The District Has Run Out of Trash Cans

According to The Post the District's Department of Public Works has run out of trash cans! Yes, you read it right - our always competent District government is at it again. Here is the response to a request from residents in the booming Penn Quarter/Chinatown neighborhood for additional trash cans:

"Please note that DPW have no public space litter cans in stock," Department of Public Works employee Kevin Bryant wrote in an e-mail. "A responsive Bidder have not been awarded the contract at this time. We do not expect to receive the first shipment of litter cans until Oct. 06. We are not taking additional requests at this time due to the increasing back log, however we will assess the area for other measures to reduce any litter issues."

I don't even know where to start. Maybe it's best I don't say anything else. The absurdity of that response from the District's Department of Public Works speaks for itself.