Comments on: Proposed Streetlight Fee Will Cost You $51 a Year

By: Mike Licht

Mike Licht — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:16:48 +0000

Would blind Washingtonians have to pay the proposed Street Light User Fee?

See

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/streetlight-user-fee-in-dc/

By: Street Light User Fee? « The San Antonio Conservative

Street Light User Fee? « The San Antonio Conservative — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:29:30 +0000

[...] Click Here to read the Article from the Washington City Paper. [...]

By: dd

dd — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:22:10 +0000

Less light = more crime

By: ah

ah — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:16:44 +0000

I do not use my streetlight. I would like to have it shut off, and then not pay the proposed "user fee". Will this be possible?

If someone who does use it (for example, so they can walk their dog who poops on my lawn) would like to pay for it, I have no objection to their doing so.

By: Prince Of Petworth » Blog Archive » Dear PoP - What’s Up With Fenty’s Street Lamp Tax?

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:29:38 +0000

[...] City Paper wrote about this earlier in the [...]

By: Bob Grow

Bob Grow — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:28:23 +0000

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22robert+grow%22+streetlights&aq=f&oq=

DC can save 50% in energy costs, taxpayer dollars and CO2 emissions by installing elergy efficient streetlights which allow for neighbornood lights to be dimmed individually or by city block...The same savings can be realized by switching to LED lamps. This should be part of the conversation...See web information above for details.

Bob

By: Skipper

Skipper — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:02:00 +0000

Bring back street lamps lit with whale blubber!

By: KCinDC

KCinDC — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:11:34 +0000

So are we giving up on the idea of progressive income tax? I know DC doesn't have that progressive a rate schedule anyway, but instituting a flat fee for everyone seems like a new level of regressivity.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:03:05 +0000

Agree with Topher. And, don't put the lights ON until it is dark (if possible).

And people, who was just talking about light pollution?

Who? Who?

Ch-ch-ch....

By: tophersez

tophersez — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:59:39 +0000

Okay, I know all of the people who obsessively equate streetlights with safety may flip over this, but what about turning the streetlights OFF after, say, 2 a.m. on weeknights and 4 a.m. on weekends? Very few people are out walking then, and the the power savings for the city should more than pay for the amount we spend on maintenance for the lights. Not to mention reducing light polution so we might actually see more than two stars over the District at night. And I agree with tom veil; "historic globe lights" and others like them are so wasteful!

By: tom veil

tom veil — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:35:07 +0000

I'll gladly pay for street lamps if, in return, the city will shut down all those idiotic street lights that are pointed up at the sky instead of downward, where all the people are. If Fenty wants to use street lights to send beacons to outer space, he can do that on his own dime.

By: creativemeat

creativemeat — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:08:36 +0000

Jesus, Pepco is already giving it to me up the butt.