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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's better than Ward 3's 82,000 residents driving to other wards or to Maryland to swim.

And with respect to Cheh, she listened to her constituents who, for 12 years, have asked for a pool. She is delivering. Let's make this a campaign issue, if you want to try to get Petar Dmichev to switch his position and oppose the pool (he told me he was for it) - I am sure such a strategy would capture the 50 households against the pool versus, what was that number you cited, 82000?[/quote]

Why is driving to other wards so terrible?

The way some posters on this thread write, you'd think there are checkpoints at the ward boundaries where we need to show our papers and apply for a visa. There are lots of places in Ward 3 that are a lot closer to other wards than they are to other parts of Ward 3. The whole "Ward 3 pool" argument just drives me crazy. If you live in Glover Park, Georgetown is closer than Cleveland Park. If you live in Chevy Chase, Ward 4 is closer than Hearst. [/quote]

It’s a matter of equity.  Other wards have had the privilege of outdoor pools for decades.  [/quote]

Ward boundaries are invisible, imaginary lines. Not having to cross a ward boundary doesn't make an inconvenient location convenient, nor does crossing a ward boundary make a convenient location inconvenient. Would an outdoor pool in Chevy Chase on the western side of Connecticut Avenue not serve Ward 3 residents, even though it's in Ward 4? No. Does the Jelleff pool not serve Ward 3 residents because it's in Ward 2? No.

Now, are there significant numbers of residents in Ward 3 who don't live within walking distance of a public outdoor pool? Absolutely. But does a pool have to be in Ward 3 to serve them? No, that's ridiculous. [/quote]

Then why a homeless shelter in each Ward if the boundaries don’t matter?[/quote]

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