Forest Hills Connection || News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
Election Day is Tuesday, November 6th. We’re here to help you get ready. When does voting start? Early voting begins Monday, October 22nd at One Judiciary Square and October 26 at community satellite centers and ends on Friday, November 2. All locations are open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Two locations […]
The November 6th ballot includes ANC commissioners. Forest Hills Connection has invited the candidates for ANC 3F to tell us about themselves and how they wish to serve the neighborhood. The candidates for ANC 3F02 introduced themselves yesterday. ANC 3F06 is the other single member district with a contested race. The candidates are Monika Nemeth […]
The November 6th ballot includes ANC commissioners. Forest Hills Connection has invited the candidates for ANC 3F to tell us about themselves and how they wish to serve the neighborhood. The candidates for ANC 3F02 introduced themselves yesterday. ANC 3F06 is the other single member district with a contested race. The candidates are Monika Nemeth […]
One of Forest Hills Connection’s missions is to educate and inform readers about the work of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, and ANC 3F in particular. Commissioners are elected to these positions every two years, and they will be on the ballot on November 6th. Whose name (or names) you’ll see on Election Day depends on your […]
The November 6th ballot includes ANC commissioners. Forest Hills Connection has invited the candidates for ANC 3F to tell us about themselves and how they wish to serve the neighborhood (read more). The candidates for 3F02 are Dave Donaldson and Carolinn Kuebler. Here is Donaldson’s statement. Here is Kuebler’s: My name is Carolinn Kuebler, and […]
“The ANC really is where the rubber meets the road on local politics,” wrote now-former ANC 3F commmissioner Mary Beth Ray as her term drew to a close in 2017: And while the DC Council and Congress debate larger topics, it’s important to remember that the only meaningful forum for issues like sidewalks, curb cuts, […]
by Marlene Berlin The agenda for ANC 3F‘s June 19th meeting was jam-packed. Many of the headlines below will be updated with links and details as we write them up. ANC looking to appoint non-voting commissioner for Single Member District 3F04 ANC 3F Chair Pat Jakopchek announced that due to the resignation of Commissioner Deirdre […]
by Marlene Berlin We’ve touched on Initiative 77 before but want to discuss its proposed tipped wage increase in a little more detail. And Little Red Fox’s newsletter this week provided an opening. Little Red Fox explains its tipping policy: At Little Red Fox, we don’t have a waitstaff and we pay all of our […]
When we compiled our Ward 3 2018 primary voters guide, we left out one thing: the candidates for Democratic State Committee positions. If you are a registered Democrat in Ward 3 voting in the June 19th primary, you will see something like this on the ballot or touchscreen. You are being asked to vote for […]
by Marlene Berlin If you’re a DC registered voter, you’ve likely received the primary election Voter Guide from the DC Board of Elections by now. And if you’re like many of us, it’s been sitting in a stack of mail, unopened. We’re here to help, with your Ward 3 guide to the June 19th primary […]
