Annual Walkathon for the Homeless

Saturday November 22, 2008

Join the Charlie's Place Team to help raise money for the homeless. Located near Dupont Circle, this organization helps provide nutritious meals, development classes and other social services to the homeless.

Gather at 8:30 AM between 7th and 12th on the Mall under the big yellow "C" sign.

If you wish to sign up OR donate click here. Charlie's Place needs only 34 more walkers to achieve it's goal!

I ask for your vote on Tuesday...

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There is nothing more important than to vote on Tuesday for the candidate that best represents your beliefs and ideas.

My supporters and I care for this neighborhood just as my opponent and his supporters do. I have demonstrated this during the last 10 years by volunteering and supporting DC public schools, local charities and local arts organizations.

If you favor small, local independent businesses, than I am your candidate. If you want a vibrant and interesting neighborhood that relies upon smart-growth planning ideas, than I am your candidate. If you support better public transportation and affordable housing for teachers, police officers and firefighters, than I am your candidate. If you are ready for a change in Dupont Circle, than I am your candidate. I will support your interests if I am elected your ANC commissioner.


Thank you for your consideration,
Doug A. Rogers for ANC 2B09

Did my opponent misrepresent the votes of the full Dupont ANC?

Today an article that concerns me greatly appeared on a blog site that follows our neighborhood.
(Link to Article on GreatergreaterWashington.com)

I am concerned about Ramon Estrada’s public letters written to the HPRB and BZA. I attended these meetings and recall the votes that are in question. I hope the Dupont ANC Commissioners will seek a full investigation and quickly resolve this matter. No Single Commissioner should be allowed to misrepresent the voice of the full Dupont ANC whether they’ve been on the Commission for six weeks or six years.

My opponent continues to say that I am misrepresenting his views. Perhaps he should take a look at himself.

Keep it Local!

I wanted to post a link to a site that is working to support our local businesses.   They have the right idea - that we would prefer Room & Board to consider other locations in the DC area.  And that we want to protect our local neighborhood businesses that have been here and helped turn around our neighborhood.  Please visit their site for an easy way to tell Room & Board no thanks!

www.keeploganlocal.com

Mini-Walk to Help the Homeless

I hope all of us in the neighborhood can join together to support this worthwhile effort to benefit the Homeless.

When: Sunday November 2, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Where: Meet at the corner of 20th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW
Cost: $15 for those up to age 25; $25 for everyone else.

Sponsored by the DCCA. See link for more information (link to flier).

Support our Local Businesses

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I support excellent retail establishments along 14th Street and U Street. If the owners of the warehouse at 1840 14th Street NW (corner of 14th and T) had no other alternatives, I could understand them selling their property to a national furniture chain.

However, it is my understanding that the owners of the building had two potential buyers: 1) A national furniture chain OR 2) A group of local business owners who wanted to build a coffee house, restaurant, comedy club and yoga studio…a development that would bring vitality to the west side of 14th Street.

When given a choice, I believe our community should support local independent businesses for a host of reasons: A) Local ownership ensures that important decisions are made by local people who live in the neighborhood and who will feel the impact of those decisions. B) Locally owned businesses build strong communities by linking neighbors together and contributing to local causes. C) Small businesses select products based on the needs of local customers which guarantee a broader range of choices. D) In an increasingly homogenized world, neighborhoods that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character have an economic advantage (example: Pulp on 14th Street…try finding a card at CVS that gets bigger laughs). I also support the local businesses that are here today in our neighborhood. They took great risks to locate along 14th Streets and U Streets and helped turn around this neighborhood. I’ve spoken with the local owners, and they are VERY CONCERNED about a national furniture chain store moving into our neighborhood at such a prominent location.

This past weekend, I handed out a flier in the neighborhood appealing for the community to support our neighborhood's independent and local businesses. (see it here).   The back of the flier had a copy of a City Paper article related to the project (link to article).  On his newly created web site, my opponent WRONGLY accuses me of saying that he (or ANC 2B) disapproved of the project by the local group.  The flier made no mention of him (or ANC 2B), although others do appear to indicate that my opponent was less than fully supportive of the idea (see Washington Blade article 10/24/08).  I am for supporting our local businesses that are owned by our neighbors, friends and family.  I encourage the owners of the warehouse to give the group of local business owners the opportunity to build something truly unique for our neighborhood.

Press coverage of the Dupont ANC 2B09 Race

Here's a link to a Washington Blade article on the race for Dupont ANC. (Link to Blade article).

Here's a link to the Greater Greater Washington Blog article (Link to GGW article).

The Dupont Current also wrote an article on the race this past week.