Alumni Square 348
Copley 320
Darnall 318
Harbin 440
Henle 459
Kennedy 305
LXR 289
McCarthy 289
Nevils 226
New South 392
Reynolds 206
Townhouse 288
Village A 494
Village C East 288
Village C West 391

That means, in the following districts, here are the approximate numbers of GU students living in them:

District 2 (Henle & Darnall): 777 (2008 vote total for Ron Lewis — 400/423)
District 3 (Harbin & Copley): 760 (2008 vote total for Jeffrey Jones — 140/140)
Distict 5 (LXR & Nevils): 515 (2008 vote total for Bill Starrels — 389/410)

Thus, for any voter drive, you’d need a little over 54% registration from Henle and Darnall, around 18% participation in Harbin and Copley, and around 80% participation from LXR & Nevils, in order to have enough votes to oust these three. District 3, however, also includes Magis Row and basically the rest of the non-GU owned townhouses in Georgetown east of them below P and above N streets. Districts 1 and 2 have all the off-campus Burleith apartments.

So, if students were really organized, they would have a potential chance of picking up up to 4 seats on the ANC. That’s 4 out of 7 — a majority. That means student interests would be in control. I think that, combined with the campus plan frustrations, could potentially get students to switch their voter registration to DC.

Re Leonore Rubino : some seem to misunderstand the way the real estate market works. If I own a property which I wish to sell, I hire a real estate agent (the listing agent), who works for a broker. The broker lists the property on the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) to expose the property to all the real estate agents in the area. The MLS agreements call for the split of the commission between the listing and selling agents on sale of the property.

So there is nothing at all unusual for Ms. Rubino to list on her website properties which are “listed” by other firms.

The BCA website says that a “Household” can join for $25 per year. So if you have a student house that probably comes to less than the cost of a round of beers at the Tombs.

I’m not advocating a hostile takeover of BCA, but rather suggesting that if student residents of Burleith joined the BCA and attended their meetings, etc., it would be a positive step in town-gown relations. Joining up would show your willingness to be a part of the community. And, I might suggest, it is a lot easier to slam student residents when they aren’t sitting in the room.

Step up and show your willingness to be a part of the community. Volunteer to be on BCA committees. It could be fun!

That having been said, in the last election, the representatives for ANC 2E01 (Burleith) and ANC 2E02 (Cloisters/Visitation area) and ANC 2E03 (West Georgetown — outside the gates to Wisconsin) could be potential up for grabs.

Ed Solomon, 01: 263 votes out of 273 cast
Ron Lewis, 02: 172 out of 185 cast
Jeffrey Jones, 03: 133 out of 137 cast.

Unfortunately that was on an off-Presidential election year. In 2008, for example, the totals were:

Ed Solomon, 591 out of 609
Ron Lewis, 400 out of 423
(Write In for 03), 140 of 140.

Even GU’s Rep, Aaron Golds, got 48 out of 52 votes (when GU’s seat averages 5-10 votes, tops).

So I imagine 2012 will be difficult to beat with those numbers.

However: There’s still some hope.

You see, Georgetown University is not completely within the 4th District. As a matter of fact, they’ve parceled it up as so: http://anc2e.com/images/gusmdlarge.gif

Henle and Darnall are in District 2, and Harbin and Copley are in District 3. Nevils and LXR are in District 5. District 5 is home to Bill Starrels, who won 154 out of 169 votes in 2010, and 389 out of 410 in 2008.

A sufficiently targeted drive toward students in those dorms, plus Burleithers, may stand a halfway decent chance of succeeding in registering enough people.

It would require a hell of a lot of effort, but I think the anger generated by the neighbors this time around may just have tipped the students in the edge. Utilize it.

I will respond to the specific comments when I get a chance. There are some good questions and I’d like to respond to them carefully.

In the meanwhile, I’d like to comment on the last two posts by asuka and JS. You can moan and groan all you want, but the best path to having your voice heard is to register to vote and elect candidates who share your concerns. If you believe the numbers being used, if all the GU students who live in Burleith were registered to vote (or even half of them) then the GU students’ point-of-view would control not only the ANC seat, but also the Burleith Citizens Association. Imagine that! When students who reside in the neighborhoods don’t bother to register to vote, it just underscores their lack of commitment to the neighborhood.