tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269619172011-04-22T00:52:11.257-04:00A Blog designed to bring to the attention of our political leaders the problems of illegal church parkingLCPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11523564278388570124noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26961917.post-1147707940402872862006-05-15T11:43:00.000-04:002006-05-15T11:50:08.026-04:00

By Tom Knott (May 11, 2006)It is against the law to double-park, except, apparently, if you are attending a church service on Sunday morning, when you are permitted to park anywhere you please. This longtime exemption continues to baffle D.C. lawmakers and frustrate the residents of Logan Circle, many of whom find themselves living in a freeze zone on Sunday mornings. Residents are obligated to

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Well, we should call this an update without an update. Neither the mayor's office or the D.C. Council have done anything on the parking issue. A task force has yet to be formed and no one is talking about when it will be. It really does appear that the churches have won. They knew what would happen if they delayed and delayed.We still urge everyone to call or email the mayor's office and D.C.

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The following email comes from the DC's Office of the Attorney General. It is in response to questions about illegal church parking. Like all other replies from public officials we do not make comments in the same post:Thank you for contacting the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) though the ‘Ask the Director’ section of the website. We have received your April

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"There has been a decision as to which groups will be represented, but I think they are in the process of approaching people," said Karyn LeBlanc, a spokeswoman for the department. The above comes from today's Washington Times article on the illegal church parking problem (see below). We would just like to say that the mayor's task force, if it ever gets off the ground, will most likely be

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By Amy Doolittle (May 8, 2006A D.C. task force promised by Mayor Anthony A. Williams to examine the problem of illegal double-parking on Sundays remains incomplete while churchgoers and inconvenienced residents wonder whether help will ever come. "The general consensus is that it's just a delay tactic and that they have no intention of forming a task force," said Todd Lovinger, a Logan Circle

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This is an email from the Logan Residents for Equitable Enforcement of Parking Regulations to DDOT spokesperson, Ann Simpson, asking about various aspects of the Mayor's church parking task force.It has been widely reported that the Mayor's new church parking enforcement task force -- which will inexplicably revisit all of the work done by the Logan Circle parking task force over the last 4

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The following is the standard response that DDOT is sending out DC residents who email asking about the Mayor's task force and other parking concerns. As you can read, the task force hasn't gotten off the ground which is puzzling seeing that the Mayor's spokesperson, Dr. Susan Newman, said last week that it had been formed and was currently working on solutions. Oh well bending the truth was

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This is the second update to our previous post, "A Call to public officials." So far only ANC 2f Chairman Chales Reed has been kind enough to answer our questions about the church parking problem. Again, we continue to wait and are saddened at the indifference that many elected officials have over DC resident's concerns.We decided to again use this picture of Williams, Cropp, and Evans because

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By Amy Doolittle (May 2, 2006)The majority of D.C. Council members said yesterday that they support Mayor Anthony A. Williams' decision to postpone Sunday enforcement of double-parking laws until at least late August. "I think we should find a solution, and I don't think it would be hard to find a solution that is both tolerant of churchgoers and prevents homeowners from being locked in," said

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The ANC 2f Chairman Charles Reed answered our questions about the Logan Circle parking problem (please see previous post). To better inform the reader, here are the questions asked: 1) Do you support ticketing illegal parkers regardless of religion? 2) Do you agree with the Logan Circle solution to the church parking problem? 3) Do you agree with the Mayors stay on the Logan parking plan? 4)

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This is another part of the Kojo and Jonetta show that we posted about earlier. During the show, Councilmember Jack Evans called in to state his support for DC residents in forcing the city to actually a enforce the parking laws equally. The following is a near verbatim account of what Jack Evans said:"The District of Columbia has to enforce the parking laws. I certainly understand both sides

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On their Friday (Apr. 28) show at noon, Kojo and Jonetta (WAMU 88.5 FM) discussed the battle between churches and DC residents over illegal Sunday parking. You can listen to the show here.What happened on the show is interesting. Dr. Susan Newman (special assistant to the Mayor for religious affairs and adjunct minister of Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ) spoke about the illegal

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On Friday, the DCist website took another look at the church parking issue after Councilmember Jack Evans issued his newsletter. Like us, they are not hopeful. DCist Martin was even more direct than us in saying "it is doubtful that [Evans] will expend much political capital trying to convince the mayor to start enforcing parking laws on May 21." Its sad to say, but we agree with Martin.

