[Mintwood-place] mystery solved

Tue Oct 4 15:32:59 EDT 2011

Everyone, please see below to see who "Lamar Cousins" really is:

 www.mylife.com/lisaduperier     mylife.com/kaliseal 

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From: mintwood-place-bounces at lists.mutualaid.org
[mailto:mintwood-place-bounces at lists.mutualaid.org] On Behalf Of Denis James
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:22 PM
To: kaliseal at aol.com; AdamsMorgan at yahoogroups.com;
mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org
Subject: Re: [Mintwood-place] no public notice of October 4 ANC 1C
PZTCommittee mtg

"Lamar",

Why don't you come out from hiding and reveal who you really are? 

For someone to have all the details that you seem to have of what happens at
this or that meeting over the years, someone like me who knows just about
everyone at any given community meeting would surely have been introduced by
now or come to know at least who you are.

I strongly suspect that this is just a nom de plume of convenience for one
of the usual scavengers trying to suck up some of the loose change floating
around the proposed hotel project.

I stand by my former statements on this subject. I always sign my real name
to everything I write. I have no on-line alter-egos.

Denis James

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From: mintwood-place-bounces at lists.mutualaid.org
[mailto:mintwood-place-bounces at lists.mutualaid.org] On Behalf Of
kaliseal at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:07 PM
To: AdamsMorgan at yahoogroups.com; mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org
Subject: Re: [Mintwood-place] no public notice of October 4 ANC 1C
PZTCommittee mtg

Interesting. 
   Chris when you were on the  Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC), your
Committee did not post notices 7 days in advance and neither did the ANC as
a whole always do so, and yet neither you nor Denis said anything about the
"DC Code" whenever the technicality of notices was not met. (For large,
one-time special meetings a higher standard has always been followed.)
   There have been more total ANC, residential, and developer meetings about
this hotel project than any other development project in the history of
Adams Morgan. (may rank pretty high city-wide). Your crack about "disservice
to the community" is absurd given the total number of meetings, and given
the standard you followed you when an ANC commissioner.

   Denis, under the previous ANC chair, the agenda of committees was almost
never published in advance, and you did not  complain, write about it on the
list servs... nor did anyone of us, because a few days notice is fine. Also,
everyone knows you have been unerring about publishing, usually more than
once, your Kalorama Citizens Association (KCA) meetings on the list servs,
and that your meeting for the hotel Vote on "concerns for planning"  is the
first time you did not do so. 

   Your sanctimony does not sit well with many and now causes me me to be
less supportive of you than I have been in the past. Since Wes Combs decided
to speak up, some others of us feel we should also.
Regards, Lamar Cousins

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Version II.O <chrisotten2 at yahoo.com>
To: kaliseal <kaliseal at aol.com>; adamsmorgan <adamsmorgan at yahoogroups.com>;
wreynoldsanc <wreynoldsanc at aol.com>; denisjames <denisjames at verizon.net>
Cc: mintwood-place <mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org>;
Sent: Fri, Sep 30, 2011 11:21 pm  Subject: Re: [Mintwood-place] no public
notice of October 4 ANC 1C PZT Committee mtg

Actually, to clarify as a former Commissioner, ANC's by DC Code are to give
at least 7 days notice of publicly held meetings.  In fact for the 2010
December special ANC meeting about the proposed hotel project, because the
initial call was not put out within 7 days of the meeting, it had to be
rescheduled.

This hotel project is of critical importance to the future of our
neighborhood.  By not noticing this meeting, it certainly does a disservice
to our community -- at least the community that is online.  For those who
are not, it seems they are left in the dark almost all the time.

