Who We're Cheesed Off at Now: D.C. Councilman Jim Graham

Posted by Adam Kuban, May 27, 2009 at 7:00 AM

Update: Councilman Denies Calling for Late-Night Jumbo Slice Ban

Washington, D.C., Councilman (and chronic bow-tie-wearer) Jim Graham is proposing a ban on single-slice sales in the capital's Adams-Morgan neighborhood, claiming that "jumbo slice" pizzerias are helping stoke violence on 18th Street there. Of course, the large number of bars on the street wouldn't have anything to do with that, would they?

~~Slice calls bullshit on Graham and would remind him that pizza doesn't kill people—people do. Do we need a constitutional amendment to protect late-night jumbo slice sales?~~

~~We'd love to read Liza and Gary's take on all this.~~

Update: Councilman Denies Calling for Late-Night Jumbo Slice Ban

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Tags: Cheesed Off, crime, Jim Graham, pizza lameness, Washington D.C.

4 Comments:

Jim Graham is a visionary. He has zeroed in on the exact cause behind the culture of inner city violence.

"I said no mushrooms! Let's throw bricks into a school!"
"That pizza made my stomach hurt, let's sell drugs to kids."
"I can't buy a single slice of pizza? My entire evening of crime is ruined. Might as well go to law school...."

Thank you, Jim Graham, for making yourself appear irrelevant with your insane opinions on how to curb violence.

Nebagakid at 10:15AM on 05/27/09

As a longtime Adams Morgan drinker I agree Grahamzilla couldn't be more wrong about this; try actually getting some police on 18th Street after 9pm. As it stands now, the street is virtually gridlocked all evening on weekends as frat boys from Fairfax and teenagers from the hood prowl around looking to beat up strangers and each other. The police (when they're around) stay parked up at Columbia Rd and couldn't even get a cruiser down the street if they wanted to.

Furthermore, I take guilty pleasure in the jumbo slice. It's so good after 15 beers, even though I know it's so wrong.

santoslhalper at 12:14PM on 05/27/09

@santoslhalper: I know, right? Seemed to me that the easy, don't-have-to-make-a-new-law-just-enforce-those-that-are-already-existing solution would be more police presence in the area. But as I don't live in D.C., I have no what the current situation is. And not that I advocate this, but the other, more logical solution would be that Graham introduce legislation to limit bar hours. Of course the bar/restaurant lobby would fight that tooth and nail, whereas a handful of scattered pizzeria owners are an easy target.

Adam Kuban at 12:28PM on 05/27/09

But if they get rid of the jumbo slices, then 18th street won't be covered with pizza early Saturday and Sunday mornings. Will Councilman Graham take it upon himself to ensure that DC's rats are properly cared for if he succeeds in eliminating one of their primary food sources?

Daniel Zemans at 1:53PM on 05/27/09

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