Month: November 2021

Bike Lane Advocates Distort Civic Indignation in Twitter Storm After Walking Tour of DDOTs 17th St. Bike Plan

For Release: Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne,   delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656    Bike Lane Advocates Distort Civic Indignation in Twitter Storm After Walking Tour of DDOTs 17th St. Bike Plan   A video clip from our recent walking tour of 17th St. with staff from the Mayor’s office and DDOT, an event organized by Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA), has received wide […]

DC4RD Submits Testimony to City Council Finalizing Amended Comp Plan Maps

DC FOR REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT SUBMITS  TESTIMONY BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE FINALIZATION OF THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS STARTED BY THE MAYOR ———- Forwarded message ———From: d.c. forrd <dc4reality@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:17 PMSubject: TESTIMONY IN RE: PR 24-380To: Committee of the Whole (Council) <cow@dccouncil.us>, Evan Cash <ecash@dccouncil.us>, pmendelson <pmendelson@dccouncil.us>Cc: pmendelson <pmendelson@dccouncil.us>, Anita […]

Grassroots Calls for Racial Equity Tool, Immediate Restoration of Housing Funds for Poor

Release: Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656   Grassroots Calls for Racial Equity Tool, Immediate Restoration of Housing Funds for Poor   Following the damning report of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that Mayor Bowser’s housing administration misdirected funds to deprive the most needy in the city of […]

A Rationale for Greater Dupont Circle

For Release: Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne,   delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656  A Rationale for Greater Dupont Circle   Dupont Circle is known around the world and is sought after as a desirable place to live.  There is an ever-growing demand here for housing because people want to live here. Every ten years following the census, […]

Motion to Continue BZA Hearing on Masonic Development

For Release: Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne,   delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656    Motion to Continue BZA Hearing on Masonic Development   Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) is sorry to inform you that yesterday we asked for a continuance of the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) hearing scheduled for this morning at 9:30 because our attorney […]

Zoning Administrator to Answer, ‘Is a Roof a Roof?’ BZA Hearing on Masonic Temple, Nov. 10

Release: Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Zoning Administrator to Answer, ‘Is a Roof a Roof?’  BZA Hearing on Masonic Temple, Nov. 10   The major hearing to determine the fate of the proposed oversized, inappropriate Masonic Temple development at 15th & S Sts., NW, is set for Wednesday, November 10 at 9:30 at the […]

Update: Dupont Association Urges DDOT to Remove 17th St. Bike Lane

Media Release: Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne,   delledonne.n@comcast.net 703 929 6656   Update: Dupont Association Urges DDOT to Remove 17th St. Bike Lane   The Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA), the leading civic group in the community, voted Monday, Nov. 1, to call on the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to remove the “Protected” Bike Lane […]

Dupont Association Urges DDOT to Remove 17th St. Bike Lane

Media Release: Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne,   delledonne.n@comcast.net 703 929 6656   Dupont Association Urges DDOT to Remove 17th St.  Bike Lane   The Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA), the leading civic group in the community, voted Monday, Nov. 1, to call on the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to remove the “Protected” Bike Lane on […]