I was thinking this too. But contextually he's probably a big stupid racist.

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I'm guessing 5 years or less. The tryhards usually lose their naïveté around then.

The charters suck too so its fair game

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens has some great birding and is on the Anacostia River Trail. You can metro as close as you can and grab a CaBi bike for the rest of the way.

I work next to a public school that has kids speaking Spanish and Chinese by the 8th grade. Not all of them suck.

I am no longer catholic or christian, but I appreciate what you said.

Thanks for the response and info. The person at the office of child protection did her job well and is someone I actually trust a bit. She has nothing to do with the investigation. The office where the report is currently located is the Moderator of the Curia and I dont trust anyone in that office. The head honcho is a graduate of the same place that turned out the predator who abused me, and a shitload of other predators. I’m a where there’s smoke, then there must be a fire kind of person. Mt. St Marys Seminary in Emmitsburg Maryland is thick with smoke. So I am not expecting anything positive from the Moderator of The Curia office.

Inner and outer loop lines.

Edit: I missed "tiny" but I'm leaving my comment.

I think it’s getting downvoted because the tone on your original post reads as dismissive and assumptive of the level of community engagement from people posting about crime. If you are truly curious about the level of individual investment across the DC community then you may want to adjust the underlying tone of the post.

I think this might be a step too far for the 'if you don't vote, you cant complain' theorem.

This memory is hazy so someone correct me if this was just a fever dream I had. I seem to recall a few years ago WMATA asking for suggestions from riders. The winning suggestion was to add compass rose-esque signage at each exit so it's clear where you're going immediately. And in pure WMATA form that hasn't happened yet. It seems like a very implementable step.

Yep! Of course if a family member WANTS to pick me up or drop off I probably wouldn’t say no but like, 45-60min in the car or 50-60min on the train depending where you get on… it’s really a great new option. And, I feel like the occasional Metro delay is not as often as rush hour traffic or other driving shenanigans

highly recommend a hike above fletchers boat house. little slice of the wild in the middle of urban sprawl. i always see ospreys and have spotted an eagle pr two out there also.

Not quite how things work

There is only support for you as you continue your journey through the pain of abuse in the Catholic community from folks who get it. It’s like nothing changes but the rhetoric.

I do not think there is anyone that can help with improving Found Farmers.

Sorry this has happened to you. I live in a different diocese, but there is a phone number on this page https://www.usccb.org/offices/child-and-youth-protection/victim-assistance for the person supposedly in charge of handling abuse reports. If I were you I would be spamming her phone number (not email because that is more easily ignored) until some progress was made.

I can totally understand if you do not want to do this, but you might get further also by contacting the current priest of the parish, according to the website his email is mellone@annunciationdc.org. Priests usually have a direct line of contact with their bishop so there is a decent chance that he would be able to escalate it to Archbishop Gregory. What you are asking for is not a big ask, you just have to get through the layers of bureaucracy.

Best of luck.

I see a lot of people posting about restaurants, but what have you done to make the food at Founding Farmers better. Huh? Its very easy to complain from the sidelines, but we live in a society!

I’m pretty sure I’m familiar with this person. First time I met him he was outside the giant by 7th street a year or so ago. I was waiting for my friend to get done shopping and he approached me in a friendly manner, then got into his background story. He said he was 17 years old so like 18 now. He said he got kicked out of his home with no one to turn to for help, and was staying in one of the encampments but didn’t feel safe there. I felt bad and appreciated his honestly. Then he pleaded for me to get him something inside so I got him a couple drinks. He appreciated the soda but was a bit upset I didn’t get cash back for him.

I’ve had a couple friends have encounters with him that were more hostile with some verbal threats and trailing for a couple blocks. I ran into him last time a couple months ago outside the Whole Foods on P. He didn’t recognize me but he was eagerly following before I told him I’d give him some cash next time we ran into eachother but I didn’t even have my wallet on me at the time.

I understand it is concerning and frightening given the encounters listed here. I hope for everyone’s safety but I also hope he gets some help in some form that is effective and not just punitive. He’s basically still a just kid, who is clearly dealing with some serious issues. I don’t think he’s some seasoned criminal but I understand people act desperately in desperate times.

I think the intention of this is very nice, but at what point is it not the whole cities fault that crime is being committed by criminals?

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Exactly! At no point have I ever believed that these people seriously care about the state of the District.

I helped put roughly a dozen shitbag individuals in prison from my work in forensics in a neighboring county. Unknown DNA samples taken from scenes may compound the sentences for offenders once they’re caught. It’s the gift that keeps giving.

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