tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post2430230536873085956..comments2023-06-18T12:44:17.009+01:00Comments on Short Articles about Long Meetings (SALM): Reply by ANC2B Candidate Ed Hanlon to Yesterday's SALM Post about Temporary Protection OrderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11387232495415484783noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-56604942565871802712014-11-06T02:16:33.018+00:002014-11-06T02:16:33.018+00:00RIP, Itty Bitty Snitty CommitteeRIP, Itty Bitty Snitty CommitteeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-89452227037939691222014-11-06T00:47:45.065+00:002014-11-06T00:47:45.065+00:00Well, it is wonderful to see that, despite the was...Well, it is wonderful to see that, despite the wasteful and illegal campaign signage/flyers and the overly-aggressive tactics of the "Ed" crew, the neighborhood came together and rallied to re-elect (by a 2 to 1 margin) a candidate with integrity. One has to wonder how much damage the reputations of Ramon, Tom, and Elwin have sustained as a result of their latching on to a candidate like "Ed" Hanlon to "try to take back the neighborhood."Another 2B09 Neighornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-8242892886195382922014-11-04T18:37:44.050+00:002014-11-04T18:37:44.050+00:00Tom, the only "personal matter negative campa...Tom, the only "personal matter negative campaign" is coming from your camp. <br /><br />Stop pretending Noah Smith has stooped to the level that you, Elwin, and "Ed" have.2B09 Neighbornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-84590007383790099672014-11-04T18:11:28.871+00:002014-11-04T18:11:28.871+00:00Who is running for this seat, anyway? "Ed&quo...Who is running for this seat, anyway? "Ed" Hanlon? Or Tom and Elwen Farris? <br /><br />They have broken election laws by posting far more signs than allowed. They have repeatedly stuffed US Mailboxes with their paraphernalia -- even after my neighbor asked them to stop. They have gone onto private property to plaster neighbor's cars with fliers. Our entire neighborhood is littered with their wasteful campaign fliers. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Tom won't engage in constructive debate online or in person; all he can do is cast aspersions on Noah's character, with no proof whatsoever. And Elwen is going door to door, spreading rumors and fearmongering. No one has heard boo from "Ed."<br /><br />This is not what I want in a neighbor, much less in my local government.<br /><br />Happily cast my vote for Noah Smith this morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-40099733294682718272014-11-01T19:12:29.561+00:002014-11-01T19:12:29.561+00:00How desperate with all of those signs
And the lies...How desperate with all of those signs<br />And the lies that he tells to malign<br />Nocturnally he howls<br />Like a banshee moving bowels, and<br />Old Rocky growls at the swine<br /><br />No corner, post, intersection<br />Is spared of signs in every direction<br />Still he will lose<br />And clean up this abuse<br />Not succeeding at buying this election<br /><br />And then he'll return to his blight<br />Screaming "Rocky I'm not happy" at night<br />Suing all that live near<br />Hating and spreading fear<br />Of the bully that seeks a court fight<br /><br />Life's too short to let bullies run free<br />Elect Noah, and let others beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-39328650504806698542014-10-31T18:49:58.856+00:002014-10-31T18:49:58.856+00:00Yeah, the neighborhood now only has 998 "Ed&q...Yeah, the neighborhood now only has 998 "Ed" signs rather than the original 1,000. I am sure it was done by disgusted neighbors just sick of the ridiculous and obsessive proliferation of "Ed" signs everywhere you look. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-768309321134327092014-10-31T15:53:29.978+00:002014-10-31T15:53:29.978+00:00Tom, You are the one with a "loose screw here...Tom, You are the one with a "loose screw here" (quoting your comment above). If expanding residential parking is a priority for you and your candidate "Ed" why are you and him against the homeowners who are building a parking space in their backyard? Homework is highly recomended before you decide to oppose a project and publicly comment on facts you don't know. Many of the neighborhood's priorities you list above are part of Noah's agenda. Ed's empty promisses will take this neighborhood nowhere. After you do some research you will end up voting for Noah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-11101234915649459622014-10-31T15:04:40.105+00:002014-10-31T15:04:40.105+00:00Integrity is indeed very important.Integrity is indeed very important.T and T Constructionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-21623877543945085362014-10-31T15:03:05.386+00:002014-10-31T15:03:05.386+00:00If it's a thirst for issues you have, this ver...If it's a thirst for issues you have, this very blog has today published a Q&A with Noah Smith, while reporting Ed Hanlon's failure to provide a response: <br /><br />"On October 14, I sent Hanlon (and Smith) the questions below, and set a deadline of October 28. At an ANC candidates' night on October 16, Hanlon told me he intended to respond. On October 28, he sent me an email asking for a few more hours to consider his answers. I was happy to grant this very reasonable request. Since then, I have not received answers from him. I have sent him two reminders. Given that the election is next Tuesday, I am publishing Smith's response." <br /><br />http://shortarticlesaboutlongmeetings.blogspot.com/2014/10/interview-with-noah-smith-candidate-of.htmlT and T Constructionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-5667788579541892972014-10-31T14:57:33.806+00:002014-10-31T14:57:33.806+00:00And the only reason this has turned negative becau...And the only reason this has turned negative because it is the environment that "Ed" Hanlon has created in this area. Neighbor after neighbor has been victimized by his obsessive harassment and intrusions. I think the moral fabric of a candidate does matter - - so, no, I wouldn't vote for Attilla the Hun or "Ed" Hanlon regardless of their campaign promises. I agree with the previous commenter - some homework should be done. