@wmata.com and @wmatagm.bsky.social how long is the AC at Farragut West going to be malfunctioning? It feels dangerously hot down here
Laura No Esta
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I set my clocks early because I know I'm always late. 📍 Washington, DC
![A screenshot of a Washingtonian interview with Bowser from July, reading:
Interviewer: I did want to ask you about Black lives Matter Plaza, which you recently decided to dismantle after Republicans in Congress started making an issue of it. I was just talking to someone who described it as one of the great public artworks of our time, and a large majority of Washingtonians disapproved of its removal, including 75 percent of Black Washingtonians. Do you think removing it was a mistake?
Bowser: No.
Interviewer: Why is that?
Bowser: I agree that it was one of the greatest pieces of public art, but I probably think of it in that way for different reason than most because I know why I put [there]. I used public art to save our city from what I thought could be a very dangerous night [Fiday, June 5, just after protesters clashed with federal law-enforcement troops near the White House]. And I did it to protect protesters and to protect our neighborhoods. Now, I certainly didn't put it [there] because I thought people around the world would replicate it. I didn't really put it [there] to poke at Donald Trump. It was to give people a safe place to be, and our police a safe place to support peaceful protests. So I think that purpose was served. And having a mural stop us from being able to govern our city is not justifiable.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2bqqvvbljclouzkz5r3oq36o/bafkreicmvia2svrr72pibgh5rcz26yw2qnveeaa6w4icnnkc6camhaxq3m)
