For Release: Monday, March 27, 2017 Contact: Vaughn Bennett, 202-557-9516, Vaughn_Bennett@yahoo.com The Coalition for DCRA Accountability, a new group of DC residents, is protesting the multiple failures of Melinda Bolling as director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and demanding her immediate removal for failing to serve and protect the people of the […]
Washingtoniana Update II –MLK Closed; Washingtoniana moving to 3 interim spaces; No service until May 8th –CM Mary Cheh asks for more access at Historical Society –Education Comm. Hearing; CM Grosso OK with restricted access MLK Closed for Three Years The MLK Library is now closed for a three-year, $208 million renovation. Washingtoniana is […]
DC for Reasonable Development, Chris Otten, 202 810 2768 [updated March 23; see bottom] McMillan Supporters Face Avalanche of Developer Submissions Days Before Hearing; Zoning Commission Meets Tonight To Decide on Request for Deferment and “Due Process” Tonight, Monday, March 20, the Zoning Commission intends to decide on the request of Friends of McMillan Park […]
PRESS ALERT: Save McMillan Action Coalition, smac.dc@gmail.com Administrative “Railroading” of McMillan Park Court Reversal Paid For by DC TaxPayers; Mayor and DC Planning Officials Submit 17 Exhibits with 300 Pages 10 Days Before March 23 Hearing Washington, DC — On March 13, 2017, more than fifteen exhibits consisting of more than three hundred pages of […]
Press Release: DC for Reasonable Development, 202 810 2768 March 15, 2017 OFFICE OF PLANNING TO THROW OPEN DOORS TO AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; Public Protections Expected to be Gutted by Developers Washington, DC – On March 6, 2017, Eric Shaw, Director of the DC Office of Planning told the DC City Council that the Mayor […]
Press Alert: District Library Dynamos For Immediate Release: Chris Otten 202 810 2768 MLK Interim Plan for Homeless Services Released Day Before Library Closure: Shows Limited Services and Hours in Far Flung Locations; Library users will demonstrate at the time MLK closes Washington, DC – The Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services (MOCRS) today […]
Press Alert: District Library Dynamos via DC4RD For Immediate Release: Chris Otten 202 810 2768 “Systematic Failure” to Protect the Homeless by Council and DC Public Library Leadership; Testimony at Recent Council Hearing Requests Postponement of MLK Library Closure Washington, DC — On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, the DC Council Committee on Education held a […]
FOR RELEASE: June 14, 2016 CONTACT: Don Padou, 202-664-4395, Linwood Norman, 804-837-0737 Court of Appeals Orders Council to Produce Records Related to Development of McMillan Park WASHINGTON, DC — In a decision that will have far reaching effects for transparency in the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals, on June 9, 2016, handed […]
For Immediate Release, DC for Reasonable Development Contact: Chris Otten 202 810 2768 Prominent Water Features to be Concrete in McMillan Development Change Called “Bait & Switch” Key water features that were promised to the public and the DC Council by the developers of the 25-acre McMillan Park will now be concrete, according to plans […]
McMillan Press Update May 22, 2016 :: SAVE MCMILLAN ACTION COALITION :: 202 344 5385 :: savemcmillan.org –> as posted on bloomingdale blog McMillan Park Legal Cases Reveal Startling Facts Not Considered by City Council or Planners During Park Giveaway Proceedings Legal filings demonstrate overwhelming traffic conditions, millions of gallons of wasteful sewage and water use, […]