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The Occupy movement that began in NYC and has since cropped up all over the world is a true testament to democracy. People who see something wrong in their part of the world and want to do something about it. But like any good democracy, things get messy and confused, and the message can become muddled. Our read of the original protesters in NYC was that they were angry at a Wall Street they see as being saved by taxpayer dollars, but not giving enough back to help those out of work. It wasn’t long, however, before the message was about a lot of the problems in the US. But the diverse views that have been brought to the protests haven’t caused any less news coverage, which made us decide maybe it was time for an Occupy PQ movement to take on some of our (significantly less serious and important) issues.
We propose the following as the start of our list of demands:
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Institutue reasonable hours durring which garbage trucks, construction, bucket drummers, and other noise makers can operate. The free-for-all currently in place is not the way to maintain the neighborhood going forward;
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Set a ceiling on the number of frozen yogurt and/or cupcake stores allowed in a square block;
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Grant DC Meter Maids the authority to write tickets to idling tourist busses;
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Triple the number of PQ Meter Maids;
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If Federal Agencies won’t remove their jersey barriers, at least make sure they’re draining properly in an effort to cut back on the fastest growing population in PQ, mosquitos.
That’s our initial list of demands, but there must be more small changes you’d like to see to make our great neighborhood even better.
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Comments
Close Hill Country BBQ: Its exhaust fan stinks up PQ and its brisket tastes like salt combined with liquid smoke.
Change No Parking Entrance signs and other similar signs in front of residential buildings to:
20-Minute Parking only for [name of building]
Residents at all times
and give each building resident a tag that they can hang from the mirror identifying that they are a resident of [name of building].
The City should put up Quiet Zone signs (ala Brooklyn) in the PQ neighborhood so folks living on Mass Ave dont get woken up at 5:30 by dump trunks going to and from the Old Convention Center development site.
A playground and other safe play spaces for children to run around outside. Carnegie Library, Chinatown Park, Techworld…
How about increasing the cost of a parking ticket – in my opinion thats one of the big problems – whats the incentive to pay $15 to park in a garage when you can take a chance on the street and even if you get a ticket its only 25 bucks.
McDonalds loves to tell you at 9pm that they are sold out of milk shakes, too. Is “sold out” the same as saying “we are cleaning the machine and are too lazy to restart it”. The worst part is that they tell you this after standing in line for 15 minutes.
Ban Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Kwame Brown from stepping a sleazy foot into our decent neighborhood.
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Make the McDonalds at 911 E Street actually stay open and serve their menu when they say they are. Very frustrating to go in at 9:10pm (they close at 10pm) and have them tell you they can’t give you coffee, ice cream, or fries (among other things) because they’ve “already started shutting down”.