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MoreCleverUserName t1_jeefdgr wrote

Reply to Not notified about rent increase by lc1138

I would talk to the landlord first, remind them what’s in the lease, and ask them to push the rent increase back by 2 months. If they say No, then you go to the OTA. But there’s no need to start with OTA if you’ve not given the landlord a chance to solve the problem first (and OTA will probably ask you “what did the landlord say when you asked” anyway).

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Gumburcules t1_jeef8du wrote

Reply to comment by BrightThru2014 in Glenmont redline racist incident march 30th, 2023 by Key_Ad_7299

Because arresting people is the police's job and prosecuting people is the USAO's job.

"Why should I review grants if the panel does not approve 70% of applicants?"

"Why should I conduct interviews if the hiring manager tells 70% of them they didn't get the job?"

"Why should I give college counseling if 70% of students don't get accepted to college?"

See how dumb that sounds in other jobs? Why should it be any different for police?

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MarkinDC24 t1_jeeecrd wrote

Reply to comment by Mateorabi in On the topic of fake Virginia tags: looks like they fixed the 2013 date by Dcdonewell

Have you considered my feelings? What if I don’t want the post traumatic stress that could occur from being randomly hit by another car and it speeding away. You could also empathize with the fact that my car could be totaled — and insurance often gives below fair market value of cars that are totaled. I mean, I could keep going but I hope you get my point.

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SSSS_car_go t1_jeedh0t wrote

Reply to People that post about Crime, what are you doing to help your community in the City? by Diela_N

I don’t post about crime, but I still want to answer: I “think globally, act locally.” Meaning, I realize my impact will be small, but it can still be positive. I volunteer to pick up litter so neighborhoods don’t feel so depressing (shout out to District Cleanups!), which can lead to criminal acts, per the Broken Windows Theory. I volunteer in the parks (Anacostia Watershed Society, Rock Creek Conservancy) pulling up invasive plants (English ivy, clematis, honeysuckle) so the native plants have a chance and so the parks are more attractive to everyone, since green spaces are known to calm people down. And I volunteer with other groups as I have time—ushering at free music concerts (Washington Bach Consort), shelving books at the library, helping on Election Day. And I’m uniformly decent and pleasant to strangers I “meet” when I’m out and about, smiling, reaching something down from a high shelf for vertically challenged people in grocery stores, etc. I pay it forward.

Others no doubt will have other ways to involve themselves in their community, wherever your heart might lead you. The one thing we can’t afford to do is to distance ourselves from our neighbors. I’m not Christian, but I live by “Love your neighbor” and “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

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88138813 t1_jeed14k wrote

Reply to comment by lc1138 in Not notified about rent increase by lc1138

is your lease month-to-month? The most likely outcome is your landlord then giving you the proper notice for the rent increase. All in all it will probably just get your rent increased delayed by 2-3 months

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caphilldcne t1_jeecwuu wrote

Reply to comment by anoriginalusername65 in Rep. Boebert’s Informed and Coherent Criminal Code Revision at Yesterday’s Hearing by literpu

Yes. He was running unopposed. Another way to put this is that he’s liked well enough that people didn’t run against him in the primary.

So you want to dismantle the city council? "If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." - David Frum.

Do you even hear yourself? I’ve got a better idea - statehood for DC so we don’t have Boebert and the rest of the congressional clown show all in up in our business.

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