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-54248574036929785382014-10-31T14:05:58.307+00:002014-10-31T14:05:58.307+00:00Tom, You need to do some research before you vote ...Tom, You need to do some research before you vote on Tuesday....You are not well informed enough to make a decision at this point. You are getting all the facts wrong, labeling people you don't know, and commenting on things you are not aware of. Its hard to believe that Ed Hanlon represents you. We need someone who brings people together, and makes this neighborhood a better place to live. Have you've seen Hanlon's house? Is that what you want our neighborhood to look like? Have you've ever talked to him? Have you've ever read the appeals he filed against his neighbors? This should be your homework for the weekend before you vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-30304946210860183222014-10-30T22:17:21.333+00:002014-10-30T22:17:21.333+00:00Well that's a personal dispute between neighbo...Well that's a personal dispute between neighbors that many have of us are familiar with happening 1000 times and does not concern the issues which are being drowned out. It's a negative personal campaign instead of a discussion of the issues. <br /><br />Personally even if Attilla the Hun is a candidate I still want to know where they stand on important issues here (and what they have done about them if they're the incumbent). Those issues are expanding residential parking, getting the Georgetown Circulator extended to 16th and U immediately as it's past due, whether the proposed express lanes for buses on 16th are a good idea for us, trash collection and rat abatement issues, crime including delivery thefts and car break-ins not to mention continuing drug dealing at 14th and Riggs which caused a shooting last year, how the zoning update will affect 15th street for commercial stores and R-4 rowhouses being used for day care centers and such, and how much liquor and how much retail we want in our commercial mix. There are serious issues of pedestrian safety crossing 14th that I care about too. <br /><br />But as someone with an incredible personal investment in our neighborhood I am offended by a personal matter negative campaign. instead. tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687038451241196980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-41204589902490098842014-10-30T21:59:13.928+00:002014-10-30T21:59:13.928+00:00If you want to talk about frivolous cases, look no...If you want to talk about frivolous cases, look no further than your candidate - Ed Hanlon. He challenged a roof deck on Swann St that had all necessary permits and historical approvals - not once, but three times! He challenged it at the BZA and lost 4-0 and then he filed a Motion for Reconsideration and lost again 4-0. He was pretty much laughed out of the BZA. You could watch the video online and see the BZA's reaction. Despite his repeated losses, he is now challenging the same roof deck, which again has always had all necessary permits and approvals, at the DC Court of Appeals. Why? Because, in his own words, he is afraid that someone can now look into his bedroom and see "the color of slippers." I kid you not. It is in the record several times. Yes, this is the candidate you are aligning yourself with. The irony, of course, is that he has a massive, non-conforming deck that is an eyesore in the neighborhood and towers over everyone else's homes, and now is suddenly interested the historic integrity of the community..<br /><br />And, by the way, don't try to impugn Noah's character by saying he is behind an attack on Hanlon. It is Hanlon's own actions that have made his entire street want to vote against him and are actively working to make sure he doesn't represent the neighborhood on the ANC. And, by the way, just because Noah doesn't live next to you doesn't make him any less part of our neighborhood. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-61392145721065034362014-10-30T21:30:38.553+00:002014-10-30T21:30:38.553+00:00Except when he was a legal party opposing resident...Except when he was a legal party opposing residents trying to get a rat abatement voluntary agreement. tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687038451241196980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-89485415636353226792014-10-30T21:19:53.453+00:002014-10-30T21:19:53.453+00:00well Noah Smith had no problem going to a legal he...well Noah Smith had no problem going to a legal hearing as a legal party opposed to neighbors trying to get a voluntary agreement on rat abatement. That's the first time I've ever heard of a sitting ANC member being a legal party against neighbors and that's not very neighborly. But then he's not our neighbor. <br /><br />And building your house out to 100% lot occupancy isn't very neighborly. And getting frivilous restraining orders against several neighbors who complain isn't very neighborly. <br /><br />But most of all, starting a vicious negative personal attack campaign about an adjacent neighbor dispute that happens all the time in DC instead of taking positions on important issues is a despicable tactic that should not be condoned. It's the sign of an immature ideologue who thinks he has found the one great truth and any means to furthering it's goal is valid. <br /><br />It also is a great way to avoid the important issues when you know the majority disagree with you or when you just don't have any thinking on important neighborhood issues but are just seeking personal enhancement. tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687038451241196980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-8416374456165310082014-10-30T20:55:10.945+00:002014-10-30T20:55:10.945+00:00Tom, I respect that you spent so much time buildin...Tom, I respect that you spent so much time building consensus between neighbors and businesses. Hanlon has done the opposite. Neighbors get permits and licensed contractors for their work. Hanlon never reaches out to anyone to address any problem he may have. Instead he sneaks photographs and writes legal appeals dozens of pages long, forcing people to get attorneys involved, when he could have at least tried to build some consensus.