If you’re against the proliferation of new billboards in D.C., please sign this petition: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2436/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2120

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2010 Contact: Victoria A. Leonard 202.727.8204 (desk) 202.403.7866 (cell) vleonard@dccouncil.us Thomas Supports Earmark Recommendations Contained in Special Counsel’s Report, Thanks Special Counsel and Team for Their Work Washington, DC-Ward 5 Councilmember Harry “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. extended his appreciation and heartfelt thanks to Special Counsel Robert S. Bennett of Hogan & … More Thomas Supports Earmark Recommendations

DPW SANITATION SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT RESIDENTS MAY BRING RECYCLABLES TO FT. TOTTEN STARTING WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 (Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works announced today that the Ft. Totten Transfer Station will resume accepting recyclables from District residents starting Wednesday, February 17. Ft. Totten is located at 4900 John F. McCormack Road, NE and is … More TRASH COLLECTION THIS WEEK

Council Member Thomas and Mr. Norwood, I apologize for not sending this sooner. I wanted to express my gratitude and sure the gratitude of many of my neighbors for your response to our request to have our area streets cleaned. I was most impressed with the late hours snow plows worked to clear streets before … More Thank you for snow clean up follow up

WP: D.C. area homeowners struggle against melting snow By Jura Koncius Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 14, 2010; C01 Susan Hasten had not heard of ice dams until last week. That`s when the frozen gutters in the sunroom on the back of her Bethesda home backed up and water dripped down the wall of … More homeowners struggle against melting snow

From Councilwoman Mary Cheh, Neighbors, I wanted to make you aware of an exciting pilot program by Google, Inc http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi to build fiber-optic ultra-high speed broadband infrastructure in selected communities throughout the United States. Until March 26th, Google will be accepting feedback from government officials and members of the general public to determine where to … More Sign this petition! Get Google Fiber-Optic Broadband in DC

Office of Ward 5 Councilmember Harry “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2010 Contact: Victoria A. Leonard 202.727.8204 (desk) 202.403.7866 (cell) vleonard@dccouncil.us Thomas Applauds Graham’s Decision to Hold Hearings on Snow Removal Washington, DC-Ward 5 Councilmember Harry “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. today applauded the decision of his colleague, Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham, who … More Thomas Applauds Graham’s Decision to Hold Hearings on Snow Removal

***TRAFFIC ADVISORY***‬‪ District Snow Crews Continue to Remove, Haul, and Plow City Roadways‬‪ ‬‪ Washington, D.C. – Snow hauling operations will continue throughout the weekend as District snow crews continue to work on removing, hauling, and plowing after back-to-back snow storms hit the city. Roadway and temporary lane closures will occur throughout the day on … More ***TRAFFIC ADVISORY***‬‪ Weekend of February 13

My garbage can is at capacity , and I don’t produce the trash that a family would. And there’re bags of garbage out on the streets too, as street cans have filled up. Here’s the latest from DPW on Trash Collection: Trash will not be collected Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 15. Collections in once-a-week collection … More Is your trash piling up?