Today 11.11.08

Things are going well in 2B04, but there's a lot going on.

This morning I had breakfast with Mike Feldstein, an incomming Commissioner in Dupont Circle. He's replacing Curt Farrar on the Commission. The other 8 of us were reelected by large margins last week. I'm excited to have Mike on the Commission, and look forward to working with him on behalf of the neighborhood.

I'm also getting ready for a community meeting on crime on Thursday that I'm helping organize. This is to help communications across 15th Street - the "Borderstan" neighborhood. To the east of 15th Street is the 3rd Police District, and to the west of 15th (my district) is the 2nd Police District. 2D has dedicated officers to the 15th Street neighborhood, but it's my understanding that 3D has not held up its side of things, which has led to increased crime on both sides of 15th. I'm hoping this meeting will help keep us on track.

Last night I attended the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club meeting and election of officers. None of the positions were contested. On Saturday night I attended the Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce annual dinner, which was exciting as well.

I'm still working on some crime issues, including trying to find out what happened to a constituent's stolen car when it was located and then lost again, trying to get a lawn mowed by DCRA (this has been pending for months), and getting to know Councilmember Evans' new director of constituent services, so that I can help get better constituent services for the neighborhood.