Guest post by Joe Weedon At 9:12 PM on May 25th, the Washington Post’s Mike DeBonis posted the proposed redistricting map for the District, moving Hill East into Ward 7. Within minutes of DeBonis’ post, my Facebook status proclaimed “Redistricting battle over, we lost Hill East but saved the schools.” I couldn’t have been more […]
What a month. We went from celebrating spring to hatred and name-calling, and that was just among the City Council members. May has been a pretty exciting month for us Hill residents. I’ll cut right to it and save the rants about the weather (though it is a bit muggy these days, no?). What did […]
There will be a community meeting with Phil Mendelson tonight at 6:30 pm at St. Coletta’s School, located at 1901 Independence Avenue SE. As Commissioner Brian Flahaven explained, “this is our last chance for a community discussion with redistricting subcommittee member Phil Mendelson before the hearing and Council vote. Make sure your voice is heard! […]
The subcommittee on redistricting has released its recommendations on redrawing the boundaries for each ward, and, as expected, Capitol Hill is slated to lose a chunk to Ward 7. Eastern High School and Eliot-Hine Middle School will stay with Ward 6, but everything east of 17th Street, including Reservation 13, will become part of Ward […]
Whether or not the message got through to members of the Special Committee on Redistricting, yesterday’s rally did attract the attention of local news outlets. If you missed it, Greater Greater Washington and the City Paper both have articles up today. We also have the video below from Fox 5. Did you go to the […]