Old Time Community Activism

People living in the Mount Vernon and Shaw neighborhoods are fed up with a local business which they say is fostering prostitution, drug activity and other crimes.

Here's how they describe the situation with Fun Fair Video, located at 919 5Th Street.

"Fun Fair Video continues its illegal operation despite over a decade of DCRA, the BZA, and the courts finding that it is not licensed to operate a sexually-oriented business. It considers itself a video "arcade" where patrons can insert money in a booth to watch xxx video clips. Even worse, neighbors report routinely seeing drug activity and prostitution from the premises and are afraid to walk on their own block. For those of us north of this illegal business, we all know to avoid the area and tell out visitors to do the same. It's time to shut Fun Fair down".

The residents are planning to march on the business this coming Monday evening September17Th. We'll keep you posted right here on whether this form of protest which has worked in the past in many DC neighborhoods lights a fire under government officials.