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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][b]No I don't d-bag[/b].

Hearst is half a mile (a 7-8 minute walk in case you don't ever walk) from two Metro stations but on several major bus routes - now I'm sure you are one of those Ward 3 residents who thinks public transit begins and ends with Metrorail but as many DC residents ride the bus every day as take Metro, including in Ward 3, so I can assure you the bus is public transit.

I'm walking distance to Wilson but it is an indoor pool so that is an irrelevant reference but perhaps you've never been there as well - if you are Hearst neighbor that would hardly be a surprise.

And no way can I get to Volta in 15 minutes and I know because my sons had years of Little League games there and we always left 30 minutes before the games - 20 minutes of driving and an extra 10 minutes to find parking and that is on the weekend and Volta is far less accessible to public transportation as it is several blocks from Wisconsin.

And your other attempts at shrinking the Ward are also inaccurate and irrelevant - what relevance is the trip time from one corner of Ward 3 to the other? The relevant measure is how convenient is the proposed pool to as many DC residents as possible and Hearst is a great location for the Ward and even residents from other parts of the city.

But the more important point is I want an outdoor pool in my neighborhood that my now older kids can get to on their own relatively quickly and where they can meet up with their friends from the neighborhood. [b]The private school crowd from CP [/b]that is fighting this probably has zero sense of that because their kids gather by social class and not neighborhood but lots of us in Ward 3 would like to have some outdoor spaces in our neighborhood where our kids can conveniently congregate in the summer.[/quote]

I should have realized your m.o., with the first line of your line of your invective, but trying to dismiss those who want to save Hearst as the "private school crowd from CP" is not only divisive, it's inaccurate.  (Admittedly a naked resort to "class" resentment is perhaps the best one can do, as it's hard to play the DC race card when the appeal is for a Ward 3 pool!)  In fact, because no one has come forward with even preliminary a site plan, Hearst school parents, as much if not more than the "private school crowd," are concerned that a pool might be built too close to the school yard or that the upper playground will be lost.

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can the Hearst upper playground be moved to where the trailer used to be?[/quote]

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