WT: Illegal Funeral Home on H Street

Experiencing a deficiency in wacky news? Washington Times to the rescue. They report on the District's efforts to shut down an unlicensed (the owner claims he wasn't operating yet) funeral parlor located at 1337 H Street (the building next to Phish Tea). A search, following an anonymous tip in November, revealed embalming materials within. The owner, who says his family has been in the funeral business for generations, blamed his legal troubles on what he called the "funeral cartel," or the "funeral mafia" (which he claimed excerted pressure on the District to target him).

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Interestingly, while walking back from the Rock & Roll Hotel tonight, we were greeted by a man walking into this building wearing a jacket with wording that my friend (I didn't have a good view of he jacket) said something about funerals. So apparently, Mr. Ridley (I'm assuming this was him, and not some member of the funeral mafia) is not too afraid to bravely move forward with getting his business in order.