Category: Ward 2

Update with photos – CM Pinto Avoids Merchants, Residents Protesting DDOT’s 17th St. Bike Plan

Release: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,    delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656    Update with photos – CM Pinto Avoids Merchants, Residents Protesting DDOT’s 17th St. Bike Plan  Residents & merchants of East Dupont rallied at the Safeway on 17 th St., NW, Friday, Oct. 1, to draw attention to a dangerous and confusing bike plan installed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) […]

‘Dangerous by Design’ – Rally Today against the DDOT 17th St., NW, Bike Plan – Greeting of Councilmember Brooke Pinto

  Media Alert: Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 ‘Dangerous by Design’What: Rally  Against the DDOT 17th St., NW, Bike Plan            Greeting of Councilmember Brooke Pinto   When: Friday, Oct. 1, 3:30-5 pm Where: Safeway, 17th & Corcoran Streets, NW     On Friday October 1, DECAA & […]

First Accident Shows Hazards of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan

For Release: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021   Contact: Nick DelleDonne,    delledonne.n@comcast.net ,   703 929 6656    First Accident Shows Hazards of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan  “It was like a bomb went off,” said an observer, when one of the heavy-duty Waste Management trash trucks hit a Jersey wall and a tire exploded outside the restaurant Floriana, near 17th and Q Sts., […]

Community Demands – Stop Excavation at the Masonic Temple, Full Review of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan

Media Alert: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656   What: Dupont ANC meeting to consider           Masonic Temple development DDOT 17th St Bike Plan: When: Today, Thursday, Sept. 9, 7 pm Where: By Zoom –  https://bit.ly/ANC2BSeptember2021   Community Demands will be made – Stop Excavation at the Masonic Temple over […]

CORRECTION – CM Pinto Supports Developer on Masonic Project, Ignores Environmental Hazards, Awaits Appeal Decisions

For Release: Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne,   delledonne.n@comcast.net  703 929 6656   CM Pinto Supports Developer on Masonic Project Ignores Environmental Hazards, Awaits Appeal Decisions   Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto has effectively sided with the Masonic Temple and its developer, Perseus, as they pursue their controversial, environmentally dangerous, luxury apartment project  at 15th and S Streets, NW.   Pinto voiced her position last […]

DDOT 17th St Bike Plan – CM Pinto Sets Public Meeting after Completion

For immediate release Aug. 11, 2021 CONTACT: Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656;  delledonne.n@comcast.net   DDOT 17th St Bike Plan – CM Pinto Sets Public Meeting after Completion   On August 9 in a form letter to constituents who have asked for a public presentation of DDOT’s reckless 17th St Bike Plan, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto offered “a community […]

Media Alert – DDOT 9th St. Bike Plan Raises Problems – Rally, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2 pm

9TH STREET BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Media Alert FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 10, 2021 CONTACT: ALLAN EBERT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 202-409-4669 connectallan@gmail.com   DDOT 9th St. Bike Plan Raises Problems Rally, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2 pm   Businesses on the 1900 block of 9th Street NW fear that DDOT’s Bike Plan for protected bike lanes will reduce parking, […]

Masonic Temple/Developer Seek to Rush Approvals – DECAA to Challenge Construction Permit

For Release: Monday, August 2, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656   Masonic Temple/Developer Seek to Rush Approvals – DECAA to Challenge Construction Permit   In a brazen move to circumvent ongoing court and regulatory approval, the Masonic Temple, acting through its developer Perseus TDC, has applied for a building permit (application B1907507) to […]

DDOT Director Lott Calls 17th St. Bike Speedway a ‘Critical Connector’ for Through Traffic ? Why Won’t CM Pinto Give Community a Public Presentation?

DDOT Director Lott Calls 17th St. Bike Speedway a ‘Critical Connector’ for Through Traffic  ? Why Won’t CM Pinto Give Community a Public Presentation?   In a TV news report on the Heated Debate on Bike Lanes on July 13, NBC NEWS4 reporter Mark Segraves quoted Director Everett Lott of the District Department of Transportation […]