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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone in Ward 3 please run against Cheh?[/quote]

Yup -if she had any backbone she would have stood up to the ridiculous Hearst neighbors years ago and we'd have been enjoying a pool in our own neighborhood rather than having to drive 20 minutes and spend money.

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Petar Dimtchev is running against her: https://petarforward3.com/home/[/quote]

The pools at Uphsur, Volta and Jelleff are less than a 20 min drive and free.  Have you tried them out?   [/quote]

Yup been to all 3 -  myself and my neighbors want, and [b]deserve,  a pool in our own neighborhood[/b]. A pool our kids can get to on their own.  A pool we can walk or ride our bikes to.  Or take the bus to.  Or get to in 3 minutes if we decide to drive.  A pool where we are likely to run into our neighbors, none of whom are going across town for a pool.  A pool that is close enough that it would be worth our time to go to for an hour at the end of the day instead of being a half day expedition.  A pool that is close enough our kids could on their own participate in an aquatics program or swim team.

But CP keeping on being NIMBY's - Mary Cheh is listening unfortunately.[/quote]

Ah, the deserving poor....[/quote]

Ah, the anguished wealthy of Cleveland Park, having to share their public park with.... the public.[/quote]

You've clearly never been to Hearst Park on a weekend in the fall and spring soccer seasons when there are nonstop games from 8 in the morning until 6 in the evening, involving hundreds of players and family members coming and going from Hearst.  Hearst is not, and has never been, a private park.  In fact, the concern with the pool is that it will impact the facilities (tennis courts, field, etc.) that the PUBLIC uses during most of the year, for a facility that will sit empty at least nine months out of the year.[/quote]

Actually I've been to Hearst Park many, many times.  The only time that park is used with any intensity is by Stoddert on Saturdays in the spring and fall.  And there is just one field so there have never, ever, been hundreds of players and family members coming and going it just might feel like that if you are paranoid and peering out from behind your curtain.

The reality is that most of the year, including when the weather is nice, hardly anyone is using the park. Including the tennis courts which are barely used.

In any case this is a dumb argument by the opponents - the latest proposal would not touch the soccer field and would only impact the barely used tennis courts.[/quote]

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