SNOW!

Well, DC saw its first snow storm this weekend. Yes I do say storm because that's how any bit of precipitation is treated around here. I was reading in the express today about how up to one inch of snow fell on the nations capitol causing messy roads. I repeat up to one inch. Now don't get me wrong, I'm happy for the snow and would have been more than happy to have had a day off today but it makes me laugh what a big deal an inch of snow is around here. An inch of snow where I grew up and no one would look twice. Roads being messy? Please, people would keep on trucking, on the way to church yesterday I could count over a dozen people riding around with their hazards on. No lie, for an inch of snow! I laugh.

Well I figured I'd use that as my intro to a more or less grim post. Yesterday my boyfriend and I decided after breakfast to go to a coffee shop and sit and read the paper. We both enjoy warming our hands against a nice cup of joe while reading the latest headlines on paper. I am partial to the New York Times as it is what I consider my hometown newspaper and lets be honest it is simply the superior choice. However after stopping at more than a few newspaper stands on the side of the road we gave up and went to our spot agreeing we would just pick up a paper there. Getting there I was disappointed to find the best I could do was the Washington Post but it was better than nothing so we paid and settled into a spot and began to flip through. It was then that I came across the most disturbing article. A young girl was fatally shot this weekend at a club on U street. That in and of itself is tragic enough but what really got to me was the cities great solution to the problem. The geniuses that run this place decided that the answer is simply to not allow minors into clubs that also sell alcohol. The alcohol being the problem here... what? Hello??? Am I the only one reading this article? This guy came into a club with an illegal handgun and got into a fight with the bouncer and the problem is the alcohol? Maybe the problem is our streets are out of hand, that people are carrying weapons around when they shouldn't be and clearly nothing is being done about it. Maybe the problem is we have so many scum bags running around here thinking they are tough guys and they never face any disciplinary action for their clear lack of respect for anyone in authority in this case the bouncer. Maybe our problem is in a city full of arguably the most educated citizens existing in the United States we cannot seem to find time to educate the cities children on proper etiquette and basic human respect.

I must say I'm quite disappointed at Mayor Finley. I had high hopes for him, young, fresh, new, ready to make a change, but in the midst of tragedy the best he can come up with is a law banning underage children from being in clubs that serve alcohol. Seriously?