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Thanks for your questions, Lance, and for your examples of the support businesses get in ANC 2B. Additionally, ANC 2B09 Commissioner Estrada with president of the DCCA, neighbors and small business owners formed a coalition which brought concerns about small business retention (and spiraling commercial real property taxes that posed a threat) to the council, through meetings and testimony. Neighbors and their ANC reps here recognize that residents and business owners are partners in the success of the community.

Also, it's unfair to characterize ANC2B as opposing the diner/comedy club proposal for the 14th + T building, since it never came before them for approval. The only appearance that the diner/comedy club group made before the ANC was for an informational presentation on the concept.

If an ABC application had been filed by the business owners, the ANC would have been required to consider the application, but there's no evidence that one was ever filed. So, claims that the ANC had a hand in the outcome of diner lease negotiations and/or the lease not going forward are simply untrue. Why is ANC2B (and especially the 2B09 commissioner?) receiving so many unsubstantiated, derogatory posts? Sounds like more of the hopeful candidate's negative campaign spin.

by 5866 on Oct 26, 2008 1:30 am • link • report