On Tuesday reader F. reported that the long-dormant Exxon at
South Capitol and I was being demolished; and today
neighboring blogger DG_Rad has
Tweeted that the not-quite-as-long-dormant Exxon at
11th and M is being torn down today. There's been no big movements that I've heard for either of these lots, both of which were "sold" by the main ExxonMobil Corporation to its nonprofit ExxonMobil Foundation. Perhaps the city's
recent blighted property tax doings spurred the demos?
For those of you who haven't been around for the long haul,
let's revisit the tale of when the South Capitol Exxon went out of business:
[Here's the]
link to a DOJ press release [now dead, alas] from January detailing that the Exxon's owner pleaded guilty "to fraudulently double-billing government contractors more than $120,000. [Mahmud] Rashid, 46, of Raleigh Lane, Stafford, Virginia, entered a plea of guilty yesterday in United States District Court to one count of wire fraud. According to the terms of the plea agreement, Rashid could be sentenced to between 12 to 18 months of incarceration when he is sentenced before the Honorable Richard J. Leon on June 2, 2006."
