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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trump has no interest in Fort Reno Park, one way or another.  I agree with PP, let’s do it right and put a real outdoor aquatic center at Fort Reno, where there’s lots of space.  Why build some half-baked little pool at a challenged site?.  A Hearst pool-ette is the wrong sized facility crammed into the wrong spot. This seems like a waste of taxpayers’ money.  [/quote]

Unless or until there is a concrete proposal to allow Ft Reno to be managed by the city with funding behind it, this is a losing argument. This could never happen, and certainly won't in the next 2-3 years. Hearst Pool can happen now. Just because YOU don't want a pool near YOUR house, doesn't mean the rest of us should wait til never.[/quote]

I wouldn't hold my breath.  If the pool goes forward, expect the Friends of Hearst Park, likely joined by the DC Chapter of the Sierra Club and Casey Trees Foundation, to file a lawsuit.  [/quote]

The only things I know about the Friends of Hearst Park are the ridiculous arguments its members make at the public meetings and presumably here on DCUM so I certainly can't argue against the notion that they will file a lawsuit though it remains unclear about what and on what basis they would file a lawsuit?

I do, however, happen to be very familiar with both Casey Trees and the DC Chapter of the Sierra Club having volunteered with both and served on two different committees of the Sierra Club and I've crossed paths with the leadership of both groups and am confident there is zero chance of either group jumping in on this issue as 1)Both groups have limited funds and more important issues to be concerned with and 2)Wait - what is the issue that either group would be concerned with here?

As has been written up thread so long as DGS completes the required Environmental studies (and they have done so on other recent projects in Ward 3) there will be zero basis for anyone to appeal the issuing of permits in this case or to sue about it.  There are no jurisdictional, ownership, appropriation or process arguments and there are no zoning or public space rulings about which to file an appeal.

I'm not sure who you think might be intimated by these ridiculous threats and while you might find a neighbor with some time and a law degree to take this up there is zero chance that such a lawsuit will succeed and it will only cost the city money.[/quote]

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