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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I lived EOTP, it was common for me and neighbors to drive kids to Forest Hills Playground or to Rose Park or Palisades. That SHOOTERS ran across this playground at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon blows my mind. And basically crickets from the political class and somewhat of a shrug from residents. No community meeting scheduled as of yet...

https://dgs.dc.gov/page/dgs-forest-hills-park--play-dc-playground-project

3 shots were fired, 1 hit the victim, what do people think will protect you or your kids on the sidewalk from the other 2 as you go to the park, tennis courts, BreadFurst or Politics & Prose in broad daylight on a weekend?

If the provisions limiting the criminal background screenings and evictions were changed and landlords were held responsible for results or become ineligible for program, things would change. Too much money being made from status quo, I suppose. The WP series on Sedgewick Gardens laid out how disruptive tenants can be used to clear buildings of below market rent stabilized tenants and those who have the resources to exercise TOPA. [/quote]

Curious- why didn’t you walk to your local playground? Or drive to one closer to your home? [/quote]

DP but I almost find the naïveté here charming.

I also lived EOTP, walking distance to several playgrounds, and shootings in the vicinity were a thing more than once.[/quote]

+1, but also, safety aside, did no one ever go to a different park just because you were sick of the ones near home? Admittedly, the shootings at the closest one to our house made for a compelling additional reason to go elsewhere, but still. [/quote]

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