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Demit

(11,238 posts)

2. No good deed goes unpunished.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 01:25 PM

Jun 2013

Here in Philadelphia, there's a wonderful strategic partnership between the city and the horticultural society. Result? Gorgeous public spaces. Urban gardeners without their own spaces happy to volunteer, and the city benefits. Where's the DC city govt in all of this??

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DC Metro threatens Phantom Planter with arrest if he tends his Dupont Circle station flowers [View all] n2doc Jun 2013 OP

If they were smart, they'd give him a harness and a nice certificate of appreciation. leveymg Jun 2013 #1

+100. n/t winter is coming Jun 2013 #6

No good deed goes unpunished. Demit Jun 2013 #2

"unauthorized beautification efforts" marions ghost Jun 2013 #3

Good for him... ljm2002 Jun 2013 #4

they should go after all the unauthorized uglification in DC jberryhill Jun 2013 #5

If only you could tax ugly. . . leveymg Jun 2013 #7