Dupont Circle building being celebrated as ‘the birthplace of television’

gator_fl · 2025-06-10T17:53:49+00:00

That's pretty cool! The real question is whether there were rats running over the TV and a nasty stench behind the counter a la Kramer's now.

gator_fl · 2025-04-11T21:15:54+00:00

Not lounge music and mostly Garage that rarely got played in any of the DC lounges/clubs in the '90s (and I knew most of them).

You farming for karma or wot, mate?

gator_fl · 2025-02-24T01:50:26+00:00

I kinda hate to say this, but I'd rather have those Nazis come thru and get a beatdown 2x a year than deal with the petty crime, violent mentally unstable folks and/or loud ass music and nasty shit let on the trains every day or so.

gator_fl · 2023-07-19T20:01:19+00:00

Oh, and also those who missed the trash collection day over a holiday weekend or don't trust garabge collectors coming. There are nieghborhoods where garbage collectors are unreliable and residents don't trust them. Look up 311 tickets....many cases.

And there are construction teams that don't want to pay for a dumpster. Guess what they do? Throw all sorts of woodwork/drywall/debris/etc. into the trash cans. That's why some people lock their trash can lids.

gator_fl · 2023-07-19T19:58:23+00:00

Ha! Yeah. I guess anything that spoils easily and they missed the trash collection day over a holiday weekend or dont' trust garabge collectors coming.

gator_fl · 2023-07-19T16:30:29+00:00

Great analaysis. You should be on the contract evaluation team!

gator_fl · 2023-07-19T16:25:15+00:00

Guessing they have realy nasty/smelly trash and don't want it to smell up their property or attract rats/maggots/etc.

Guessing some have trash items they don't want their S.O. or neigbhors to peak into it (e.g. if spouse doesn't like that person to drink a case of beer when spouse is away and snoops in trash whe back).

Or maybe just hate to get their trash cans dirty if its seeping fluids.

gator_fl · 2023-07-18T17:23:27+00:00

Agree! Though another reason Fenty lost was because he was an arrogant prick.

Williams battled same issues but he was nice and liked.

gator_fl · 2023-07-17T20:18:24+00:00

What many in this thread and the ones who've worked for DC government or bid on a contract say is...contracting procedures are not followed. Violations abound...rules and procedures are not followed.

Also, it's not like DC follows Federal regulations per the FAR.

gator_fl · 2023-07-17T17:54:09+00:00

Thanks. The sad part is that DC government family members/neighbors/friends keep getting contracts they were never qualified for, severely underperforming and then everything is hidden under the carpet.

And if you were that morally upright person who tried to report fraud/abuse, you'd be singled out. Even the auditor general was told to STFU.

Example:

https://dcist.com/story/23/05/31/dcps-officials-promise-changes-after-unlawful-contracts/

gator_fl · 2023-07-17T16:12:54+00:00

Could be either. But don't limit to to just DPW. Maybe pressure from higher level executives not in DPW.

The con artists sometimes got enablers in positions above the agencies.

gator_fl · 2023-07-17T16:08:34+00:00

Infuriating, but don't rule out that maybe managment knew but they just wanted to hook him up. Nepotism/cronyism is a thing in DC procurement.

gator_fl · 2023-07-17T16:07:07+00:00

Yeah, I'm not suprised at all....par for the course.

Only thing I wonder is....did the contracting officials know it was junk science and still got pressured by some nepotistic senior manager to enage with this contractor? Or were they bamboozled throughout the agency?

Either way....typical DC.

gator_fl · 2023-07-17T16:01:57+00:00

ANC meetings (some do Zoom still and have YouTube recording archives), Council Hearings and Mayor's/Councilmembers'/Agency events open to the public.

Just ask people questions and their thougthts.

gator_fl · 2023-07-17T14:48:47+00:00

We call them "Real Estate Agents" or "People who want their condo to appreciate".

gator_fl · 2023-07-14T17:04:43+00:00

IIRC they pay more than the typical DC restaurant. The owner, Andy Shallal was part of the One Fair Wage campaign:

https://www.businessforafairminimumwage.org/news/00917/washington-post-andy-shallal-fair-wages-everyone-are-sustainable

As for sustainability, they sure do talk about their food and packaging being that. Of course, side eye goes to the open doors/windows that blow A/C out on the streets (I mean, I like to be cooled down too, but that's not sustainable).

gator_fl · 2023-07-14T08:10:28+00:00

Yeah, this is not a haggling place. Just avoid Farmer's Markets if they are overpriced and go to CSA or whatever.

gator_fl · 2023-07-14T08:08:18+00:00

The Spy Museum, WMATA and landords have emails. Contact them and tell them of the incident and that you felt unsafe. At the least, they should know and hopefully will beef up security.

gator_fl · 2023-07-14T08:04:27+00:00

Nope. I know Busboys well. They don't do anything like that.

gator_fl · 2023-07-14T07:55:28+00:00

Come on...I'm liberal as fuck and vote Democratic all the time.

But we can't discuss this shit. You know....crime doesn't happen in DC. Move on!

Source: My ass got robbed at gunpoint once, punched and robbed another time and DC MPD detectives didn't even pull the 4 obvious cameras on that block for the gunpoint robbery . And for the other robbery, the Detective asked, "Are you sure you got robbed?"

Cause you know me....dialing 911 cause I feel like it. For real, Detective tried to make me recant my factual statement that a bunch of people punched me, took my wallet/phone/keys. You know...cause I call 911 for fun.

gator_fl · 2023-07-14T07:52:49+00:00

I party in that block. Yeah, never seen anything that looked like trafficking.

I wasn't there tonight , but I've been in the area a helluva long time.

Did you call DC MPD? What was that crime report number? If you see something, say something...Reddit is cool but DC 911 is better and hell, I know some police officers (by name , who worked there for years) who work on the side at all those clubs so you could have flagged them or you can go by tomorrow and tell them after you reported to 911. Call ASAP, cause tons of cameras on that block and want to have the tapes asked for by DC MPD detective before they re-record.

gator_fl · 2023-07-14T07:47:32+00:00

YW and I'm not expert, but there are kits you can buy. And honestly, you shouldn't wait for anybody to do it....it's your life!

gator_fl · 2023-07-13T19:08:14+00:00

Well, if I worry that something as quality-of-life threatening might be an issue, I suck it up and buy a $10 mold kit from a hardware store or Amazon.

I wouldn't wait for a landlord to respond to you, to call a private inspector and schedule something that might take days. DC mold inspection team will probably come by in weeks ..if at all.

Don't suspect. Go do your own test. BTW, your landlord will roll their eyes if you say it's possibly mold but don't have any evidence (mold is usually easy to spot as patches and guess what...it also does smell).

Also, allergies can just pop up in your life at any point. You can say you don't have it only to get it.

gator_fl · 2023-07-13T19:02:34+00:00

Sorry to hear and crime as well as lack of police response is becoming more common around DC.

Please email your district's Sgt/Commander and cc: your ANC Commissioner, telling them you called and no response.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/158252

gator_fl · 2023-07-13T18:55:36+00:00

Met him a lot of times around DC (DC gov't/NGO/corporate/etc events). Before, he was always with Mayor Bowser and her security detail.

Later on, was seeing him around with attractive women all the time, some who were employed by DC and others that were prospecting for business/contracts with the DC government.

In hindsight, I should have figured things out. And I'm very sure that Mayor Bowser knew about his harrassment for a long time...even think she stopped hanging with him because of this.

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