I know that area well as my apt was at the corner of 13th and RI ave nw. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 8:47 AM, bruce majors <[email protected]>wrote:
> DC had an area that was about 4 square city blocks on the northern edge of > the gay neighborhood that was an abandoned children's hospital (between 11th > and 14th streets and V and W). It sat behind a chain link fence and if you > were unlucky enough to park your car beside it when parking was tight your > chance of being mugged or robbed was very high as there was no one around, > no eyes on the street. > > The DC government for OVER 10 years said it was taking requests for > proposals and studying the best way to use the property. 10 years of high > crime, blight, and no property taxes. > > Finally they got a big enough bribe from one group and let it be developed > into 3 and 4 story row houses with garages tucked underneath right around > the time the real estate boom started. If they had waited 5 more years it > would have sold for a lot more; if they had done it 10 years earlier the > neighborhood would have been safer and they would have collected property > taxes. > > This is how all bureaucracies work. > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Keith In Tampa > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey Bruce, >> >> I was unaware that this was still going on. I don't recall all of the >> details, but that kind of crap went on in Florida, and other states and >> communities for years, until several municipal city councilmen went to the >> pokey for about five years. The City of Tampa, (among other Florida >> Cities) stopped that practice long ago! >> >> I got FIOS about 4 years ago. Verizon had huge gangs of illegal aliens >> slapping the wiring around Tampa for months. As soon as one had it wired >> up, you could call and have it turned on. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:02 AM, bruce majors <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> In Washington DC Verizon constantly runs ads for FIOS, the TV they >>> provide, which is apparently much better than Comcast. >>> >>> But you cannot get FIOS in DC, only in the less dense Virginia and >>> Maryland suburbs >>> >>> The (all Democrat) city council will not let them sell it to you until >>> the whole city has been wired for the infrastructure, inclduing >>> neighborhoods where everyone is on welfare and presumably should not be >>> buying cable with their food stamps. >>> >>> Now the city is fully wired and we still cannot buy it. Apparently more >>> bribes must be paid under the table. >>> >>> Most of the city only has comcast (or dish) and a few areas have RCN for >>> houses but rarely for condos and apartments >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:54 PM, RICHARD BROWN < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Dial-up is the only service available since the government-backed >>>> monopolies of phone and cable companies have prevented a Wi-Max system >>>> to be installed. A three-minute video takes half-an-hour to load at >>>> best. 9.5 hours just to load a new version of I-Tunes and even then I >>>> had remain vigilant because my server disconnected me after eight >>>> hours. >>>> Some of us still live in dinosaur land. :-) >>>> Dik...the buddy of Alley Oop. >>>> >>>> On Jun 19, 6:43 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Why don't you just watch TV on the internet? >>>> > >>>> > www.hulu.com >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:17 PM, RICHARD BROWN < >>>> [email protected] >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > I love the internet because I do not have access, (Thank the Supreme >>>> > > Identity) to TV or newspapers. I have many sources on >>>> line...meaning >>>> > > dial-up, so forget video, and I love to read this stuff. But thirty >>>> or >>>> > > fifty topics per day is just a bit much. By the time I do just a >>>> page >>>> > > load and a quick scan I will have spent two hours trying to glean >>>> > > useful information. >>>> > > Censorship? >>>> > > Not in my life. >>>> > > I am a CLASSIC LIBERAL with a huge leaning towards independence that >>>> > > borders on anarchy. I have put my life where my mouth is too, which >>>> > > is why I am somewhat isolated. >>>> > > If all the three of you want to do is post links or paste material >>>> > > that you find interesting and not actually write your own thoughts, >>>> a >>>> > > better, certainly more economical way is for you to collect it all >>>> on >>>> > > a note pad and post it all in one go and title it with something >>>> like, >>>> > > "Bruce Majors' Daily Choices". Those who find your choices >>>> > > interesting could read it and comment on those pieces that they have >>>> > > an opinion on...or not. >>>> > > By my estimation that would cut down about 110 of those topics. >>>> > > Instead of having a thousand cars on the avenue, maybe some of the >>>> > > topics could be put on a bus. >>>> > > What do you say guys? >>>> > > Dik (Who rode the short bus to school) :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
