Meena Thapa (who is a well-known and devoted nanny to a group of
children on Veazey Street and 38th Street)lost her wallet on the road
as she was leaving a house on 38th Street on Saturday night, 5.45 p.m.
on April 5th.

Someone (who apparently lives on Warren Street) retrieved her wallet
and took it to the police.

Meena believes the person who found it was "an angel", and would like
to thank them in person, because there were important and valuable
personal items inside.

If you were the person who helped Meena, please reply to me in
confidence at MMcDonald@wamu.org. (Mark)

Everyone who loves Meena was hugely relieved she got her belongings
back.

To: COMMUNIT- E
From: M. L. Miller

I have three twin headboards with bed frames for sale. One headboard is a
plain teak rectangle from Scan ($40 or best offer). The remaining pair are
white with spindles ($25 each or best offer).

Also I have a small media cabinet, 48"H x 24"W x 20"D, with double doors on
the bottom section. The top section is suitable for a small tv, with an
extra shelf for a dvd player. The bottom can hold audio components. The cabinet
could also be used for general storage or display. It is painted teal blue
with a maple top ($50 or best offer).

All items are in very good condition. If interested please contact me at
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I had a very bad experience with University Painters ("UP") on an exterior paint job, so I strongly recommend against hiring them. Their bid price was reasonable, but the way they operate is that they keep the first half of the negotiated price, which must be paid before the work begins. Then they turn the job over to a sub-contracted painting crew to whom you pay the other half when the job is done. After taking the first half, UP basically disappeared from the scene, leaving me to work out any problems I might have with the foreman of the contracted work crew. UP did not supervise the outsourced work. In essence, I paid $4,000 for a $2,000 painting job, with UP having no more involvement in it other than the original salesmanship.

There were many problems with the job:

(1) The foreman had a crew of 8-9 day laborers and told me he expected to complete the job in one day. It is impossible to supervise a crew of that size and paint an entire house in one day with any degree of quality workmanship. The work was sloppy at best.

(2) I came home to find them painting in a light rain. When I asked them to stop work for the day, the foreman assured me that the rain was not a problem and continued working.

(3) They used regular external paint on an outdoor porch floor. When I suggested they use porch paint or floor paint, which is much more durable, the foreman acted like he had never heard of it. (Consequently, the porch floor began flaking off within two years.)

(4) The crew cleaned their brushes in the middle of my front yard, leaving big patches of lawn burned by chemicals. It took two years for new grass to fill in.

University Painters say they guarantee satisfaction, but if you are not happy with the job, the only thing you can do is withhold payment from the hired crew, basically low-paid immigrant workers. I strongly object to what I feel is exploitation of the workers. Since they are only receiving half the money, they inevitably will cut corners. At the least, for the amount of money I paid for the job, UP should have supervised the work themselves.

sposniak@earthlink.net wrote:

Dear Commander Solberg:

The 2nd District should count itself fortunate that we had your leadership
and support for as long as we did. I certainly hope you will still provide
it for us
(as well as for the entire District of Columbia now) to the extent that
your work and schedule still permit.

Thank you so much.

Sincerely,
Steve Posniak
4640 Windom Pl. NW
(Former Commissioner, ANC-3E-04 and ANC-3E-01)
sposniak@earthlink.net


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I contacted Alfonso Gibbs after seeing his name referenced for
Concrete work; unfortunately he has passed away, I spoke to his son
who was kind enough to call me back. Please remove his name from the
home repair lists.

Beth Ring

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