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This is an update to our previous post, "A Call to public officials." So far no public official who we contacted has answered our questions. We continue to wait and are saddened at the indifference these elected people have to the community's concerns.From the looks of things Williams, Cropp, and Evans can come together to bring baseball to DC. I guess we can give them a pass on the whole

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Since Jack Evans' office came out with the newsletter reaction to the public outcry for elected official support of the Logan Circle parking plan we have been thinking about this new development. Although much of what we are about to say has been explained in our previous post (Jack Evans: A New Hope), we would like to elaborate clarify some of our earlier points.1) Evans' recent statement was

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Since there is no new word on the task force for church parking and seeing that the Mayor has more important duties like visiting a London library we think its time to call on the Mayor (well his office) to ask, no demand, that action be taken on this church parking task force. We know traveling to England is very important for DC affairs, but this parking matter needs to receive some of his

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Looks like all our efforts have finally gotten Jack Evans to say something for Logan Circle residents. Here is what Mr. Evans latest newsletter contained:Mayor Williams recently decided to delay the much-anticipated implementation of the Logan Residents for Equitable Enforcement of Parking Regulations Taskforce's recommendations. While we can continue to work on refining the Taskforce's

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Thanks dwb for the new information. Well, it's not really breaking story stuff but at least it adds on to the general impression that Jack Evans is a waste of space politician who doesn't do crap for his constituents.Jack Evans Director of Communication emailed me that he saw my blog and asked if he should respond there (on the blog) or to me directly. I told him I was glad the CM was checking

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Different day, but same old stuff on Jack Evans' website. We guess the production "Where Eagles Fly" needs more hype than other community concerns. Oh, well again nothing new coming from Mr. Evans. The guy is truly a piece of work.If you have not had the chance to make it over to the Lincoln Theater for the must see production of "Where Eagles Fly", a

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Here is another poster from one of our comment sections. Again, Cropp isn't holding up well to public scrutiny. She might be saying all the right things in private, but in public she sure does look like a supporter of illegal parking habits for churches.I also emailed Cropp's office with my concern over her appearance and comments at the RALLY. Here is the double-speak reply: I absolutely

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The following comes from the comments section of the Logan Circle News blog. This is not in response to the questions submitted to DC public officials but came indepedently from Commissioner Dyer a few days ago. As a member of the Logan Circle Church Parking Committee, I can attest to the deliberate and excellent work that was done on all sides.We came together, listened to each other and

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Shortly we will submit on this blog, and in email, some question to be answered by various public officials about the chuch parking issue. Their answered will be unedited and each will stand alone on separate blog posts. If they refuse to reply we will mention this fact. Here is the list of officials we will ask a public statement from:Anthony Williams, MayorLinda Cropp, Chairperson (DC City

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Back in July 2005, the DC Council held a hearing on the problems of parking taking a city wide look. Here are some of their solutions:Higher meter rates and residential parking feesMetered loading zonesCharging for guest parking passesPlace meters in neighborhoods to make non-residents pay (i.e., Georgetown meter system)Create smaller residential parking zonesParking rules CUSTOMIZED for

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As his 2002 campaign flyer stated Dee Hunter truly is "A New Vision, A New Voice, A New Leader." And what kind of vision, voice, and leader has he been? Well, one that is arrogant enough to exploit his position as ANC commissioner. Mr. Hunter does this by using a government benefit given only to elected officials (members of congress, DC City council members, and ANC commissioners) to park

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Like Logan Circle, Shaw residents have also tired to reason with the churches over local issues. The concern for people in the Shaw neighborhood has been economic development. What Shaw residents want to do is bring in new shops and restaurants to revive their local economy. Some of the churches, however, oppose this move. One in particular has been Shiloh Baptist Church which was "going

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We will try to glean from the comment sections any information that might shed light on various aspects of the Logan Circle parking situation. Here is one person's experience calling DC Council Chairwomen Linda Cropp about the Sunday rally:I phoned Cropp's office yesterday expressing my anger at (1) her appearance at the pro-church rally that she "stands with the churches" and (2) her refusal to

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Editorial. April 26, 2006IN SEVERAL D.C. neighborhoods, Sunday mornings increasingly have become dedicated less to quiet contemplation than to rising temperatures over parking. Hardly a week goes by without residents complaining bitterly about worshipers descending on their streets and hemming in cars by double-parking or blocking fire hydrants and walkways, therefore holding residents captive

