Comments on: Neighborhood Watch: Fenty Intervenes in Palisades Tree Massacre

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:24:58 +0000

Fenty intervened because it would have been a complete waste to allow PEPCO to proceed and both he and the city would have looked like idiots as well as opening DC up to some huge environmental lawsuit.

The folks in Palisades are very organized, gathered all the evidence to demonstrate PEPCO's broken chain of logic, and then let Fenty make the touchdown.

The really dumb thing that Fenty has done regarding PEPCO is to not renominate Office of the People's Counsel head Betty Noel just as PEPCO is about to ask for a huge rate increase, something Noel has successfully dealt with for years.

By: rob in BsAs

rob in BsAs — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:27:47 +0000

While this does reek of favoritism for the rich white part of the DC community, I must say I'm glad 400 trees were saved.

By: 1967dc

1967dc — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:44:59 +0000

Blame...blame...blame!! I heard the whites in DC are to blame for the 40% chance of rain on thursday......

By: U.S. Citizen

U.S. Citizen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:45 +0000

White the white folks in Ward 3 says jump, King Fenty jumps. This is why many black D.C. voters hate Fenty's ass. He's kissing the asses of whites in D.C. and showing them favoritism. Being black is seen as being inferior in society. Some blacks marginalize other blacks at the expense of whites.

By: Downtown rez

Downtown rez — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:16 +0000

I like buried lines better than overhead ones, but in all the clamor to bury them (a good thing!) little notice is given to the cost to the consumer for doing so. It would likely be about the same as the cost to replace a local lead line from a water meter to a house. And that would fall on the property owner, and be above and beyond any cost PEPCO would add to the electric bill to cover their side of the infrastructure.

By: Contrarian

Contrarian — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:24:14 +0000

Old, poorly maintained buried lines were the reason all of the exploding manhole covers in Georgetown...

Giant metal frisbees, not good to land on the family dog... or child... or adult...

By: Reid

Reid — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:56:51 +0000

Umm, Al there are plenty of neighborhoods in DC with buried power lines that lose power periodically. I know since I live in one of them. It doesn't take a falling tree to short out a transformer.

By: Comrade Al Gonzales

Comrade Al Gonzales — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:50:04 +0000

When the rich white people say "jump", Adrian says, "How high?" Bury the utility lines. Only a cheap-ass country like the USA has wires above the ground everywhere. In modern, socialist European countries, utilities are buried. It's not only aesthetically pleasing, it's much better for reliability. Ice & wind storms never disrupt power.

By: Bianca

Bianca — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:13 +0000

What an outrage! Thank you, intern, for keeping us posted on these horrific tree massacres. Unacceptable, indeed.