Tasty Morning Bytes – Criminal Landlords, White Collar Homeless, Woozy Waiters
Good morning, DCentric readers! It’s finally Friday!
Tenants Fight Back Against Notorious Northwest Landlord Really notorious. Also? Bedbugs and roaches! “Nuyen was the first landlord in the nation to be held criminally responsible for violating lead laws. At the time, he was ordered to get rid of his 15 properties. He has held on to four.” (WUSA Washington, DC)
Homeless ex-mortgage broker Susan Schneider shows housing bust hit agents hard Fascinating: she’s a former broker, he’s a real estate agent– but that’s not why they know each other. “Now that the real estate market is recovering, Paxton sometimes goes from a million-dollar listing for Long & Foster to tying an apron around his pressed chinos and Ralph Lauren sweater to serve in the chow line.” (The Washington Post)
D.C. leaves high school sports ‘running on fumes’ Not just a lack of uniforms/equipment: “Many high school athletic directors and coaches across the District have not been paid for their work last school year, while some are just now receiving the paychecks they expected in July.” (Washington Examiner )
Man accused of stealing slain AU professor’s Jeep arrested again in the District He violated release conditions: “Deandrew Hamlin, 18, was arrested Tuesday in Washington, D.C., after reporting to a counselor he was seeing as a result of a prior juvenile charge, his attorney Brian K. McDaniel said. Hamlin is not permitted to enter the District under conditions of his bond.” (gazette.net)
Metro stations closing for holiday weekend Beware the Blue and Orange lines, this weekend…they need maintenance: “It’s important work, but invisible to riders who know only that for the long weekend it took to complete the operation, the trains didn’t take them to their destinations.” (The Washington Post)
Restaurant Workers Prepare & Serve Food While Ill Problem caused by lack of sick days, plus: “I don’t think any restaurant workers want to make customers ill, or their co-workers or managers, but the problem is that restaurant work is low wage jobs…you can’t afford to take time off because you need every penny you can make,” (WUSA Washington, DC)