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Authorization Body: DC Mayor Anthony WilliamsLegal Power: None?Task Force makeup: Residents, clergy, merchants, ANCs and District government employeesMission: Find a "compromise solution on parking that penalizes neither neighborhood residents nor worshippers."There is a lot here to shock anyone and the first thing that jumps off this news release is that the Mayor wants a "compromise solution"

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The parking task force that Mayor Anthony Williams said he would create on Sunday (April 23) is not a new idea and isn't even the first parking task force during the Williams era. For instance, back in May 2004, the Mayor created another task force to study congestion and parking issues in Downtown DC. The entire affair at first started very well with the Mayor holding a press conference

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We have already commented that Jack Evans is a failed leader when it comes to the parking issue in Logan Circle, but we would also like to point out that he is also inconsistent on the very issue that he ducks and hides from. The following comes from the dcwatch website listing Jack Evans' accomplishments in Logan Circle for the 1999/2000 year. * Parking Task Force members, convened by Jack,

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As the Logan Circle representative on the DC Council one would expect that Jack Evans would have been a voice of concern over the parking problems in the community. Instead, he has been laregly absent for the debates. If one checks out Evans website you will find a disscusion on the Lincoln Theater production of "Where Eagles Fly," which ENDED seven (count them 7) days ago!!! No where can you

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Dee Hunter, an ANC commissioner for the Shaw community, is against enforcing the law and works actively to help the churches evade enforcement of parking laws which would make Logan Circle a safety and happier place to live. Why is that? We are not sure.Mr. Hunter has been sometimes friendly to Logan residents to plan rude and disrepectful. Take for instance this past Sunday, April 23rd, when

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Ok, so Mayor Williams has placed a moratorium on actually enforcing the law. This goes against any discretionary authority he has. Remember an executive is limited to what the governing laws say he can do and there is nothing in the Constitution, DC Code, or regulations that give Mayor Williams the authority to dismiss a clear DC Council made law that says ALL double parked cars will be given

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We would like to give thanks to DCist for their excellent coverage of the Logan Circle Parking problem They have made a number of posts on this subject and all have been well written and a benefit for the DC community at large. We would like to provide links so viewers can read the articles and the comments as well.April 25: Morning Roundup: Angry in Logan Cirlce EditonApril 24: Churchgoers

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This comes from a Monday (April 24) press release by the Logan Residents for Equitable Enforcement of Parking Regulations.At yesterday's rally protesting the enforcement of parking regulations outside of churches, it was announced that the city has agreed to delay such enforcement for at least 4 months while yet another task force studies the issue. It was not immediately clear whether or not

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As Logan Residents, we would like to hear comments and suggestions about legal action we could take against the city?

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As the first post we would like to say that this blog will attempt to bring together the various internet postings on the Logan Circle parking problem and hold elected officials accountable for their actions (or lackof).The following comes from a discussion thread on DCist about the Logan Circle Parking issue. As Logan's representative on the DC Counci, Jack Evans has done nothing to help his

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Mr. Mayor:We understand that you have once again delayed enforcement of parking regulations against church parishioners for 4 months while a new task force studies the issue, thereby once again breaking the city's promises to local residents and providing greater benefits to out-of-town parishioners and tax-exempt organizations than your local constituents (tax-paying DC residnets).In this regard

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By Amy Doolittle (April 25, 2006) Logan Circle residents are fuming over D.C. officials' decision to postpone implementing a church-parking plan that residents had spent months negotiating. A new parking plan in the neighborhood that adds about 150 new spaces by narrowing roads depends on enforcement of double-parking restrictions during church services in Logan Circle. Without that

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By Eric M. Weiss (April 24, 2006)Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) has backed off a planned crackdown on double-parking around city churches, instead imposing a moratorium on enforcement until a task force recommends ways to end squabbles between churches and their neighbors, the mayor's office confirmed yesterday.The moratorium was announced yesterday at a lively Logan Circle rally by the chairman

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By Amy Doolittle (April 24, 2006)D.C. officials said yesterday that they will delay the enforcement of double-parking laws near churches on Sundays until at least late August. Bishop Michael Kelsey of New Samaritan Baptist Church, chairman of Mayor Anthony A. Williams' Interfaith Council, announced the change at a rally in Logan Circle, where more than 1,000 clergy members and churchgoers were

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