Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

Granola-munching tree hugger. SF native, Dupont DC res. ANC commissioner. Transit, micromobility, housing, urbanism advocate. Great cook. Cranky bear. #GoBears! Washington, DC Joined April 2010

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

13 hours ago

@andrewdefrank She was Fenty's protege. Anti-transit, anti-renters, anti-service, anti-accountability.

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

14 hours ago

@joe5f6 @OUC_DC Looks that many 311 requests from Twitter/X are going unanswered.

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

15 hours ago

@maustermuhle *puts on pearls to clutch*

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Commissioner Jeff Rueckgauer @Jeff2B02

17 hours ago

As suspected, Dupont Circle *WILL BE CLOSED* this weekend. IDK what legit "health and safety" concerns would occur this weekend that couldn't occur any other days. (Actually, like last year, someone ordered it closed as a middle finger to gays.) @PoPville nps.gov/nama/learn/man…

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

2 days ago

@musingmymind I always take my voter registration with me. A number of times it helped clerks who couldn't get my last name right.

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Dave Statter @STATter911

2 days ago

You hear frustration in their voices. An engine crew and ambulance crew – handling two separate critical EMS calls – can't get anyone at DC911/@OUC_DC to answer the radio. They called 10 times over five minutes last night. Help was delayed. It's at least the 7th similar failure in as many months. Here on election day, will any of the candidates finally make fixing DC911 a priority? These weren't the only major issues at OUC last night. I'm working on at least two calls in the next hour that involved wrong addresses, including another quadrant mistake. And there's even more. It was an extremely bad and busy night on the fire and EMS side at 2720 MLK Avenue SE. statter911.com/2026/06/15/dc9… #FixDC911 #911fail @CMRobertWhiteDC @AnitaBondsDC @Janeese4DC @CMZParker5 @CHendersonBauer @charlesallen @ChmnMendelson @BrianneKNadeau @MatthewFrumin @CMWendellFelder @DoniCrawford @CMBrookePinto @kenyanmcduffie @tweetelissa @RiniSampath @goodweather4dc @cuneytdil @EmmaUber7 @TheArtist_MBS @oigdc @kpattdc @dclinenews @tomsherwood @NFTC_News @RamirezReports @SegravesNBC4 @ANCCostello @johnson4b06 @ANCJonah @MayorBowser @SafeDC @theHillisHome @PoPville @abeaujon @SchreiberSara @CapitalJeff @Brightwoodian @AlexKomaDC @maustermuhle @MaxJMarcilla

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Dave Statter @STATter911

2 days ago

NEW: On the eve of an election for a new mayor and council members, DC911/@OUC_DC just had another major meltdown. For the seventh time in as many months, dispatchers failed to answer an emergency radio channel. Two @DCFireEMS units on separate high-priority EMS calls couldn’t reach DC911 on the radio after calling 10 times over five minutes (listen below). Engine 32 tried unsuccessfully to alert dispatchers that they were closer to a cardiac arrest than the engine that OUC dispatched. Engine 32 didn’t wait for permission that never came. They went anyway. After getting on the scene with a confirmed cardiac arrest and no answer from DC911, Engine 32 finally went to another radio channel to say that they took the CPR call. They also told the dispatcher on Channel 2 that no one was answering Channel 11. The dispatcher tried to explain that “Channel 11 was busy.” Busy with what? What were they dealing with that is a higher priority than a person in cardiac arrest? If they were really busy with another emergency, why didn't someone tell units on Channel 11 to standby? Even after that explanation, no one updated Engine 32’s status in the computer. So, another dispatcher called them for their status. A battalion chief had to jump in and tell them exactly what dispatchers had already been told by Engine 32. At the very same time, Ambulance 27 repeatedly called DC911 on the same channel that dispatchers had either turned down or were just ignoring. The ambulance crew was on the scene of a person with trouble breathing. The ambulance crew realized their patient needed the help of paramedics. Listen to the frustration in the crew's voice as they can’t reach dispatchers for five minutes. Only after Engine 32 gets help on the other channel does a dispatcher finally come back to Channel 11 and respond to Ambulance 27’s request. This is at least the 28th time a radio channel was abandoned for minutes at a time since OUC Director Heather McGaffin took over the agency in early 2023. This shouldn’t happen at all, much less 28 times. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AT ANY OTHER MAJOR 911 CENTER, yet it has remained a chronic problem at DC911 for more than six years. It’s a major example of the failed leadership at this very troubled agency. McGaffin has never treated this as a serious issue, even though this is not the first critical emergency to occur when radio channels were abandoned. Despite having cameras on the operations floor that are recording 24/7, McGaffin has never publicly explained what her dispatchers were doing instead of answering the radio during any of these incidents. Lives were at stake tonight, and DC911 failed, once again, to properly handle two life-threatening emergencies. When will somebody #FixDC911? @CMRobertWhiteDC @AnitaBondsDC @Janeese4DC @CMZParker5 @CHendersonBauer @charlesallen @ChmnMendelson @BrianneKNadeau @MatthewFrumin @CMWendellFelder @DoniCrawford @CMBrookePinto @kenyanmcduffie @tweetelissa @RiniSampath @goodweather4dc @cuneytdil @EmmaUber7 @TheArtist_MBS @oigdc @kpattdc @dclinenews @tomsherwood @NFTC_News @RamirezReports @SegravesNBC4 @ANCCostello @johnson4b06 @ANCJonah @MayorBowser @SafeDC @theHillisHome @PoPville @abeaujon @SchreiberSara @CapitalJeff @Brightwoodian @AlexKomaDC @maustermuhle @DCNewsNow @MaxJMarcilla