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-30496572146961154782014-10-30T20:21:45.142+00:002014-10-30T20:21:45.142+00:00I can't speak for Noah's position on lot o...I can't speak for Noah's position on lot occupancy, but I know one thing, he certainly would be respectful enough not to repeatedly intrude upon a neighbor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-17628087394468115532014-10-30T20:01:42.034+00:002014-10-30T20:01:42.034+00:00After reading Hanlon's response, I'm defin...After reading Hanlon's response, I'm definitely voting for Noah Smith. Quick summary of Hanlon's response: doesn't address the content of the Protection Order, proceeds to spew that he's right about that damned deck.<br /><br />The clue phone is ringing here big time, folks. I'm sticking with Noah's performance as our ANC rep: professional, courteous, even-handed, and best of all lacking any history with our court system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-90331180368024699572014-10-30T19:54:57.104+00:002014-10-30T19:54:57.104+00:00Tom, this is not a matter of the policy of one can...Tom, this is not a matter of the policy of one candidate versus the other. It's not about Noah at all, and I don't know his views about lot occupancy. It's about Ed Hanlon entering other people's property and getting caught multiple times. He entered a closed gate on my property and climbed a ladder onto my deck, and submitted the pictures to the BZA (and didn't get a single vote from them). It's about the fact that Ed has been before a judge and will get arrested if he visits some of his potential future constituents. Do you support that or don't you? If you agree with his positions, that's fine. But he's not fit to represent his neighbors. It also happens that he registered his car in MD and had an illegal basement apartment for a decade. But that's just the icing on the cake. Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-10282746561448760072014-10-30T19:38:55.085+00:002014-10-30T19:38:55.085+00:00and didn't this 100% lot occupancy include a m...and didn't this 100% lot occupancy include a multiple-car garage? plentiful parking seems to be on the other side's wish list. tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687038451241196980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-61072069912887910932014-10-30T19:35:01.345+00:002014-10-30T19:35:01.345+00:00No one is more of an urbanist than I am and not a ...No one is more of an urbanist than I am and not a single person has given as much or worked as hard for improvement of the neighborhood as i have. After my lover was murdered out front I spent eight years getting 25 stay-away orders on drug dealers and begged and pleaded to get our first nice cafe, Utopia, approved by the city and the building owner. For many years all my annual leave was spent working to make this neighborhood safe and desirable to live in and building a consensus of neighbors and businesses. <br /><br />And I'm for much greater density than we now have. But expanding the space a single unit has is not greater density. It's a suburban mindset that requires great rooms, exercise rooms and multiple baths for each person. That's not urbanism, that's making us more suburban. Urbanism is many more units of more urban dimensions. <br /><br />But again, does Noah Smith support 100% lot occupancy in R-4 residential? tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687038451241196980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-50485908839685610962014-10-30T19:32:27.152+00:002014-10-30T19:32:27.152+00:00You have to remain "anonymous" or Ed wil...You have to remain "anonymous" or Ed will sue you. By the way, again, you don't know your facts, the residents had a DCRA permit when they built the deck. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-9927112325834551742014-10-30T19:23:46.405+00:002014-10-30T19:23:46.405+00:00Ed Hanlon climbed a 2 story ladder at my house and...Ed Hanlon climbed a 2 story ladder at my house and took pictures. It's no surprise to me that he got a restraining order. I only wish I was there when he did it. Noah is not involved in this. But there is a whole group of neighbors who have had similar experiences with Ed. He's a peeping Tom. He's a bully who intimates people by constantly initiating lawsuits against them. He also has Maryland tags on his car. There's something wrong with him. Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-59256912043088998942014-10-30T19:16:40.841+00:002014-10-30T19:16:40.841+00:00If the 100% lot occupancy was by code there would ...If the 100% lot occupancy was by code there would not have to have been a variance (a serious matter as opposed to a "special exception") applied for.<br /><br />If the BZA is granting 100% lot occupancy variances in residential R-4 zones here that's something appalling that most of us would fight vigorously. And if Hanlon and his neighbors brought that to attention good for them.<br /><br />Does Noah Smith support 100% lot coverage in R-4 residential?tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687038451241196980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680796086061090788.post-7969991649255764072014-10-30T19:08:41.108+00:002014-10-30T19:08:41.108+00:00Tom, fortunately for "Ed," there are hun...Tom, fortunately for "Ed," there are hundreds of other "Ed" signs that he could move from the places where he has placed them illegally (only 3 signs per block allowed by DC law) to fill the gap on the 1400 block of Swann St.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com