🚀 go-pugleaf

Matthew Mitchell (mmitchel@libertynet.org) wrote:
: In article <4s1mrf$rli@clarknet.clark.net>,
: prb@clark.net (Pat) wrote:

: >While the City paper and the Post nowadays report that
: >"Poor georgetown was abandoned due to technical problems,
: >(Note, no technical problems stood in the way of Forest Glen station,
: >People who I know and well respect who were here in the 70's,
: >report that the people of Georgetown fought so Long, Loud and Hard
: >from the very ebginning against any intrusions, that Georgetown
: >was deleted from any early planning.

: Think about the political slant of the _CP_ (and to a lesser extent, the
: _Post_) and then tell me again that they would try to cover up a history of
: local objections if they existed.  Judging by what I've read in that rag,
: they'd be much more likely to make up a conspiracy of white Georgetown
: residents trying to keep the subway out than they would make up the
: geographic problems which actually kept it out.


What is this about the political slant of the Post?  They are not "liberal",
they are aimed at the upper middle class like any other major newspaper
that is interested in maximizing advertizing revenue.  They certainly
have not screamed very hard about the two 20 percent cuts in service
the DC bus riders have received in the last couple of years!  They are not
strong advocates for investment in the city or poor communities (except 
for sports stadii, convention centers, etc.,)nor are they particularly 
interested in bashing Georgetown residents; in fact, some of their senior 
staff probably live there and drive their cars or take taxis everywhere, 
just like every other affluent person that lives there.  Why would they
attack their own lifestyle?  

: And as it has been said before, G'town was not as hip a destination 30
: years ago when the routes were being planned.


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