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Dave Statter @STATter911

3 days ago

NEW: The letters "A" and "H" and the number "8" can be difficult to clearly distinguish when taking 911 calls from the public. That's why call-takers must be diligent about confirming with the caller that they are saying "A as in Adam", "H as in Hotel", or "the number 8." That apparently did not go the way it should have during last week's large fire at 725 8th Street, SE. DC911/@OUC_DC initially dispatched the call to 725 A Street SE. The good news is that OUC caught it and quickly corrected the address. You do have to wonder if they changed it before Engine 18 and Truck 7 made a right turn out of the firehouse to go north four blocks to 725 A. 725 8th would have been a left turn, just three blocks to the south of the firehouse located at 414 8th Street SE. @CMRobertWhiteDC @AnitaBondsDC @Janeese4DC @CMZParker5 @CHendersonBauer @charlesallen @ChmnMendelson @BrianneKNadeau @MatthewFrumin @CMWendellFelder @DoniCrawford @CMBrookePinto @kenyanmcduffie @tweetelissa @RiniSampath @goodweather4dc @cuneytdil @EmmaUber7 @TheArtist_MBS @oigdc @kpattdc @dclinenews @tomsherwood @NFTC_News @RamirezReports @SegravesNBC4 @ANCCostello @johnson4b06 @ANCJonah @MayorBowser @SafeDC @theHillisHome @PoPville @abeaujon @SchreiberSara @CapitalJeff @Brightwoodian @AlexKomaDC @maustermuhle

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

3 days ago

@PaulRudnickNY Vedek Winn.

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

3 days ago

@covie_93 Are those the ones pappy bought him?

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

3 days ago

My theory is the mount points are still in the wall in the hope that somehow a judge will let them keep the name.

Paul Farhi @farhip

3 days ago

Welcome to The Joh…Forming Arts Center. The message here seems to be: “If I can’t have my name on the building, neither can he.”

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Dave Statter @STATter911

4 days ago

If you were wondering about the weather issues at the White House UFC event, this may give you an illustration of the concerns. I believe this lightning was east of DC. @capitalweather

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Miguel for Ward 1 @MiguelWard1_

4 days ago

As the proud son of a teacher, I know our schools are the backbone of a strong community. I've got a plan to make sure all our kids and educators have what they need to succeed and thrive — in school and beyond. For more information, head to miguelward1.com/priorities/edu…

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DC Car Violence @DCCarViolence

5 days ago

really nice streetery in the Village last night. So sad we tore them out so 14th street and AdMo could have more parking spaces.

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Jeff Rueckgauer @CapitalJeff

4 days ago

@CMLewisGeorgeW4 @311DCgov @AbbySeiler @DCDPW DPW is the problem. Inadequate svc has been chronic for years. It needs a total rebuild that includes actual customer svc & accountability for ldrship if svc doesn't improve.