Shovel Patrol: Clark Ray
Washington City Paper embarked Sunday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Clark Ray
Position: at-large council candidate
Address: 1613 Webster St. NW (Crestwood)
Metro Provides Scary Morning Train Service
The awesome Unsuck DC Metro blog has posted a first-person account of a very scary Metro ride this morning:
"I boarded at Potomac Avenue to begin my journey to Dupont Circle. I sat down at my usual spot--second car, on the right side of the middle of the train, next to the window, and started reading my Express.
When we left L'Enfant, and as we started getting up to speed, there was a loud pop, the train shook violently, and sparks as big and bright as fireworks started spewing across the right side window. I gasped, the girl next to me stood up, and we all ran for the door that connected us to the car in front.
The train stopped.
The car began filling with smoke, with popping noises still going on, and sparks still flying outside the train."
Passengers started crying. There were shouts of "Fire!" Metro provided little info to passengers. Scary stuff. You should read the full narrative. WUSA says the train was evacuated.
Shovel Patrol: Rahm Emanuel
Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Rahm Emanuel/Rosa DeLauro
Position: White House chief of staff/Democratic congresswoman
Address: 816 East Capitol St. NE (Capitol Hill)
A.U. Finds Irony in Snowstorm
I just got this song out of my head after joking about it last week to a coworker, but this is funny. Also Alanis Morissette-ironic: That was a nasty storm, but it was not a blizzard.
Call for Snowy Found Art
So Found Art, this thing we run in the paper each week. People send in their artwork and we run it. Often it's fairly bizarre, and way too often it's a picture of the roof of a Metro station, but whatever, people seem to like this Found Art feature we run in the paper each week. The staffer who usually coordinates Found Art wasn't able to make it in today, and the one I have is not sufficiently wintry. SO: E-mail me a HIGH-RESOLUTION (not Web size!) photo of your snow dayz in the next hour and you can be in Found Art this week. Include your name, a title of the work if you like, and any other pertinent information. In the event more than one person answers this I'll choose the one I like better. Don't dally!
Cheap Seats Daily: Could a Life Coach Unmarinate LaVar/Clinton Beef?
LaVar Arrington and Clinton Portis are Playing the Feud!
And Cheap Seats Daily has just the mediator for these warriors -- Johnny Parker, the "Redskins Life Coach."
But more on Parker life-coaching them down later. First, back to the roots of the entertaining-out-the-wazoo squabble. Portis got things rolling on the NFL Network during Super Bowl Week when he said that LaVar wasn't a leader because he was too cooncerned with how much money he and everybody else was making. From the Great Dan Steinberg's Steinography:
"LaVar Arrington was the man in D.C. when I arrived, and all of the sudden LaVar felt like it was competition, and he left D.C. He didn't want to be in D.C. any more. He gave back $15, 20 million to leave D.C., because he felt like he wasn't the main money guy, because everybody was getting [paid]. Laveranues, myself, Deion was still getting paid, so he even had input. So I think it was just the wrong attitude, and I think for some of the beliefs that was funneled through, it was like whoever gets the money was the captain."
Ouchie wouchie! We had to wait over the weekend for LaVar to strike back. But yesterday at WJFK, when the red light went on, LaVar went off. He went after Clinton's wallet -- "[After Portis came to Washington] I was still the highest paid Redskin on this team," he said.
And then he went after Clinton's manhood.
Here's LaVar, courtesy of more Steinography:
For the same injury that a man stayed out four weeks for, how short our memories are, I had the same injury. Knocked unconscious in a game. Went in the locker room, got myself together, and oh yeah, I came back out and intercepted a ball against the Carolina Panthers and got a touchdown that some would say helped turn that season around, where we won eight games straight. A concussion. That's what I was diagnosed with, a concussion. "I came out and I strapped up and I played. I played.
Well, you only won five games straight after your Carolina comeback, LaVar. So maybe our memories are short because of that concussion.
(AFTER THE JUMP: Concussions are for pussies? Is there a cure for LaVar's long-term memory loss? For LaVar's wallet-envy? Ted Leonsis reacts to GW bar's Caps' apathy? More about Dan Steinberg? Really?)
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Shovel Patrol: Vincent Gray
Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Vincent C. Gray
Position: D.C. Council chairman
Address: 2619 Branch Ave. SE (Hillcrest)
Snow Machismo: Loose Lips Daily
As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning!
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---'Shovel Patrol'---in which LL checks up on VIP sidewalk compliance; and tweets galore!
Morning all. Has Adrian Fenty snatched snow defeat from the jaws of snow victory? Hizzoner, it seems, is suffering from a self-inflicted case of inflated expectations when it comes to his storm response. Let's rewind to December's weekend blizzard, when Fenty presided over what was by all accounts a fine job clearing city streets ahead of the Monday rush. Another big weekend storm, another triumph, right? Hasn't worked that way---this snow is wetter, heavier, and there's simply more of it. But Fenty on Saturday pledged to have the city 'open for business,' writing a check he could cash only by annoying parents and city employees, who are expected at work even though roads are still a mess, public transportation is spotty at best, and virtually all other major employers are requiring only essential personnel to report. For some insight into why this is so, check Steve Hendrix's front-page WaPo piece examining what LL will call 'snow machismo.' Fueled by Barack Obama's well-worn 'flinty Chicago toughness' line, Fenty has 'seized on a massive snow-removal effort as a way to burnish his credentials as a leader who can get things done,' with 'his aides gleefully point[ing] out that the D.C. government was open Monday while Obama's federal workforce was told to stay home.' So snow removal can indeed be treated an quasi-athletic endeavor, a test of mettle---the feds lost, and D.C. won. Pardon the residents if they don't share your glee, Mr. Mayor.
AFTER THE JUMP---Fenty unaware of actual meaning of 'mens rea'; Smart Car handles well in snow when advanced by heavy plow; city emergency reserve funds are dwindling; Muriel helps fix DCRA mess; Santos to help pick new DCHA chief; DOJ honcho to D.C.'s federal bench?
Our Morning Roundup: So Who’s Ready For More Snow?
Is it me or has snow fatigue completely set in? I don't even have energy to panic. I haven't left my apartment in days. Showering has become a victory. But I do have energy to bitch about drivers still getting themselves stuck in the snow. All I hear out my window are cars revving in place.
So who's ready for more snow?
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Shovel Patrol: Dorothy Brizill & Gary Imhoff
Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Dorothy Brizill & Gary Imhoff
Position: proprietors, DC Watch
Address: 1327 Girard St. NW (Columbia Heights)
Shovel Patrol: Robert Allbritton
Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Robert L. Allbritton
Position: chairman and CEO, Allbritton Communications Inc.
Address: 3124 Q St. NW (Georgetown)
Shovel Patrol: David Catania
Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
David A. Catania
Position: at-large councilmember
Address: 2122 Newport Place NW (Dupont Circle)
