Local businesses say Cluck-U to ANC

When I first moved to Washington, DC, a couple of years ago, everyone was telling me about how much of a risk I was taking. All I heard about was Washington, DC, being a huge ghetto, infested with sexual assaults and homicides, broad daylight robberies, prostitution, psychopaths, homelessness and everything else that would keep a sane person out.

And then when I finally arrived, I saw Dupont Circle. Then Georgetown. Then Adams Morgan. Then I moved into a place in Capitol Hill off Barracks Row. Then I saw Gallery Place/Chinatown, Friendship Heights, plans for a new stadium on the Anacostia River, plans for Columbia Heights, and a lotta reasons to make DC home.

I now live just off H Street, another corridor receiving a lot of attention for revitalization. Only the ANC isn't taking the easy road to make it happen. Instead of developing harmony with the locals, the ANC is using the law to impose their will. Sure they may be technically right, but morally, they're no different than ticketing a man for jaywalking after he gets hit by a car.

The Washington Post printed an article detailing the two sides, the debate and a look into the future of H Street. I'm simply hoping this debate doesn't delay those trolleys from rolling up and down H Street; METRO bus route X2 is extremely in need of some relief!