“If you don’t know the rules, you can’t play the game,” says the District’s Chief Tenant Advocate.
The law was signed on Saturday along with several others including on that will establish a commission to recommend a replacement for Virginia’s Robert E. Lee statue in the U.S. Capitol.
Mayor Muriel Bowser hopes the offices can spur business growth and development in historically underserved areas.
She purchased the historic residence after her husband’s assassination.
The District of Columbia has often experienced lengthy battles between communities and business owners over zoning. But to the city’s credit, we don’t recall there ever being a time when the city’s political leadership went after a Girl Scout cookie stand.
The federal government has a whole bunch of properties — at least 12,000 — they they’re looking to offload in order to raise $15 billion. How many of those properties are inside Washington proper? Well, considering the amount of the District that belongs to the government, not too many.
It’s easy to take the stance that sacred American structures are priceless. But where’s the fun in that? Besides, things like the White House are made of tangible materials and sit on land which has appraisable worth, so they can certainly be valued. Occasionally, such frivolous curiosities can even help bolster the monuments’ standing as a symbol for the current state of the country!
According to an email he sent to the Shaw neighborhood listserv this afternoon, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans will shelve controversial legislation that would have given Shiloh Baptist Church a tax break on the development of several properties it owns along 9th Street NW. “In light of the community opposition to the legislation regarding the Shiloh Baptist Church’s properties, I have withdrawn the legislation and contacted Rev. Wallace Smith, Pastor of Shiloh, of such,” the…
Earlier this year, several Cleveland Park homeowners signed up for a free home energy audit offered by the District’s Department of the Environment. Now they have letters from the contractor that DDOE had perform the audits, claiming that liens had being placed on their homes in order to recoup payment for the service. What a deal!
Our little corner of the world has a certain charm – the picturesque avenues and the historic structures give it a somewhat timeless feeling. Perhaps then, it’s fitting that we adhere to laws which reference to somewhat-antiquated 20th century guidelines. It’s part of our local character, and something that we’re always subject to navigate – for instance, the rules requiring parking spaces in new developments that don’t necessarily need or want them. That said, it…
