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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest irony of all is that progressive voices are pushing the "hey its affordable housing" narrative up and down the street even recruiting uninformed clergy into a process that they naively think will result in some kind of fantasized low income haven for the needy when in fact its first and foremost a giveaway of public resources to private interests.

Substance: The proposed buildings are gigantic, 80 feet tall and ugly--and there is no community infrastructure to support or absorb so many people. No planning around congestion, emergency services, utilities, sewage, parking, ( of which there's  practically none proposed) and most importantly schools already are at capacity.

Process: No one has held the developers to the actual law which designates lower density than proposed, the ANC is without leadership ( the head of the ANC Lisa Gore recently called one of her ANC colleagues "disgusting" in a public forum) and the community feels completely shut out of the process after the majority polled don't want any of it.

The worst was a recent planning meeting for this where one ANC member told two others they couldn't come to the planning meeting unless they were silent and didn't speak -no joke.

Welcome to Chevy Chase where they will win battles and lose wars if they don't get it together fast.
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Same ol NIMBY tripe.

the buildings will not increase "congestion" nor will they be a burden on emergency services, utilities, sewage or parking. And the ANC Commissioner confirmed there is plenty of room at Lafayette if schools space is needed. Face it, the PP and people like them simply don't want change, don't want "those people" in their neighborhood and cannot fathom that this is among the best and most efficient use of public space and public dollars.
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An example of what PP is talking about.

This is such stunningly brazen mendacity.[/quote]

Facts, in fact, matter. There is zero evidence of claims around overcrowding, overtaxing of infrastructure or car congestion. None. That is standard NIMBY playbook that has been used in countless cases in DC and thousands across the country where the fearmongering issues simply never materialized. Is parking harder in Tenleytown because there is one building that doesn't have underground parking? Is Cleveland Park doomed because of Cathedral Commons? Is Idaho Avenue wrought because of the shelter next to the police station? Case after case where Ward 3 NIMBYs fought the fight and development progressed and basically nothing changed.

So keep on with the handwringing.[/quote]

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