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We appreciate your honesty in conceding that Hearst was the only site considered for a pool (so much for those who claim that other sites were considered and ruled out, including National Park Service property).   This is also exactly what the FOIA response confirmed.  And, as you put it, s far as hydrology and other feasibility assessments at Hearst, “who the hell knows?”
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Not the PP you are appreciating, but quite frankly, I don't care what other sites might have been formally or informally suggested. We know that the residents around Turtle Park WANTED a pool and were rebuffed. At this juncture, given the cycle of money and park rehab projects, it is Hearst or nothing for a another generation. The voters and taxpayers have worked with their elected officials, Cheh, the ANCs and the Mayor to get a public outdoor pool somewhere west of Rock Creek Park and North of Georgetown and they have listened.

As to the hydrology issues, the residents of Springland Lane have made it quite clear that run off from storms is unacceptable. The sooner it gets addressed the better, but a pool has zero impact on mitigating the runoff. In fact, the longer folks fight the pool, the more risk the Springland residents face due to delays.

There are thousands of us and a handful of you.

Please fight it vocally and make it a cornerstone campaign issue.[/quote]

This is nonsense.  The mayor made very clear at a neighborhood forum last year that the Hearst pool was Cheh’s idea and the mayor distanced herself from it.  The District agencies will tell you the same thing unofficially, which is why they did not study, weigh or recommend Hearst as a suitable pool site.  This is all on Cheh.[/quote]

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