Debbie Does White Chocolate Mocha

We've all heard about NIMBYs (Not-In-My-Back-Yard) and their plight to stop sprawl. What with the worsening traffic congestion, I can see their point. But don't think for once the NIMBYs are just found in the outer reaches of bucolic suburbia. For even in the worst parts of Washington, D.C., the NIMBY lurks. And lately, according to Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post, it's the threat of a new baseball stadium along the dilapidated Anacostia waterfront that has many worried.

One unfortunate businessman in particular lamented, "I'm in a great state of depression…. I feel like a flyswatter is coming down on me--and I can't run anywhere." His name is Robert Siegel and his business is porn. He owns a few gay nightclubs and at least one adult theater and a pornshop. Sadly, a new stadium would probably shut Siegel down--or at least move him elsewhere. And though there are other businesses in the area, including cab companies and recycling centers, Siegel figures prominently in the story. Achenbach is quite critical of city planners, saying that "For some people, a neighborhood is blighted if it doesn't have a Starbucks."

So the skineplex is preferable to the coffee shop? Now if they were able to serve Starbucks at the movie theater…