MUST READ! Anacostia Now | Guest Post: Time for a New Ward 8
Ward 8 residents (regardless of socioeconomic standing) are just plain fed up and are speaking up (even if just anonymously). This post by an anonymous writer on the blog, And Now, Anacostia tracks with what I have been hearing in the streets among Ward 8 residents for a while.
Someone once told me (and I have heard this repeated from others), "That you may come into Ward 8 a hopeful liberal but you will leave a cynical conservative."
That person also said they could never, ever, say that in public without fear of being vilified.
Makes you think.
Can we handle the truth? Whatever that may be?
Go HERE to read the full post by Anonymous. FYI -- CHotR is always looking for guest writers on subjects relevant to Ward 8 and East of the River. You can even write them under a pseudonym if it would make you more comfortable. Submit your articles to advoc8te@congressheightsontherise.com.
Excerpt:
I think residents personalize things too much in this city, at the expense of looking at things objectively. In Ward 8, the uneducated simply outnumber the educated. Not that education is everything, but politicians play residents. People in a neglected part of town come out against the very transportation initiaitives that are designed to increase access to points west. How smart is that? I don't think anybody will open businesses, thereby increasing jobs in an area inundated with too many social services, resulting in people out on the street. Like I'm really going to take my wife and kids to a sit-down restaurant in that type of environment? Despite being walkable, we NEVER walk to the library. It's not just about the access. It's also about the experience. Walkability is not just about distance. People with families don't want their kids constantly seeing liquor stores and laundromats and people out doing nothing, standing around, wasting time, when we need workers to compete in a global environment. Local security impacts national security....
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