September 20, 2007
Go Home Already: Things Are Looking Up
>> Hundreds of protesters met on the National Mall this morning in support of the Jena 6. [AP / WJLA]
>> Voting rights advocates plan to target specific Senators who might be swayed to change their votes. [Free Ride]
>> Parking space jockeys: more entrepreneurial than lawn jockeys. [Penn Quarter Living]
>> "Now this is some cold-ass eviction." [DC Metblogs]
>> Eighty-five hybrid taxicabs to storm Arlington in a fit of environmentally-conscious rage. [WaPo]
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eight-five?
Um, "lawn jockeys?" I'm probably the last person to check for racists under my bed, but that crack is pretty tacky. Because i have yet to see a white parking jockey.
Hillrat, back me up on this?
And I believe they're referred to as "shines."
Yes Monkey, Sommer is out of control.
Leave it to wacktivists to protest about local issues occurring elsewhere. Keep convincing tourists that Washingtonians are all deranged or stupid and your Federal voting rights will stay nonexistent for a long, long time.
Parking jockeys are nothing new. Long before the current "re-birth" of downtown, guys would charge you $5 to "look after your car" at night if you dared venture into one of the few open businesses. One entreprenurial guy basically had the concession on every spot in front of the FBI building (in full view of bemused FBI security guards) and probably made a mint off of tourists going to the Hard Rock Cafe.
I thought the parking jockey phenomena was limited to 18th in Adams Morgan? Aren't these the same guys who key your car if you don't pay the protection money?
If these are the new "squeegee men," Penn Quarter's in for some fun times ahead.
Waste 'em.
I notice Red Top is whining about the new hybrid taxis hurting business. They can take their whine and shove it. I hope the new hybrid company runs them out of business.
I still haven't forgiven them for "reserving" a cab for me and then not showing up at 4 a.m. or for the next half-hour (thank god for DC Cabs) "because we don't have any cabs in your area right now." Yeah, and I had a plane to catch. A-holes.