Chris O.  202-536-4065

From: "kaliseal at aol.com" <kaliseal at aol.com>
To: adamsmorgan at yahoogroups.com; wreynoldsanc at aol.com;
denisjames at verizon.net
Cc: mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org; wcombs at witeckcombs.com
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Mintwood-place] no public notice of October 4 ANC 1C PZT
Committee mtg       
        Denis, am generally supportive of you, but you look silly and mean
spirited for writing this to the listservs.  "What's Up with that" is that
ANC committees as a rule usually post their meetings 48-72 hours in advance
because no one pays much attention before that.  "What's Up with that" is
you are the Pot calling the Kettle black because you held the last KCA
meeting with a Vote on the hotel issue and for the first time ever you
failed to post notice of the meeting on any ListServ anywhere at any time --
which you always do without fail,  and you did not put any flyers on the
street as you usually do. Wesley Combs rightly called you out on this during
your own KCA Sept meeting.  "What's Up with that" is you have been in the
room when this Oct 4 PZT meeting and date was announced at both the ANC1C
Sept 7. monthly meeting and at PZT meeting on Sept 19.  

Regards, Lamar Cousins

-----Original Message-----

From: Denis James <denisjames at verizon.net>
To: kaliseal <kaliseal at aol.com>; adamsmorgan <adamsmorgan at yahoogroups.com>;
wreynoldsanc <wreynoldsanc at aol.com>
Cc: mintwood-place <mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org>; wcombs
<wcombs at witeckcombs.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 2:23 am
Subject: RE: no public notice of October 4 ANC 1C PZT Committee mtg

As Chris Otten has pointed out, ANC's by law, must give 7 days public notice
of their meetings. If I had not written today, what notice would have been
given by the ANC for the Tuesday, October 4, 7 pm PZT meeting at the
Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road, where the Church Hotel and the
Comprehensive Plan will be discussed?

So, I would hope that more folks than just me would be concerned about
notice for ANC meetings. These are publicly elected officials, whose "great
weight" affects us in many ways.

In fact, the nature and subject matter of these PZT meetings is a topic that
KCA and Reed-Cooke Neighborhood Association leadership has repeatedly
written to PZT and ANC Chair Wilson Reynolds about, seeking clarity on the
topics to be covered and when, and the frequency of such meetings. 

 But we have had no meaningful response. It is critical that a well-planned
public process take place for a project of such size and scope.
Additionally, Mr. Reynolds has not named the topics of future meetings on
this issue at the earlier meetings you reference, just that a meeting will
take place, something that is regularly scheduled as shown on the ANC
website.

As to your criticism of me and KCA actions, all KCA dues-paying members
receive our printed newsletter, mailed 1st class US mail, which announced
the meeting and agenda items, and every member who has shared their e-mail
address with us also gets timely notice. In addition, it is well known, and
published on our website, that KCA meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month,
September through June.

 I doubt that this is the first time, nor will it be the last, that I don't
go the extra mile and put up street signs and make list-serve announcements
for our meeting.

KCA, under my leadership is determined to focus its voice to the various
government agencies that allow public participation to us as a 501c3 civic
association. That is why we passed a resolution on September 15 listing our
concerns about Mr. Friedman's Hotel PUD application, and that resolution has
been forwarded to the Office of Planning as our community comment for
inclusion in the report they will prepare for the Zoning Commission.

 I note that Mr. Reynolds did make a public apology, explanation and further
notice of the meeting in question after my initial posting.

-----Original Message-----
From: Denis James <denisjames at verizon.net>  To: One List
<adamsmorgan at yahoogroups.com>; wreynoldsanc at aol.com> Cc: mintwood-place
<mintwood-place at lists.mutualaid.org>  Sent: Fri, Sep 30, 2011 1:06 pm
Subject: [Mintwood-place] no public notice of October 4 ANC 1C PZT Committee
mtg
Wilson,I visited the ANC 1C website today and found a notice for an ANC 1C
PZT committee for October 4th at 7 pm at the Festival Center, 1640 Columbia
Road, the topic being the Church Hotel proposal and the DC Comprehensive
Plan.But no notice here, or on the Mintwood list.What's up with that?  Denis

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