While I was (put) away...

Christ... You head out to Shepherd Pratt for a couple weeks of R&R, and the world changes while you're put away...

Two big developments in Mount Vernon over the past several days:

1) CHAP handed wreckin' parks a generous helping of I-dont-think-so at last week's marathon hearing on the north square of Mount Vernon Place. I haven't read the transcript because it takes months for them to produce one--and it'll take twice as long this time because the stenographer at that meeting didn't seem to know her arse from her equipment, or her equipment from a hole in the wall, or so I am told--but it is likely to reveal that wreckin' parks is still using the same, tired old strategy to try to move a dog that just won't hunt. More later on this topic.

2) The group, Everyone-but-one-greedy-developer for Reasonable Heights in Mount Vernon (ERHMV, aka. everyone), scored a victory this past week with the Urban Affairs Committee's endorsement of CHAP recommended heights for new construction in Mount Vernon. Crazy thing is everyone is claiming victory on this one, including the lobbyists for the developers. More on this topic later, too.

Ah, it's good to be back.