My OperaNot Just Gunfire This Time. Murder.
Friday, May 15, 2009 2:32:50 PM
Lisa Amore again points the editor to things happening in the area. The link is here.
So the editor went to Google, which was working today, and typed in "murder washington dc convention center". The first hit (ambiguous word here) was of the NBC story referenced above. The second is the Convention Center main page. They must have payed for placement, since "murder" isn't in the text of the home page.
As a neighborhood occurence, it's frighteningly close.
When you think of DC as a tourist town, as you should, it's also damn bad for business. This google entry will now show up for the nest year or more when conventioneers and convention planners check out the town. We tend not to think of DC as a tourist center, but we make a major portion of our revenue from the tourist business. This hurts.
When 3D reimplements "community policing" in this area, maybe it won't happen again.
So the editor went to Google, which was working today, and typed in "murder washington dc convention center". The first hit (ambiguous word here) was of the NBC story referenced above. The second is the Convention Center main page. They must have payed for placement, since "murder" isn't in the text of the home page.
As a neighborhood occurence, it's frighteningly close.
When you think of DC as a tourist town, as you should, it's also damn bad for business. This google entry will now show up for the nest year or more when conventioneers and convention planners check out the town. We tend not to think of DC as a tourist center, but we make a major portion of our revenue from the tourist business. This hurts.
When 3D reimplements "community policing" in this area, maybe it won't happen again.
