weekly bong hits and sporadic bulemia?

Oh look, I guess one of the residency cheaters decided to drive over the MD state line in her Escalade and join the party in the District. And of course, she resorts to personal attacks as she tells everyone to "MYOB!!!!"

Any legit District taxpayer with half a brain can tell you why the cheating is an issue - IT CAUSES MY TAXES TO STAY HIGH! I'm all for giving District kids - of any socioeconomic background - a great education. I'm happy to pay my taxes for that. But I don't want to foot the bill for MD and VA parents who want to leech off our decent charters and cheap after-care programs that are conveniently near their District offices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't I care? Because it is not my job to investigate residence fraud. It is also not my job to judge how someone else lives their lives or raises their children. I also do not care because I take "innocent until proven guilty" seriously. I see a care with Maryland plates, the only thing I assume is that the family had been through the same vetting process I have--and if their child is a part of my school's community, they are just as valued, and just as important as my own twee little snowflake.

I would be more concerned about the children of a parent like you--someone who is so obsessed with being a vigilante law-protector--that they're standing on a street corner photographing license plates. You think you're a good example to your kids? Explaining to them that some of their classmates parents are, (as you said many times) "criminals?" According to the statistics you yourself provided, the majority of investigations do not probe fraud... so tell me, how do you explain later to little Ruby and Bridget later that their friends whose parents you said might be dirty cheaters, are in fact, not?

Or is this practice something you hide from your children? Like you weekly bong hits and sporadic bulemia?

Are you one of those people who also refuses to answer questions posed by the police when a rape, murder, assault, etc. happens in your neighborhood? Do you look the other way and MYOB then as well? Are you, as the rest of us suspect, a residency cheater.

Oh, and I do hide my frequent bong hits and sporadic BULIMIA from my kids. Those activities are have no victims and are not crimes, at least not in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't I care? Because it is not my job to investigate residence fraud. It is also not my job to judge how someone else lives their lives or raises their children. I also do not care because I take "innocent until proven guilty" seriously. I see a care with Maryland plates, the only thing I assume is that the family had been through the same vetting process I have--and if their child is a part of my school's community, they are just as valued, and just as important as my own twee little snowflake.

I would be more concerned about the children of a parent like you--someone who is so obsessed with being a vigilante law-protector--that they're standing on a street corner photographing license plates. You think you're a good example to your kids? Explaining to them that some of their classmates parents are, (as you said many times) "criminals?" According to the statistics you yourself provided, the majority of investigations do not probe fraud... so tell me, how do you explain later to little Ruby and Bridget later that their friends whose parents you said might be dirty cheaters, are in fact, not?

Or is this practice something you hide from your children? Like you weekly bong hits and sporadic bulemia?

The kids are generally minors, so I don't consider them criminals. It is their cheating parents, who make their schooling decisions, who are criminals. They need to be held to account for their fraud and theft of services, not to mention retroactive tuition payments.

[Anonymous]

At this point I think this thread, titled "first day of school" remains active until the last day of school.

[Anonymous]

About six years ago at my DS's former elementary school it came out at a school fair that a family lived in Maryland. The mother just brushed it off and said she worked for the DC government which made her kids eligible for DCPS. I didn't think much of it at the time but since found out that DC govt workers who live out of DC have no special rights to send their kids to DC schools.