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To build on what's been said above, the purpose of the OP report is supposed to be for them to offer their professional take on the campus plan from the perspective of the District's planning and development goals, the comprehensive plan, etc. They can take outside input into account to some extent, but the real mechanism for consideration of community and other views is supposed to be submissions and hearings before the ZC, NOT during the writing of the OP report. And certainly not to the extent demonstrated here.

This is akin to having a hearing before the City Council on some matter, where one of the parties to the hearing gets to ghostwrite portions of the testimony to be given by a DC government agency. There's a process for airing their claims, but they want to circumvent this and instead have them appear under the seal and imprimatur of a government agency. Introducing a claim as part of an official OP document makes it seem a lot more credible than if it is introduced before the Zoning Commission as "the testimony of Stephen R. Brown, Persona Non Grata in the State of Israel and Proprietor of DrunkenGeorgetownStudents.com"

by Dizzy on Jun 15, 2011 11:25 am • link • report