The MPNA developed voluntary agreements in the name of community. Therefore, don the existing voluntary agreements give our “community” a voice in quality of life issues?
No, they don’t. In Mount Pleasant, the current voluntary agreement process has robbed all but the MPNA’s leaders of a voice and a forum to participate in decision-making that impacts them. DC’s voluntary agreement process aspires to give residents a voice, a line that is repeated often by their proponents. In reality they give as few as five people the ability to impose restrictions that impact thousands of people, without any obligation to seek feedback from or even inform the wider community.
