ESSCA Meeting Tonight
Don’t forget: the last ESSCA meeting of the season (until September) is tonight at the Sligo Recreation Center. Pizza and soda will be provided, and the festivities begin at 7:30. If you didn’t RSVP by May 15, though, leave the pizza be. I, for one, will not be partaking for fear of potential food tampering, sedation, kidnapping and torture due to my incessant mockery of the organization.
On the agenda for this evening:
- Re-election of the usual suspects to various ESSCA offices
- Mr. Dunkel, Pedestrian Safety Coordinator with the County’s Department of Transportation, will discuss proposed changes to Sligo Avenue
- Ms. Khashan, a partnership specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, will discuss Census 2010 and the role that East Silver Spring residents will play in it.
And Speaking of ESSCA…
I’ve been pretty harsh on the ESSCA folks lately, so I want to make a couple of things clear. First, ESSCA does do some good things around the neighborhood. For example, they’re sponsoring a Community Paper Shred on May 23 at the Sligo Police Station. That’s nice. And there are some good, well-meaning people in the organization that fight for things in which they strongly believe. But they make some decisions and endorse some policies that I don’t agree with (which I have outlined in plenty of previous posts).
I will also continue to harp on the fact that the make up of the group (and particularly, its leadership) does not properly reflect the demographics of the neighborhood. It’s not just their fault – it’s the fault of all the people that live within the boundaries of East Silver Spring that don’t get involved, and I’m working to change that.
As long as people open themselves up to opinionated mockery, I will continue to make fun of them – whether it’s misspellings on public buildings, inappropriate use of quotation marks, or trying to take away the potential for a Harris Teeter at Falkland Chase. That’s the modus operandi of this blog, and it always has been. That won’t change. If you don’t like it, then don’t read this blog. It’s that simple. Some days the listserv itself can provide enough material for an entire Marx Brothers movie, and I can’t pass up an opportunity like that.
Lucky for them, we’ll have a few months off and I’ll most likely turn my attention to other things in the meantime. But come September, all bets are off.
In Other News
NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday had a great story “From Silver Spring to the Silver Screen” about 15-year-old Michel Pinczuk from Silver Spring who is showing her short documentary L’Chaim Israel at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It asks local Holocaust survivors what they would like to give Israel for its birthday. Outstanding to have a local filmmaker so prominently featured. Congratulations to her!
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So . . . how was it? Or have you been kidnapped/held random and that’s why there is no update . . . OR there was so much information that needs to be relayed to us that you are still working on it?
Ditto – how did it go? Sad that I missed that and the Shred It day due to SS Garden Club events — but then again, I highly enjoyed learning sbout the reproductive cycle of moss and the stories about how some roses got their names (many with local historical ties).
So many questions… Addressed shortly.
Hi, I’m kind of new to the debate over Falkland Chase vs Harris Teeter, but I find the argument a little confusing. Given that green space is shrinking in Silver Spring, as is the supply of pet-friendly apartment buildings, why is it so necessary to demolish one of the last garden-style apartment complexes to put an overpriced grocery store right next to the existing Giant and not far from the existing Whole Foods? With all the humungous towers sprouting all over every available square foot of Silver Spring like so many bland mushrooms, Falkland Chase is quite a visual relief, not to mention a godsend for dog owners or people with more than one cat. And Harris Teeter can’t beat Giant’s prices for staples or Whole Foods’ selection for exotics/organics.