Letter to the Editor: 'Unacceptable Behavior' from Students Using Boathouses
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The following letter was submitted to Georgetown Patch on Saturday. Links and photo added by Patch. Well, I think we need to talk. Yesterday at about 3:30pm, hordes of students were left off by bus on 27th Street and Virginia Avenue, NW. I live in the neighborhood and was taking an afternoon walk in the marvelous weather. The sidewalk is quite narrow on that stretch of Virginia Avenue and difficult to allow more than two persons walking side by side. The students, however, bunched and walked in a line of four to six on their way to the Potomac boathouse...unable to let anyone by. Nor did they make any effort to do so. Since I was going in the other direction, I waited for them to see me and then leave me room to pass. They refused to yield…
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James
1:33 pm on Monday, March 19, 2012
This is absolutely not an appropriate response to an incident of this magnitude. Kerry, have you considered writing your Congressman? This seems like a clear case for reinstating the death penalty. We could call it "Kerry's Law" and make sure the nation - nay, the world - knows you have been so violently aggrieved. Or have I offended you by calling you by your first name, madam? If so - oh, gee, … more ›