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KLMNO POSTLOCAL Talk to us. Talk to newsmakers. Talk to each other. Join the conversation at postlocal.com Daily Gripe roundup Helping job seekers dress for success


Each week, our photographers bring you scenes from your community. Today, take a look through Jahi Chikwendiu’s lens at a scene east of the Anacostia River.


The Post’s online Daily Gripe feature, about three months old, has helped get many of our readers’ complaints and concerns to the public servants who can fix them. Some problems get fixed before we can write about them. Here are some updates from the field — in


this case, from the District. Comment on these or add your own online.


Potholes, lights and more


Reader msg345 complained about conditions


on 18th Street between Massachusetts Avenue and U Street in Northwest Washington, calling them “abysmal.” The issue has been logged in the District’s service request system. We’ll keep you posted on updates. Reader tennesseer, meanwhile, has been busy


documenting bike lane potholes in the 400 block of Seventh Street NE and the 400 and 700 blocks of E Street NE. You can share your comments about these potholes or enter your own online. Finally, a dangling streetlight in the 1700 block of T Street NW that was held in place by a thin wire has been fixed, according to D.C. Depart- ment of Transportation spokesman John Lisle.


Share your concerns in communities around the region at washingtonpost.com/dailygripe.


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harles “CIAZ” Thompson takes William Dansby’s body meas- urements at the Anacostia Mentoring and Employment Network in Southeast Washington.


Thompson had been given a diagnosis of a terminal illness and was dealing with health insurance issues when he started a winter clothing drive in September for the homeless community in Ward 8. Using his personal e-mail contacts and mailing lists, he collected about 200 coats, hats and scarves and began distributing them to the homeless in October. Many of the items Thompson received, however, were business


attire and not suited for the homeless. So Thompson started working with nonprofit groups east of the Ana- costia River that offered employment classes to get the business attire into the hands of those who were going on job interviews and looking for work.


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Conversations


Readers respond to a Capital Business article about New York-based restaurants increasingly scouting the District as a place for expansion. (Among the star names: Bobby Flay, who is in negotiations to open a Burger Palace.)


N.Y. eats invade D.C.


TerpGrad: “A Bobby Flay burger place in Penn Quarter? I’m hoping that’s where he ends up.”


mrmagoo066: “They’ll do fine. Was out yesterday in downtown D.C. Restaurants were packed.”


sjp879: “These restaurant guys will make a fortune in D.C. I constantly eat out. Good restaurants are always packed, and the demand is there for many new places. We have a robust economy, and I don’t know why it has taken this long for so many to figure this out.”


kendra2: “We will have 50 burger joints opened by celebrity chefs who could care less about the D.C. area.”


Tell us about your favorite Washington area restaurants and review local standouts at


washingtonpost.com/restaurants. Help the police


Video released in Ashburn robbery


A security video of the suspect in the robbery


of an Ashburn Subway restaurant Friday was released Monday by the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office, and police hope someone can help them identify the man in it. The suspect is described as black in his early


to mid-20s and about 6 feet tall with a thin build, short-cropped hair and scarring on his right arm, authorities said. He was last seen wearing a baggy white


T-shirt, dark blue pants, a baseball cap and shoes with white trim around the soles and the toes, police said. Anyone with information about the robbery or the suspect is asked to contact M. Halley of


the Sheriff ’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division at 703-777-0475. Callers wishing to remain anonymous can contact Loudoun Crime Solvers at 703-777-1919.


Watch the video and get more local crime and public safety news at washingtonpost.com/crime.


Hot topic


Ever driven past a school bus as it picked up or dropped off children? In Frederick County, that offense is being recorded by cameras on the buses. The ticket might soon be in the mail. (Tickets aren’t being issued yet because the General Assembly hasn’t approved a bill to do so.) Readers respond on PostLocal.com.


Tickets for driving past school buses


not2worry: “I predict that the bills — and ac- companying lobbying — will continue until the ‘offi- cials’ eventually get what they want. When is enough fi- nally enough?”


Q&A


Post travel writer Nancy Trejos and the rest of the Flight Crew took readers’ questions about international travel and weekend getaways during a live chat Monday on PostLocal.com.


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krickey7: “I guess ‘enough’ is when those who break the law, especially around vulnerable school kids, stop doing it. When did we turn into a nation where lawbreakers feel enti- tled to whine about being caught?”


of you said you planned to spend at least $100 per child on school supplies this year.


of you planned to spend less than $20.


“I’ve already spent more than $700 of my own money on my supplies for my students this year. Did I mention that I am a teacher?” — Reader willoughbyspit


— Online survey of Post readers as of Monday evening.


PHOTODISC


YumYum1: “This is a new take on enforcement . . . but whatever it takes to slow people down and have them understand that speeding can have disastrous consequences — especially when a bus packed with kids is involved.”


jiji1: “Will the bus drivers be ticketed automatically for speeding?”


VAgold: “This is an interesting idea. People drive crazy around school buses and schools in general. This is an interesting way to capture this info.”


pink1 “Leave your house in plenty of time to get to your destination, and you won’t have to wor- ry about the school bus making you late.”


Get more local transportation and commuting news at washingtonpost.com/drgridlock.


John Kelly is away. His column will return Monday.


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